Quiet, introverted and timid in front of strangers, twice a week she decides to hop out of her cozy cocoon, and the person who emerges, commanding center stage, is a performer named Xiao Wu, a rare woman in the tough world of Beijing stand-up comedy.
With a mindset that favors the reserved thinking of the collective, some reckon that Chinese have traditionally found it difficult to laugh at themselves. Four decades after the country began opening up to the world, that seems to have changed.
It suddenly snows in the Qinling Mountains, and Guanyintang town in Sanmenxia, Henan province is ankles deep in the white stuff. People in this little remote town are then homebound, but no matter how windy it is and how heavy the snowfall is, some people have not respite.
Two art galleries will be unveiled in buildings along the Bund this June as part of efforts to preserve heritage architecture while bringing historical relics closer to the masses.
Sanya is developing world-class attractions to entice visitors in the coming years.
Neolithic culture, which is said to have been inherited by residents of Dawenkou town in present-day Shandong province, is known as Dawenkou Culture.
Spring Festival wishes written and formed by grains are seen in Hexidai village in Tangqi township, Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, on Feb 1, 2018.
An exhibition themed on the Maritime Silk Road and exquisite mirrors opened at the Museum of Xi’an Tang Imperial City Hangguang Entrance Remains in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, Jan 31, 2017.
Art lovers from the Zhongyuan Oil Field in Puyang city of Henan province showcase their stone paintings. Images of dogs become alive on the stones, designed to welcome the upcoming Year of the Dog.
Ulanqab, a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, will kick off a winter festival on Feb 5.
Let's take a look at the luxurious items on display in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou city, themed after a "miles-long dowry".
Tourists watch a light show at World Horticultural Expo Garden in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, Jan 30, 2018.
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