Wang Jianxin knows the ancient Silk Road like the back of his hand. He has visited hundreds of sites along the routes in the past twenty years and believes he is almost ready to lay bare the secrets of the Greater Yuezhi, an ancient nomadic kingdom.
Discovering more local characteristics of traditional Chinese festivals in different places will be helpful for the development and prosperity of traditional Chinese culture, said Chinese folk custom experts at a seminar in Lingwu city, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Over 20,000 authors from universities and research institutions across China have joined a project to write an authoritative online Chinese encyclopedia in an effort to promote China's historical heritage and soft power.
Gum label Doublemint recently held an art exhibition in Sanlitun in Beijing.
More than 10,000 runners joined a half and a mini marathons in Xianlin district, in Jiangsu's provincial capital, Nanjing, on May 7.
A move to scrap drug price markups has shown early signs of success in optimizing medical resources - particularly the work of specialists - and in lowering the costs of medicine for most patients, according to the Beijing health authority.
The Tibet autonomous region plans to upgrade the natural reserve around Siling Lake - the region's largest lake - and expand it to surrounding areas to establish the World's Third Pole National Park on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The traditional flower-and-bird painting genre may not have survived in the second half of the 20th century if not for Pan Tianshou (1897-1971).
It started when US light-and-space artist James Turrell bought a volcanic cinder cone in Arizona in 1977.
They are considered some of the best painters among Buddhist monks in ancient China.
Israeli artist David Gerstein says he works to bring art closer to daily life and to delight people.
Juyan, which lies deep in the Gobi Desert, is familiar to some when it comes to ancient frontier outposts, even though most people probably do not know where it's located.