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Lantern Festival food: 'Tangyuan' or 'yuanxiao'

2018-03-02 09:29

March 2 marks this year's Lantern Festival according to the Chinese lunar calendar.

National intangible cultural heritage: lantern making in Xianju

2018-02-28 14:07

Chen Caiping makes lanterns at a workshop in Xianju county, East China's Zhejiang province, Feb 27, 2018.

Nearly 1 mln Chinese tourists visit Russia visa-free in 2017

2018-02-28 11:57

The visa-free tourist flow from China to Russia rose 23 percent year on year to 944,000 people in 2017, the Russian travel association "World without borders" said Tuesday.

Tang Dynasty relics exhibited in E China's Hangzhou

2018-02-28 10:51

An exhibition featuring Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) cultural relics is being held at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, Feb 27, 2017.

Traditional Chinese medicine becomes popular among New Yorkers in flu season

2018-02-27 14:24

A Chinese traditional cough syrup, called Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, is becoming even more popular among New Yorkers in this flu season, following a US news report.

Tibetan relics on display at Capital Museum in Beijing

2018-02-27 14:07

The rarely seen Bunian Tu, one of China’s most celebrated surviving ancient painting, went on display on Tuesday in the Capital Museum in Beijing and will be exhibited there for two months.

Firecracker Dragon Festival celebrated in S China's Guangxi

2018-02-27 10:53

The Firecracker and Dragon Festival, which falls on the 11th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, was inscribed into the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2008.

New show puts Baigou on cultural map

2018-02-27 10:01

Hebei province's Baigou town has recently launched a large-scale historical show Dream in Baigou to spice things up for its residents and visitors alike.

New Spring Festival trends in China

2018-02-27 09:36

Traditional celebrations for the Chinese New Year have been given a modern touch: family reunion dinners on lunar New Year's Eve have gradually moved from home tables to restaurants; sending and receiving digital red envelopes is all the rage; traveling, cinema- and museum-going with family members prevail as holiday activities.

1,500-year-old hidden mini-statue discovered in Yungang Grottoes

2018-02-27 00:58

A Chinese archaeologist has accidentally discovered a 1,500-year-old mini-statue hidden in a small hole in the Yungang Grottoes in North China's Shanxi province.

Artist creates collection of paper-cuts to welcome Year of the Dog

2018-02-26 16:44

Li Xia, a Manchu paper-cutting artist in Jilin city, Jilin province, recently finished a collection that includes 100 dog paper-cuts in different shapes to welcome the Year of the Dog.

Spain opens route in honor of writer

2018-02-26 07:40

A new tourist route on a Spanish-administered archipelago off the west coast of Morocco in the Atlantic Ocean will soon be opened for Chinese travelers in commemoration of the late writer Sanmao, according to local tourism authorities.

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