Artists of China's national opera house perform during a dress rehearsal of Giacomo Puccini's classic opera "Turandot" at the Erkel Theater in Budapest, Hungary, April 18, 2016.
Chinese and foreigners wearing ancient Chinese costumes pick tea leaves at a garden in Xuebu town, Jintan city of Jiangsu province, April 17, 2016.
Zhou Libo, a Chinese stand-up comedian who is famous for his iconic "Shanghai Style Small Talk", will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall in July.
The National Center for Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Books and the Library Society of China, a network of public libraries in the country, will jointly launch a contest on the upcoming World Book Day to encourage young Chinese to explore ancient texts.
Titled Specific Artifact Exhibition of Two Emperors' Tutors, Weng Tonghe, and the Weng Family, the show opened in the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum last week as part of a four-stop tour.
A Chinese photographer and his Japanese wife push efforts to promote photography as an art form.
The 18th International Peach Blossom Music Festival is being held in Beijing's Pinggu district until May 31.
Nina Yang has been noted for her classic style mixed with modern techniques, painting scenes of Chinese festivals, children, family gatherings, and everyday life among other things.
Pietro Laureano talks about how a city once known as a national shame (Matera) was transformed into a glorious heritage site. He also gave advice on how China could achieve sustainable development of the same kind.
The music festival will return on April 30 and May 1 in 2016. US band Backstreet Boys will perform for 90 minutes on the first day with its complete lineup.
People select books at a book fair in Chaoyang Park in Beijing, capital of China, April 15, 2016. The 2016 Beijing Book Fair opened here on Friday.
People sprinkle water to each other to celebrate the water-sprinkling festival at a square in Jinghong city, Dai autonomous prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province, April 15, 2016.