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Rare 'Horse month of Monkey year' generates laughs online

2016-01-06 14:37

Chinese netizens are excited by the upcoming "Horse month of the Monkey year" based on the lunar calendar, leading many to joke on social media.

Reliving a slice of history

2016-01-06 07:42

As one of the few live shows with a revolutionary theme in the country, it has become a major draw for tourists who visit Shaoshan to pay tribute to Mao Zedong.

Finn Erling Kydland joins the judging panel

2016-01-05 17:57

Finn Erling Kydland is a Norwegian economist. He is the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Ancient Dharmago murals restored in Xinjiang

2016-01-05 16:05

Sixty-two murals from the ancient Khotan civilization have been restored recently after over two years' painstaking efforts by cultural relic restorers.

Hainan exhibits Maritime Silk Road relics

2016-01-05 14:05

A gold-plating belt salvaged from the ancient merchant boat Nanhai (South China Sea) No. 1 is on display at a show about cultural relics along the Maritime Silk Road at the Hainan Museum.

Art students take recruiting test in Shanxi

2016-01-05 11:27

The recruiting examination for art students in Shanxi province has started. Many students are in the home stretch of the test. Some get up at 6 am to practice singing, and some work on their paintings late into the night.

New year goods add color to Yiwu

2016-01-05 10:07

Yiwu is commonly known as the "supermarket of the world". As the lunar new year approaches, it has again become busy with the store shelves stocked with merchandises such as new year paintings and figurines that are thought to bring prosperity in the coming year.

Water town plans global art show

2016-01-05 08:13

As a well-known tourist site in East China's Zhejiang province, Wuzhen is often in the headlines - either for the World Internet Conference or for its theater festival.

Scribbling his way to the top

2016-01-05 07:54

A graduate of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, Ye Yongqing draws birds using a unique method. A solo exhibition now running in Beijing has dozens of his works produced over the past year. Lin Qi reports.

'Face with Tears of Joy' emoji engulfs social media in 2015

2016-01-04 15:12

The laughing crying emoji, or the 'face with tears of joy' emoji, has become one of 2015's most frequently used "word" on social media with a reach of 6.5 billion on Twitter, according to German communication agency Faktor3.

Cultural calendars for the new year are hot sellers

2016-01-04 14:55

A batch of well-designed cultural calendars were hot sellers at the end of the year and now posting photos of the calendars has become a new fad on social networks.

Monkeys on artist's gourd pyrography

2016-01-02 17:12

As the Year of the Monkey comes, handicrafts related with the zodiac monkeys have become particularly popular throughout the country.

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