The "black pottery" is made from unique clay found in Yingjing county of Sichuan province, and the art of making this pottery was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage items in 2008.
The grand exhibition "Pharaohs and Kings: Treasures of Ancient Egypt and China's Han Dynasty" was unveiled to the public on Wednesday, which presents the different features of ancient Egypt civilization and Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) civilization through a comparison of the two ancient cultures.
Wang Zhenbei, an inheritor of Songshan wood carving, works on an artwork at his workshop in Zhenzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, July 31, 2016.
People select books at a book fair in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, Aug 10, 2016.
Chinese biologist Han Chunyu has provided his experimental data to Nature as requested to help peer researchers replicate his work, but the controversy has not gone away, according to the journal's website.
China Shenyang Animation Comic Game Expo in Shenyang was held in Northeast China's Liaoning province on August 9. Girls dressed as their favorite comic characters attended the 5-day expo which closed here on Tuesday.
Folk collector Ge Tao has gathered nearly 1,000 oil lamps from across China in four years. The oil lamps he collected are in various shapes and from different periods.
The 2016 Hulunbuir Nomadic Music Festival is set to kick off this weekend.
Members of the Dong ethnic group in Sanjiang Dong autonomous county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region celebrated the oil-tea festival on Aug 6.
Australian researchers are calling for a major boost in physical activities, with a new study suggesting that regular weekly exercise reduces the risk of five common diseases.
The exhibition titled "The Great Spirit of the Craftsman" featuring eight superb crafts of Beijing opens at the Capital Museum on Tuesday and will run through November 9.
Stone tools of the Paleolithic period are found at the Tongtian Cave in Jeminay county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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