A sacrifice ceremony was held to worship Queen Mother of the West, or Xiwangmu, in Jingchuan county of Northwest China's Gansu province, on Aug 20, 2016.
When travelling to places such as Yunnan province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China, tourists often want to listen to local folk songs.
Authorities at all levels should consider public health when drafting policies, said President Xi Jinping at a meeting on the proposed Healthy China strategy.
Chinese theater director Tian Gebing is known for incorporating elements from visual art into his plays.
A movie star, whose meteoric rise gave hope to the masses, has left the public divided with his marital woes.
A grand accordion performance is staged in Tacheng prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to challenge the Guinness World Record, August 20, 2016.
People of the Tibetan ethnic group perform in equestrian event during a celebration of the Ongkor Festival in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Aug 18, 2016.
People of Dong ethnic group in traditional costumes attend a traditional festival in Zhongluo village of Liping county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 20, 2016.
Transformed from electronic manufacturing plants, the art zone was built on the basis of some modern Chinese artists' ideas at the beginning of the new millennium.
Zhongguancun, the country's tech hub located in the capital's Haidian district, is known as the breeding ground for some of China's top Internet and tech firms -- PC maker Lenovo, search engine Baidu and online portal Sina.
Born into a Yi ethnic family in a poor rural village in Yunnan province, Zhang Qiongfen did not even finish primary school. Yet she later became a skilled embroiderer at the age of thirteen through hard work.
More than 400 ancient coins spanning a history of 2,500 years will be on display in a museum in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.