A decade ago, when songwriter and producer Lu Zhongqiang began to operate his company, 13 Months, from a Beijing attic, his vision was to promote original music in China.
A vegetable vendor has painted a wall at the entrance to a market in Kunming city, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, April 25, 2016.
To protect the traditional culture of shadow puppetry, a visual art show was held in Beijing on April 24, 2016.
Wood carving art master Chen Jiaguo makes a piece of artwork of sandalwood carving during a traditional skills fair in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, April 25, 2016.
For four decades, the Chinese-American artist, 55, who divides his time between his native Shanghai and California, has used ink as his main object to create art.
Since its launch a decade ago, Art Beijing has strived to be both a dynamic platform for fine art and a holiday destination where families can have fun.
Actors recite a poem during a poem recital party in Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, April 24, 2016.
Teenagers dressed up in traditional costumes play the Chinese instrument Zheng in the Gulongzhong scenic spot in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei Province, April 24, 2016.
Mei Baojiu, a Peking Opera master, died at the age of 82 this morning in Beijing, according to Beijing News.
More than 100 cultural relics from "Huaguangjiao No.1", a ship that sank 800 years ago, are on display at Nanjing Museum in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, on April 24, 2016.
An avid reader, Zhang Shiqi, in Hebei province is being recognized for borrowing more than 300 library books in one year.