In Southwest China, an effort is getting underway to restore one of the world's biggest Buddhist statues.
China's first college in the field of relics restoration has been established. The college is affiliated to the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts and is aimed at fostering talents in the relic protection and renovation industry.
Chinese archeologists discovered a large deposit of bronze items in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, when excavating a tomb cluster dating from between the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
Tsinghua University has opened a research institute dedicated to preserving Chinese culture and creative design in collaboration with well-known Chinese brands led by ink makers Yi De Ge.
A surge in travelers from China, Australia and the United States drove New Zealand visitor numbers to a new annual record last year, the said in January.
Representatives from the Dajue Mountains Scenic Area in Fuzhou city, in Jiangxi province, recently held a news conference in Beijing to promote the area's tourism resources.
The Ice-Snow World Theme Park opened on Sunday. The theme park, built inside inflatable membrane, takes up 6,000 square meters and can keep its interior temperature minus seven to minus ten degrees celsius all year long.
A meeting to revitalize Chinese time-honored brands was held in Beijing on March 1.
Cellist Chu Yibing celebrated his 50th birthday with an audience of thousands including his musician friends in Beijing with a two-day event featuring recitals, workshops and movies in February 2016.
An abandoned mercury mine is shaping up to be a tourism hot spot in the Zhusha ancient town in Wanshan district, Tongren city, in Guizhou province.
Aurora australis in sky over Zhongshan Antarctic Station
Tourists pose for photos among cole flowers in E China