Zhou Baoxiang, 53, received a special task last September which was to copy Si Ku Quan Shu, an ancient encyclopedia compiled under the edict of Emperor Qianlong (1711-99) of Qing Dynasty (1644-1919).
China will have many more museums in coming years.
The National Art Museum of China received a significant donation of Western modern art two decades ago.
Beijing-based architect Che Fei remembers that before his father Zhang Liguo (1939-2014), a painter and art professor, died, he gazed for long at a huge tree outside the window of his hospital ward; the leaves in varying shades of green glittering in the morning glow.
Do you find octopus to be a little scary, especially on your dinner plate?
Two of Hong Kong's favorite restaurants are creeping up on chef Gaggan Anand, but not enough to dislodge the Indian chef's grip on the title of No 1 restaurant in Asia.
American artist Sridhar Ramasami has it all: A wife, a child and a gallery of his own in Songzhuang, a small town on the outskirts of Beijing.
A Scattering Book project swept across big cities in China three months ago with 10,000 books dropped in subways, airplanes and taxis for sharing.
Two Chinese books have been named the most beautiful book designs in the world in Germany recently.
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 22, 2017 shows snow-covered terrace fields in Pinglu County, north China's Shanxi Province.
The annual Lin Zhaohua Theater Arts Festival is an important cultural event in China that brings well-known foreign plays to audiences here.
An increasing number of migratory birds, including some species on the endangered list, are overwintering at the Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve, an important avian habitat on an island in the Yangtze River estuary.