Marionettes have a rich tradition in China, where puppeteers are desperately trying to preserve the art form for future generations.
After focusing their lenses on the beauties of two ancient capitals of Xi'an and Luoyang on the Silk Road last year, photographers are now being invited to discover the beauty of western China's Gansu province.
In the nearly two years she has spent in Beijing, Yihebale Ilham has had most of her clothes mailed to the capital from her hometown in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as she didn't want to waste even a moment on shopping.
Lao Shu, or "Old Tree", is not a professional painter. Yet, he has gained considerable fame via Chinese social media for his Chinese ink-wash paintings accompanied by his poetry.
A memorial ceremony was held on June 20 in Beijing for Liao Jingwen, wife of one of China's most prestigious painters Xu Beihong.
Participants compete during a dragon boat competition to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival in Xinghua, East China's Jiangsu province, June 18, 2015.
Yan Bing, who has kept folk music alive from a bar in Southwest China, has gotten himself a Beijing gig, thanks to crowd funding. Chen Nan reports.
As one of the most populous fictional icons inspiring at least 100 movies and TV series over nearly 90 years, the Monkey King will has its latest film adaptation to hit next year's Spring Festival season.
A major three-day international training program, a workshop on practices to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, wrapped up in Quanzhou, Fujian province, on Wednesday.
48-year old Banjue became an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
This year, the Dragon Boat Festival will fall on June 20.
Liao Jingwen, widow of famed painter Xu Beihong, devoted her life to his legacy, Lin Qi reports.
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