The number of unique traditional Chinese opera styles had decreased to 286 from the 368 in 1959, with three disappearing every two years on average.
Pupils wearing Han Chinese clothing, the national costume of the Han people in China, bow to express their gratitude to teachers at a traditional ceremony for accepting students at the Confucian Temple in Beijing, Sept 9, 2015.
As a world-renowned sacred Buddhist site, there is almost too much to explore in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province.
A new Beijing exhibition offers a close look at several-hundred-year-old Ming Dynasty furniture and its reincarnations today.
Ink and calligraphy brush are where the tradition of Chinese art started and develops.
People in long lines waited to enter the Hall of Martial Valor in Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, on Tuesday. But that was to be expected.
Five cities in China have been recognized at this year's UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
British band Muse, with a history of pushing the limits through fusion music, is all set to pack the punch in Beijing and Shanghai later this month.
The second Silk Road International Arts Festival opened in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province on Sep 7.
Van Gogh Alive, a high-tech multimedia art show, has been taking the art legend Vincent Van Gogh's masterpieces to new dimensions in Beijing since Monday.
Trizin Rabten, 36, was selected as a first-grade thanka painter, and his paintings were once displayed during an exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
A Beijing artist known for camouflaging himself in various scenes as social commentary is tackling the United Nation's Global Goals.
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