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Academy releases top 6 archaeological finds of 2015

2016-01-13 13:14

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has released China's six top new archaeological discoveries of 2015 on Tuesday.

Canada Post issues stamps to mark Chinese Year of Monkey

2016-01-13 10:53

Canada Post is set to release a collection of stamps featuring monkey to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 8 this year, the national carrier announced Wednesday.

Sunken warship listed among China's top archaeological finds in 2015

2016-01-13 09:29

Chinese archaeologists selected the discovery of a sunken warship from the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a Yangtze River Delta tomb and four others as the greatest archaeological finds of 2015 on Tuesday.

North China’s largest landlord manor

2016-01-12 16:12

Photo taken on Jan 11, 2016 shows Mou's Manor, home of an eminent landlord in Qixia city, East China's Shandong province. Founded during the reign of the emperor Yongzheng during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it is the best-preserved existing landlord manor and the largest of its kind in North China.

Porcelain illustrations of Dream of the Red Chamber on display

2016-01-12 16:10

The exhibition of a porcelain painting of Dream of the Red Chamber was held for the first time at Tianya Art Gallery on Jan 10 in Beijing. Written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature.

Charming wintersweet seen in frigid winter

2016-01-12 14:40

Photo taken on Jan 11, 2016 shows wintersweet in cold winter of Southeast China's Jiangsu province.

Traditional way of making tea oil preserved in S China

2016-01-12 14:23

A master makes tea oil in Shanwei village, Banlan town of Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Jan 10, 2016. Banlan town still preserves the traditional way of making tea oil as the modern technology develops. [Photo/Xinhua]

Grinning Bodhisattva statue from Yungang Grottoes amazes visitors

2016-01-12 11:38

A photo of a smiling Bodhisattva statue with dimples from Shanxi's Yungang Grottoes has gone viral since it was unveiled at a recent photography exhibition.

New awards to cheer bright ideas in industrial design

2016-01-12 11:02

The Design Intelligence awards were launched by the Hangzhou-based China Academy of Art on Friday to encourage innovative industrial design.

First official lunar New Year mascots released

2016-01-12 10:37

Chinese cultural exchange groups unveiled the country's first ever official mascots for the all-important Chinese lunar New Year.

Celebrities born in the Year of Monkey

2016-01-12 09:42

Feb 8 marks the start of the Year of the Monkey. And people born in the Year of the Monkey are often believed to be smart, flexible and ambitious, and can adapt to the changing environment quickly.Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey. We chose 12 of them from China and abroad.

Small tributes, big contributions

2016-01-12 08:50

A Nobel laureate and a Peking Opera performer are among those honored for their roles in promoting Chinese culture at an annual program that is jointly hosted by a government body and a TV station.