A blue-and-white stem cup which bears wing dragons and was made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) will be auctioned in Hong Kong on May 31. It has a pre-sale estimate of $2.85 million.
Muqam is a Uygur traditional art combining songs, dances, folk and classical music.
Spring is a season when everything wakes up from the long and dull winter. The air becomes warmer, the grass greener, the flowers bloom, and everything is so fresh and flourishing.
A court has sentenced the head of a tomb-raiding ring to death with a two-year reprieve for robbing ancient graves and trafficking in cultural relics.
Over 170,000 movable cultural relics in Potala Palace have been documented by now. Xizang started to register and document removable cultural relics after China's central government decided to do a nationwide survey on it back in 2013.
The Fangcheng stone monkey is a traditional artwork of stone carving originated from the Yanshanpu Village since Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
An aerial view of the ruins of the Tongji Gate in Nanjing City, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, April 13, 2016. The Tongji Gate was a remarkable boat-shaped structure built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Actors from a drum troupe of Henan's Kaifeng city perform during a drum and gong tournament in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, April 13, 2016.
A cross-stich work based on the famous painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" is displayed in Changji city, Northwest China's Uygur autonomous region.
Craftswomen repair the roof of Meru Monastery in a traditional way which could date back to Tang Dynasty (618-907), in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, April 12, 2016.
The Palace Museum in Beijing is awash in the colors of 10,000 peony flowers from Luoyang, part of a flower-themed collaborated exhibition between the museum and Luoyang city's government.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the government to strike a balance between the conservation of cultural relics and economic development.
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