Visitors are awestruck the moment they see the giant Buddha statues and exquisite carvings at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province.
Broader protection keeps modern infrastructure from intruding on a landscape over a millennium old, report Yang Feiyue and Zhu Xingxin in Xinzhou, Shanxi.
Fans flock to southern Chinese city from around the world just to meet online feline sensation MeiMei
He Youzhi's Art Besides Lianhuanhua, an exhibition at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy, gathers the late comic artist's picture books and illustrations.
The exhibition of Ingenuity of Volumes:The Aesthetics of Ancient and Modern Chinese Bookbinding recently opened at the Museum of China Press and Publication in Shanghai, turning the spotlight on the beauty of books as physical objects and tracing the cultural roots and meanings embedded in their forms.
"The scenery is stunning," Ilia Popov, 25, a Russian pursuing postgraduate studies at a university in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, exclaimed when taking in the majesty of the Ganquan Canyon. "It's like a painter has drawn his brush across the stone."
Peng'an county in Nanchong, Sichuan province, brought folk parades into its scenic spots during the weeklong National Day holiday, offering visitors a feast of traditional charm with intangible cultural heritage performances.
As the earliest established and most enduring honor for television works, the 35th Feitian (Flying Apsaras) Awards unveil the nominees for its latest edition in Yantai, Shandong province, on Oct 9.
For months, Hing Chao has traveled across northern China, following the footprints of the past.
How many art exhibitions did you visit last year, and which left the deepest impression on you?
On a morning in early September, at Tsinghua University Library, the doors of the reading room are pushed open to reveal rows of wooden desks beneath green-shaded lamps, standing in quiet readiness for students returning for the new semester.
President's sustained attention steered porcelain capital's heritage list bid.