If it rains heavily at night, some elderly Chinese will say it is because Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, is crying on the day she met her husband Niulang, or the Cowherd, on the Milky Way.
A new volume brings the beauty and imagination of rare Qing Dynasty natural history encyclopedias to modern-day readers, Wang Kaihao reports.
Audiences in for a treat as young talented directors display their creativity during a college theater art festival being held in the capital, Chen Nan reports.
National art museum celebrates Chinese artist Qian Songyan's 120th birth anniversary, Lin Qi reports.
Chinese tourists made 149 million overseas trips in 2018, with total spending amounting to $130 billion, according to a report released by the China Tourism Academy.
The National Library of China has been digitizing its collection of antique books as a way of preserving and increasing the public accessibility, the China Culture Daily reported earlier this week.
During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), several royal concubines resided at the Palace of Prolonging Happiness, or Yanxi Gong, in the eastern wing of the inner court of Beijing's Forbidden City-or Palace Museum, as it's known today.
Photographer Hu Guoqing has been closely following and capturing life in Xizang for more than ten years, travelling to the region eight times.
A recently published children's science book series, The Natural History in the Palace Museum, collects images of these real and imaginary creatures that once mesmerized Emperor Qianlong.
China will step up its support for folk vocal arts, according to a guideline from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT) that was made public Monday.
A lack of humor is no laughing matter and being too serious is no joke. To help alleviate the pressures of modern life, a show hopes to help viewers see the funny side of it.
"Ne Zha", the first Chinese 3D animated film in the IMAX format released Friday, having raked in more than 900 million yuan ($130.5 million), sweeps the Chinese box office, as well as sets social media abuzz with rave reviews and a frenzy of Ne Zha cosplay.
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