Recognized as an item of China's national intangible cultural heritage, the Drunken Dragon Festival originates from a Macao legend of a Buddhist monk and a divine dragon who saved people from the plague during the Qing Dynasty.
Hip-hop, jazz, funk, pop and a dash of world music – you'll find them all in this month's hot album picks.
Several memorials unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb in Nanchang have been confirmed to be official documents presented to the imperial court.
An exhibition and exchange on Chinese paintings and tea ceremony opened at Istanbul Aydin University on Wednesday, offering a chance for artists from Turkey and China to communicate with and learn from each other.
HANGZHOU - A new regulation has been rolled out in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to protect the city's section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the world's longest man-made canal. The regulation was approved by the Standing Committee of the provincial People's Congress and took effect on Monday.
One of China's most influential authors, Louis Cha, who is better known by his pen name Jin Yong, will see all his 15 martial arts novels adapted into online comic series.
Modern ink master Pan Tianshou (1897-1971) pushed the creation and education of Chinese ink-brush painting to a new height, in the wake of a crisis of classic Chinese art in the first half of the 20th century.
All born in the mid-1950s, Chinese artist Wang Luyan, Italian artist Gianni Dessi and Austrian artist Alois Mosbacher experienced the dramatic changes from the Cold War period to a globalized world.
Exquisite bronze mirrors were used in China for centuries, dating from as early as the Bronze Age to the mid-19th century. Besides its basic function to reflect, a bronze mirror is also a piece of art engraved on the back with beautiful patterns and epigraphs.
Every summer, a series of musical events is held at the Beijing Concert Hall aimed at a young audience.
To a majority of the tourists in China, February and March is the golden period to take the ones they love on a romantic date, as the weather generally clears moving into Spring. In China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, however, the golden period is pushed back until April.
Belanova, one of the most popular bands in Mexican history, have brought their Latin Grammy-winning sound to China for the first time.