HANGZHOU - More than 7,000 Chinese bookworms in the Yangtze River Delta region took part in this year's reading marathon, or "readathon", on May 25 to promote reading among the public.
Gu Zhenhong moved gracefully to the soothing traditional Chinese music onstage at a hotel in Jiangsu province's Suzhou in late May.
Silver was used as money in China for centuries during imperial times. An ongoing exhibition at Shanghai Museum, titled Silver in the History of Chinese Currency, which runs through July 28, tells the story of China's association with the metal.
Visitors were fixated as Yeh Kuoyi swiftly twisted puzzle-like plastic pieces into different shapes at the Taiwan pavilion, during the 14th China Beijing International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo in late May.
More than 100,000 people watched performances at 19 major theaters in Shanghai during the 12th China Art Festival, setting a record for attendance, according to the news conference held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on June 2.
Cultural events will be held on June 8 all over China to celebrate Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A total of 95 ancient tombs have been discovered on the campus of Tsinghua University, a prestigious university in Beijing.
In 1971 Maxwell Hearn entered a museum by the back door. What he found inside so fascinated him that he has never quite left the world.
A dance drama honors the people who lost their lives constructing the railway linking Qinghai and Tibet, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai.
Attracting Chinese tourists to visit the Central Mongolian province of Uvurkhangai is one of the top tasks for the province's tourism sector, a local official said on Tuesday.
Director Yu Xin recalls the first time she heard shakuhachi music when she was driving across a viaduct in Beijing three years ago. She was playing the album Sorae by Japanese musician Kinohachi, who began learning the instrument during childhood.
The Macao Government Tourist Office recently held an event at Beijing's Legendale Hotel promoting its delicious cuisine, cultural sites alongside some colorful artistic performances.
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