This Tuesday, International Museum Day marks an annual celebration for heritage lovers worldwide.
Visitors attend the exhibition of Original Aspirations and Better Lifeshowcasing the development of Shanghai over the past century at the Shanghai History Museum on May 17.
Launched by the Beijing-based International Confucian Association, a national-level forum was held in Beijing on Saturday on the study and promotion of poetry as an educational approach to Confucianism.
An activity inviting teenagers to send good wishes to the country via writing articles, drawing pictures and recording videos kicked off in Beijing on May 8.
A symposium was held in Beijing on May 13 to discuss the future of hit documentary China as it enters production for the second season.
A TV series featuring more than 200 actors and actresses to portray individuals who uphold the spirit of the Communist Party of China over the past century began airing on Hunan Satellite TV on May 4.
The first Bashu Chorus Festival, or a nationwide singing event "Sing A Folk Song to Our Party", kicked off in a launch ceremony on the evening of May 16 in Nanchong, Southwest China's Sichuan province.
A forum held recently in Beijing zoomed in on the artistic and historical values of a book believed to be published between 1174 and 1189, during the later years of Emperor Xiaozong.
When scriptwriter Li Ya'nan was invited to join a musical titled Beijing Story, she was intrigued, because, born and raised in the capital, Li is keen to tell stories about the city.
"As I ate bread and salt provided by the Chinese people in those days ... now my home will always be open to the Chinese people," said Khomidzhon Uzganov, a 96-year-old Soviet Red Army veteran, repeatedly uttering the only Chinese words he remembered of "thank you".
On the Buddha Ceremony Stage in the Longmen Grottoes Scenic Area in Luoyang, Central China's Henan province,"Emperor Xiaowen" of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and "Queen Wenzhao" walked slowly with a group of maidservants following them.