With three counties housing hundreds of traditional villages starting renovation projects in March, officials and experts say China is now ushering in a new era for protection of its traditional villages.
Some years ago, Xu Zaiji moved out from his old family home in Putang village in East China's Jiangxi province that had been passed down from generation to generation for about 400 years to an apartment in a nearby city, part of a trend that left the village almost empty. In March, the 66-year-old moved back to his old house after its renovation. This time, Xu is part of a growing trend in which villagers are renovating their dilapidated old houses and returning to the village where they grew up.
It's almost dusk. And I can just about see the bats hanging upside down on trees far away. Gradually, the trees seem more white as flocks of egrets arrive to roost. The bats then fill the sky, signifying a change of shift. The bats and the egrets seem to take turns to rest on the trees.
Three classic Chinese works of art were all auctioned for more than HK$100 million ($12.7 million), during major sales at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong which ended Tuesday.
China's biggest online travel agency Ctrip is making a gourmet food map based on Chinese preferences.
Chinese travelers are becoming increasingly enamored of making tailor-made trips, instead of embarking on holiday journeys in groups or going on self-help tours, and a large number of them would now like to take personalized trips at a slower and gentler pace.
Volumes of online searches for information on trips to see flowers in China and abroad are surging, according to travel agency Ctrip.
Fatima Kehila, a retired Tunisian teacher who used to suffer from leg arthritis for years, felt very lucky that she has been cured after receiving free acupuncture treatment from a Chinese medical team.
A show at Beijing's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center slated for May 6－part of the 18th Meet in Beijing Arts Festival－promises to be a feast for fans of the ancient art.
The exhibition Chang'an in Spring: Access the Flourishing Tang Dynasty along the Belt and Road opened Tuesday at the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum in Hangzhou.
Traditions you need to know about Qingming Festival.
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