The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox，as the fourth term of the year starts on Mar 21 and ends on Apr 4 this year.
The modern Chinese artwork Qi Baishi’s 12 Landscape was unveiled at Poly International Auction’s 10th anniversary celebrations on Mar 18 and will be put on display in Poly Art Museum in Beijing from Mar 20 to 28.
Hong Kong's television giant, TVB, has recently bought the rights to broadcast Fan Bingbing's latest drama, "The Empress of China."
Over 360 films are due be screened at this year's Beijing International Film Festival.
China's Flower Drum Lantern, dubbed as "the ballet of the east", is a folk art that combines singing and dancing.To preserve this folk performance art, Chinese government listed the Flower Drum Lantern as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006, and now the government is hoping it to be recognized on an international stage.
Sang Chuanqi, a resident in Taihe county of Fuyang city in East China's Anhui province, has a collection of more than 10,000 teapots.
Qilou buildings, or arcade-houses, were first popular in Europe and was then introduced to the world. China's first Qilou building was built in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, which is also among the first coastal cities to embrace foreign culture and begin modernization.
US-based documentary channel Discovery has signed on for a 3-year deal with the China International Communication Center to produce Chinese-themed content.
People carry the statues of Sansheng Dragon King, known as the incarnation of the dragon in folklore, to the Guangshi Temple for a sacrifice to heaven ceremony at the foot of Longji Mountain in Minhou county, Southeast China's Fujian province, March 18, 2015.
Liu Kai, a 23-year-old artist, creates a picture with a ball pen at home in Fushan county, North China's Shanxi province. After graduating from high school, Liu worked as a farmer and migrant worker until pursuing his dream of becoming a painter in 2012.
The nominations for the latest China Film Directors Guild Awards have been announced in Beijing.
Chinese TV drama "Empresses in the Palace", or "the Legend of Zhenhuan" is now available on Netflix.
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