The curtain was raised Friday on the biennial China Orchestra Festival at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), with nine domestic symphony orchestras presenting 35 classical and new Chinese symphonic works.
However, unmanned stores are not quite the novelty they once were. There are an increasingly large amount of them springing up around the country every week – from supermarkets and noodle-shops to bookstores.
No history of wushu in the West African state of Liberia would be complete without mentioning one man. He has devoted his life to Chinese martial arts.
It's a little over two months since the Chinese Wushu School was officially opened in Monrovia, capital of the West African nation of Liberia, and its impact is already becoming apparent.
Veteran researcher from long line of TCM practitioners is devoted to finding treatments for diseases plaguing mankind.
How can mortals record the immortal beauty of the world? Botanist Zhong Yang, a professor at Fudan University, demonstrated his answer with his life's work.
Railway trips in China are expected to hit 13.9 million on Thursday, as many Chinese return home to pay tribute to the deceased on Qingming Festival, or Tomb-sweeping Day.
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.
A Sino-British music festival will be held in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, in May, authorities said at a press conference on Tuesday.
China's biggest online travel agency Ctrip is making a gourmet food map based on Chinese preferences.
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