It's a letter that slumbered in the desert for 1,000 years undelivered and unanswered, having been lost in transit somehow as it was on its way to a place far off in the West.
An exhibition at the National Library of China in Beijing illustrates how books published between the 15th and 19th centuries allowed China and the West to gain insights into one another.
Applause, followed by exclamations of "We are all climbers!" exploded at the end of a sneak preview of "The Climbers" in Shanghai on Friday night, which was followed with the film's global launch ceremony when crew members of the highly expected Chinese blockbuster showed on stage for a face-to-face
Seal engravings and calligraphy took center stage at an exhibition that opened on Wednesday in London, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
The development of Peking opera epitomizes the evolution of traditional Chinese art forms.
The Palace Museum in Beijing and the Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences signed an agreement on Friday to boost studies of cultural relics related to traditional Chinese medicine.
For singer Huo Zun, it was a somewhat eye-opening journey to visit the Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute. Accompanied by a staff member, he was introduced the most advanced aircraft designed by Chinese engineers.
The earliest version of the "Book of Songs" in known existence was recently unveiled after Chinese researchers restored bamboo slips from 2,400 years ago.
Theatrical Guilin was staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Sept 25 and 26.
"Culture is like the flowers. Culture is the greenery. Cultures are what you have to strive for. All other things are just figures," Joachim Broudré-Gröger, Germany's former ambassador to China, told China Daily website.
The third Chinese Medicine Cultural Congress took place on Sept 21 and 22 in Neiqiu county, Xingtai city, Hebei province, the hometown of Bian Que (407-310 BC), a famous physician in the Warring States Period (475-221 BC).
The She people living in an ancient village in Jiangxi province joined the nationwide celebrations for the 70th anniversary of New China's founding in late September.