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.
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 National Museum Curators Forum, with a theme of "New Era, New Scene and New Action", took place March 30 at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
The revenue will be driven by 339 million domestic tourist trips during the holidays for Tomb-Sweeping Day, International Labor Day, and the Dragon Boat Festival which fall in April, May and June, respectively, according to the ministry.
Chinese box office raked in more than 5.1 billion yuan ($813 million) in March, up 51.7 percent from a year ago, with a total of 140 million tickets sold, according to Maoyan, a major film database in China.
March 31, also the 15th day of the second lunar month, marks Hua Zhao Jie, or the traditional Flower Festival, a day in which Chinese people celebrate the birthday of the flower goddess.
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