China saw 112 million domestic tourist trips during the three-day tomb-sweeping holiday, up 10.9 percent from last year's holiday, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
According to a public announcement from the Palace Museum, director and curator Shan Jixiang has retired April 8, succeeded by the director of the Dunhuang Academy, Wang Xudong.
'Chinese Bridge' Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students UK Regional Final held in London
The story of the young Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo is to be retold as the Carlo Felice Theater has signed a memorandum of understanding on original opera Marco Polo with its Chinese producer to have the opera open the theater's 2019-2020 season.
Jin Yucheng's sweeping novel detailing the complexities of city life, Blossoms, is being translated into several languages, including English, Fang Aiqing reports.
Frederick Stirling Clark, director of a gallery on Fifth Avenue in New York, was asked what impressed him most about Chinese artist Liu Shuishi's work.
If being newly crowned as one of the 28 must-visit destinations for the year of 2019 isn't enough to visit Fanjing Mountain in Southwest China's Guizhou province, there is one more attraction that might lure visitors - its green tea named cuifeng, meaning emerald-colored pinnacles in Chinese.
Huangshan maofeng is one of the most pricey and sought-after green tea varieties in China. Despite its name, which literally means fuzz tip from Yellow Mountain, a mountain range with an area of 160 square kilometers in East China's Anhui province, it remains a controversy which part of the mountain
Around Wuyi Mountain in East China's Fujian province, April marks the beginning of tea picking season, a period that lasts more than a month and a time when visitors from all over the country come seeking what they consider to be the best tea.
Qingming Festival is an important time in the lunar calendar for farmers to plan their agricultural activities. It has particular significance on tea culture, partially deciding the quality, and henceforth price, of the tea leaves. China Daily picks four famous types of tea that are produced at four
In response to an appeal from the public, the State Council said in March that the Labor Day holiday this year will be extended from one to four days. Following the announcement, more people started making plans to travel.
For Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, the role of a deputy to the National People's Congress has given him a wider horizon, and an even deeper understanding of people and society.