For Chen Lizhong, an inheritor of Shoushan stone carving, sculptors record an era with their chisels-just like writers with their pens.
More than 10 ancient villages in Fujian province joined the designated ranks of China's most beautiful rural areas at a recent tourism summit.
With villages of stone houses, flashing blue waters and wet sea winds, Pingtan, a group of remote islands off eastern Fujian province, hopes to welcome more tourists to experience its relaxing and simple lifestyle.
Rich history, UNESCO sites, strong cross-Straits ties give Fujian global renown, Cao Yingying reports.
Fujian province, a core area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, has launched a range of overseas shows and art exhibitions in recent years to promote Chinese culture along the ancient trade route.
As one of the country's two official performing troupes, the Xiamen Nanyue Orchestra has performed and trained young people to carry on Nanyin, a music-performance art form based on the local culture in southern Fujian province.
In a two-day extravaganza last weekend, the NEU Future Festival convened more than 30 speakers from both China and abroad to exchange ideas on topics ranging from art and music to film-making, science and technology – to explore the opportunities and challenges of our near and far future.
The images of the most authoritative statues of Niulang the cowherd and Zhinyu the weaver girl in Chinese folklore set off heated discussion recently, with netizens complaining they are disappointed by their appearance.
Four Chinese virtual reality films have been nominated for the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and will compete with their foreign rivals for three major prizes.
Tubbat rises with the sun and hops on his motorbike to ride 30 kilometers to tend to a saxual forest that was once desert.
Confucius once asked his students: "What is your ideal life?" Some said they wanted to help run the country. Others said they wanted to educate people on morality.
An English-language version of Jia Pingwa's work, Happy Dreams, has just been published in both print and electronic formats. It looks at the lives of scrappers against the backdrop of big social changes.