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.
A unique exhibition, the first in Australia, will explore the grand historical sweep of Chinese art and calligraphy traditions at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) starting on Friday.
China is playing a key role in protecting and displaying heritage, not only at home but also in the region.
The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, is one of the most historically and culturally significant sites in China.
The seventh Art Basel Hong Kong ended on Sunday with 242 galleries presenting works by renowned contemporary artists from all around the world.
As the International Horticultural Exhibition approaches, visitors are in for a green treat.
American filmmaker Rob Minkoff, who directed Disney's 1994 critically acclaimed animated film The Lion King, will lead this year's Tiantan Awards jury.
As the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature, Mo Yan has been hailed as a writer "who, with hallucinatory realism, merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
This year, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the famous Chinese concerto Butterfly Lovers, a new musical theater production by the same name will be jointly created by the Yu Lina Violin Art Foundation and Hongqi, a subsidiary of leading Chinese auto brand FAW.
The Guan Hanqing Grand Theater recently opened on the bank of the East Lake in Baoding, Hebei province. With an aerial view that resembles a conch shell, the theater is now bringing harmonious melodies to the local residents.