The weekly program, Chinese Idiom Congress, aired by CCTV won the title "Cultural Program of the Year" at the 8th annual Variety Program Awards held in Beijing on March 22.
Empresses in the Palace, the American version of The Legend of Zhenhuan which was made available for streaming on Netflix, has flopped in North America.
A villager works on salt pans in Markam county, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, March 21, 2015. Markam county, with rich salt resources, has more than 3,000 salt pans to evaporate brine in the sun with an ancestral technique since Tang Dynasty (618-907AD); which is also the oldest method of salt production.
Zero Band, one of China's oldest rock bands, put on a gig at Beijing's Tango pub on March 21, to announce its 2015 national tour Love from Zero, which will start in May from Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Xiao Lin, China's famous crosstalk comedian and member of the Chinese Ballad Singers Association died of blood poisoning today. He was 59.
The annual Tianheng Sea Sacrifice Festival opened in Jimo city in East China's Shandong province on March 21, attracting more than 40,000 visitors from home and abroad. The festival was designated a national intangible heritage in 2008.
A famous protest of Australian union workers against Japanese invasion of China and the atrocities they committed against the Chinese people has become the topic of a new Australian-made documentary released on the weekend.
China's first animal reality show has sparked debate over whether appearing on television puts zoo animals in distress.
Chinese relic experts have determined a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue containing a mummified monk, which is now in possession of a Dutch private collector, is a relic stolen from an east China village in 1995.
The 5th Beijing International Film Festival, to be held on April 16 to 23, has attracted 930 movies from across the globe to compete for the Tiantan Award, organizers said.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox，as the fourth term of the year starts on Mar 21 and ends on Apr 4 this year.
The modern Chinese artwork Qi Baishi’s 12 Landscape was unveiled at Poly International Auction’s 10th anniversary celebrations on Mar 18 and will be put on display in Poly Art Museum in Beijing from Mar 20 to 28.
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