A dedicated British champion of Chinese ceramics, Rose Kerr, was awarded Monday honorary citizenship of China's porcelain capital, Jingdezhen.
Ink master Qi Baishi is renown for meticulous depiction of small insects while achieving a balance with his carefree strokes of painting plants in the same painting.
Monks perform at the fifth China South Shaolin martial arts and culture festival held in Putian city, Fujian province on Nov 8, 2015.
The "2015 Asian Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition" opened at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou on Saturday, and will run through Nov 17.
An exhibition on culture and arts along Maritime Silk Road opened in Quanzhou Maritime Museum on Nov 8, making a splash in the ongoing Asia Arts Festival.
Girls of Miao ethnic group dance at a festival in Gulong township, Huangping county of Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Nov 8, 2015. The day, which according to Chinese lunar calendar is Sept 27, marks the annual Gulong Lusheng festival.
A landmark arts festival launched by the Ministry of Culture has opened at the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
A ceremony to celebrate the brewing of yellow rice wine is held in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province, on Nov 8, 2015, also the 19th solar term--the Beginning of Winter.
Cultures collaborated, arts flashed, and Quanzhou made a splash as the 14th Asia Arts Festival held its opening ceremony on November 8 at the Straits Sports Center.
A major classical music institution, the Juilliard School, makes inroads by opening an overseas campus in Tianjin.
Three of the most revered masters in contemporary performing arts hail from Taiwan, yet their works are imprinted with a legacy that goes far back into cultural China.
Organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Fujian Provincial People's Government,the seven-day event features diverse and dynamic Asian cultures and arts.