About 900,000 natural villages have disappeared over the past 10 years and the situation is becoming more serious than anticipated, Feng Jicai, a famed writer and CPPCC member, said on Wednesday.
Wudang will embark on a go-out strategy to develop its culture overseas, Li Guangfu, deputy head of China's Taoist Association, said on Thursday.
Feng Jicai, famed writer, heritage campaigner and CPPCC member, has suggested Chinese leaders and officials study laws on the protection of intangible cultural heritage and cultural relics and better enforce them.
At the CCPCC held on March 4, Mo Yan presented his views on the protection and innovation of the local folk opera Maoqiang, which originated in his beloved hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong province.
Dragon dance and lion dance competition were held at Yiling Square in Yichang city of Central China's Hubei province on Wednesday to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. The festival falls on March 5 this year.
Wang Jichao's first language is Yi, but when he was 13 a teacher taught him to say a few words in Mandarin, including Beijing and Tian'anmen. He struggled to pronounce them, and had no idea what they meant.
Prince William, Britain's Duke of Cambridge, visited a breeding base for Asian elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan province on Wednesday to highlight wildlife protection.
Prince William visited a sanctuary for Asian elephants in Yunnan province to highlight wildlife protection.
Special chocolates made by Chinese chef Yang Yong catch people’s eyes at the second anniversary celebration of a Chinese chamber of commerce in Los Angeles on March 2, 2015.
The plenary sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), popularly known as the "two sessions", kicked off this week. Many Chinese artists are also CPPCC members. Let's hear what they had to say.
China is lagging behind other countries in the creation of contemporary works that represent the peak of the country's cultural achievements, according to a leading heritage campaigner.
Several people from the entertainment industry, who are members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said literary and art circles need to be cleaned up as they arrived in Beijing.