As part of "Happy Chinese New Year" 2015 cultural fairs, the mascot for the Year of the Sheep was unveiled. The mascot's design is based on traditional paper-cut art and delivers the joy and good wishes for the Chinese New Year.
The third "Light of China: Persons of the year in spreading Chinese culture" selection process concluded and the final winners were rewarded in Beijing at the end of the year 2014.
The National Museum of China will hold several important exhibitions to pay tribute to such noted Chinese artists such as Huang Junbi, Jao Tsung-I and Pan He.
Cities along the Silk Road are enormous treasure troves of history, culture, architecture and the arts. A photography competition held by the imaging and optical producer Canon Inc invited photographers to focus their lenses on these Silk Road jewels.
An important step has been made in the recovery of thousands of relics from a famous Song dynasty ship Nanhai One, which sunk in the South China Sea about 800 years ago.
The heads of four beasts of the Yuanmingyuan (Old Summer Palace) – an ox, tiger, monkey and pig - are on display at the Shandong Museum in Jinan.
A campaign has been launched to restore old Chinese celluloid films.
A three-hour celebration activity was held in Beijing to commemorate the 121st birthday of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on December 26.
The number of museums registered in China has reached 4,165, which doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures revealed on Dec 25.
China's top legislature on Sunday appointed Luo Shugang as minister of culture.
A Tibetan calligraphy scroll stretching 206 meters was donated to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital city of Tibet, on Wednesday.
Foreigners who can recite five famous quotes of Confucius will be given free tours to his birthplace, according to a new policy by China's Qufu city aimed at promoting the wisdom of the ancient philosopher.