A new strain of tulip, 'Cathay, named by China's first lady Peng Liyuan made its debut on Feb 11 at the Beijing Botanical Garden.
Some 5,000 Chinese books displayed at the 22nd Minsk International Book Fair have attracted Belarussians on Wednesday at the Belarussian national exhibition center.
Performers attend the parade rehearsal of the Spring Festival temple fair held at Badachu Park in Beijing on Feb 9. The Spring Festival celebration at the park will vividly portray the heritage of the century-old temple fair to the public from Feb 19 to 24.
A festive "Long Street Banquet" is held in Datong ancient town, southwest China's Guizhou province on Feb 8, 2015. The banquet is a local celebration for the Chinese New Year. This year, themed "looking for the unforgettable flavor of New Year", the banquet attracted over a thousand people.
More than 800 programs of the "Happy Chinese New Year 2015" have so far been staged in 320 cities in 118 countries and regions worldwide, Chinese Minister of Culture, Luo Shugang, said.
The Capital Museum in Beijing has a special exhibition for the Year of the Sheep that begins on Feb 11, or on "Little New Year" ("Xiaonian" in Chinese) to showcase sheep,one of 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac.
Approximately 200 Chinese and Cambodian artists on Tuesday evening performed here during the 2015 Spring Festival Night Show.
Children learn traditional Chinese dance during a cultural activity to celebrate the upcoming Chinese lunar New Year in Annapolis, Maryland, the United States, Feb. 9, 2015.
The exhibition, Treasures from Chopin’s Country:Polish art from the 15th-20th Centuries, kicked off at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Feb 7.
Passage to China, a large-scale documentary series produced by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP), was released in Beijing on Feb 9.
Members of the Chinese community perform during the annual Lion Dance parade to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year along Somerset Street in Ottawa's Chinatown, Canada, on Feb 8, 2015.
Jincheng government made a commitment on Friday to thoroughly investigate the destruction of cultural relics and increase funding to protect them in an official response to an incident where an ancient village was demolished to make way for coal mining in Zezhou county in Jincheng, North China's Shanxi province.