Canada Post issues a theme stamp named Year of the Ram, which marks the beginning of "Happy Chinese New Year", a series of cultural events initiated by Ministry of Culture to celebrate the Spring Festival overseas in Toronto.
A three-month exhibition of ancient Chinese musical instruments opens Thursday at the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province.
The State Council, in a meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, adopted a draft regulation on Jan 14 to better supervise and boost service at museums.
Apps like classical Chinese translation have suddenly emerged online and are being well received among netizens.
China will strive for equal access to basic cultural services for all, according to an official guideline released on Wednesday.
According to HKTDC's data, being the second-largest licensing market in Asia after Japan, retail sales of the mainland's licensed merchandise amounted to $5.5 billion in 2013.
Thirty-four entries were added to the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List at the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Zhou Youguang, a renowned Chinese linguist, is often credited as the "Father of Pinyin (Chinese phonetic alphabet)" in China. Born in Changzhou in East China’s Jiangsu province, Zhou celebrated his 110th birthday on Jan 13.
Archaeologists recently discovered five precious sariras at an ancient tomb in Xiangyang city in Central China's Hubei province.
China's capital city launched its first underground library, "M Subway•Library" on Jan 12. The theme of its first activity is "Our Characters".
Pupils from Zhonghua Road Primary School learn the Chinese paper-cut from folk artist Yin Guilan at Yinshanmen community in Zhenjiang, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 13, 2015.
According to Fung, one important event agreed to by the two Palace Museums is an exhibition on court painter Giuseppe Castiglione to mark the 300th anniversary of his arrival in China.