One day after Lantern Festival, residents in Xiadongzhai village, North China's Shanxi province, had quick breakfasts before assembling for a long-anticipated occasion.
Decorated with Chinese-style red lanterns, the pavilion of translated Chinese books saw a big turnout of book lovers at the 54th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair, the largest book fair in the country.
Located in a cold and high mountainous area of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with rich tourism resources, Dazhai Village has been named among the 2022 "Best Tourism Villages" by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Snakes – from the cunning serpent in the Bible that convinces Eve to eat the fruit from the forbidden tree, to the limbless, slimy reptile covered in overlapping scales that can trigger ophidiophobia in extreme conditions – can’t be regarded as having a favorable reputation in most cases. While the species is usually labeled with tags such as dangerous, poisonous, evil and disgusting, in Chinese folklore a white-colored member of the snake family is rather famously linked to a romantic story, and is a common household tale known to many in China.
An international plum blossom festival was launched on Monday in Nanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, according to the local culture and tourism bureau.
From the vision of the China’s entire history, the story shaped an inclusive culture and politics. It also established a solid, lasting tradition in ideology and culture: inclusiveness and interaction.
The night fair in Jinghong city of Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province has attracted many tourists, some of whom enjoyed a travel photo service in which photo studios provided traditional costumes and makeup to tourists.
Chinese researchers have recently made further progress in their study of artifacts from the Fanjiagouwan Locality at Salawusu, which is located on the southern edge of the Ordos Highlands.
More than 10,000 bamboo scripts, among which about 1,300 with written characters, and 837 seal impressions dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) have been found in Yunnan province, Southwest China, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute.
Blue turban, greenish-blue collarless lapel jacket, a pleated skirt and a pair of embroidered shoes with pointed toecaps — a Bouyei woman, with her distinctive traditional ethnic costume, is easy to spot.
One iconic facet of China's historic architecture is its roofs and eaves, which are mainly covered in tiles glazed in green, yellow and blue.
Zhu Ming has a way of drawing people's attention and having them spontaneously lean in and listen to what he has to say.