Cao Guiyuan has had a busy harvest season on her peach plantation in Central China's Hubei province.
As Xia Yuanfang strolled along the Songhua River with her family, she was glad of the mild northern weather, a welcome change from the hot, humid environment of her hometown in Guangdong province. "It's cool here in summer. It's comfortable drinking beer and listening to music," says Xia, who took a river tour in Harbin, capital of China's northernmost Heilongjiang province.
Daily activities and ceremonies to show filial piety have been an essential part of traditional Chinese virtues, and one important occasion to practice this tradition in autumn is the Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival, which is observed on the ninth day of the ninth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.
Paintings and sculptures are on display at Painting New Time, Praising New Chapter, an exhibition running through Nov 10 at the 798 International Art Exchange Center.
The exhibition, "Forging Ahead in the New Era", was unveiled at Beijing Exhibition Center on Sept 27, 2022.
The image of the ancient Chinese sage and educator Confucius was vividly presented in various forms of intangible cultural heritage items recently.
On Oct 7 and 8, the school staged its latest dance piece, Sing a Song for the Party, at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, marking the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Veteran Peking Opera performers Du Zhenjie and Zhang Huifang joined in the Culture Tour of Peking Opera Master Forum, which was launched by the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchanges Center.
During the weeklong National Holiday, Jiulong Immersive, a multidimensional Huaiju Opera show, premiered at the Jiulongkou Scenic Area, in Jianhu county, East China's Jiangsu province.
At the Niya ruins site in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, an antique brocade armband, with embroidered characters roughly translating to "five stars rise in the east and benefit China", left many with room for imagination.
Most people read poems in books or online, but residents in Chengdu, Sichuan province, get to read 1,455 ancient poems on stone tablets.