Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba. The day is also known as the Laba Rice Porridge Festival. The Laba this year falls on Jan 18.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Cold (Chinese: 大寒), the 24th solar term, begins this year on Jan 20 and ends on Feb 3.
An exhibition highlights the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts' role in promoting Chinese operas.
An exhibition reveals how history has navigated the course of the Grand Canal network over the ages.
The development of Yangzhou and the waterway has remained inexorably intertwined for millennia.
A teacher shows international students from African countries how to practice the tai chi fan dance at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, on Monday.
Archaeologists in China have uncovered what appears to be the nation's oldest palace in Central China's Henan province, extending China's history of constructing palaces by about 1,000 years.
Beijing authorities have accredited 16 attractions in the city as destinations with outstanding folk appeal.
China has for the first time published photocopies of ancient Tibetan literature taken to France from the famed Mogao Grottoes a century ago.
The Shanghai Children's Art Theater plans to present 31 productions this year, which marks its seventh performance season, the theater announced on Jan 5.
A new exhibition in Shanghai tells of the history of silk and its journey through the world.
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