The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 5 this year and ends on June 20.
June 5 will see another World Environment Day, yet environmental protection should be an everyday activity, rather than something only remembered as a slogan.Your wardrobe could also be more environmentally friendly too, by following these tips.
About 30 bookshops in downtown Shanghai will collaborate to launch a late-night reading festival from June 5 to 30.
Photo taken on June 3, 2020 shows a lotus flower in Yuping Dong autonomous county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]
The COVID-19 pandemic has left street performers around the world without an audience. One of them is blind Portuguese fado singer Dona Rosa, who makes a living by performing on a pedestrian street in downtown Lisbon.
"Guilin's scenery is the best under heaven," a popular Chinese saying goes.
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. Southwest China's Guizhou, a place with fresh air and a pleasant climate, is a hot summer tourist destination in China.
Performers play in "Princess Wencheng", an opera based on the life of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) princess, in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, June 1, 2020.
FUZHOU－Under the soft sunbeams in early summer, farmers are busy plucking tender leaves at a tea garden in the tranquil ravines of the lush Wuyi mountains in East China's Fujian province.
When a heavy downpour hit Beijing one afternoon in May, for many the instinctive thing to do was to rush for cover. For photographer Yang Dong, however, his first thought was to grab his camera.
With face masks and social distancing, these are tough times amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. But art student Liu Zhiwen has found a way to literally bring some color into our lives.
A warm southerly breeze carries the scent of flowers, and Suzhou in Jiangsu province is back verdant in the extreme, amid hope and anticipation as long-awaited cultural performances are finally returning.
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