The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 6 this year and ends on June 20.
An exhibition now on at the National Art Museum of China, and which runs through June 9, features around 100 paintings by Beijing-based artists which hail cultural traditions and modern developments.
More than 1,000 foreign students from 29 local universities participated in this year's Shanghai International Students Dragon Boat Race on June 1.
The China Tourism and Culture Week was inaugurated in Yangon on Monday, with the aim of deepening exchanges and cooperation in the sectors of tourism and culture as well as promoting friendship between peoples of the two countries.
Gu Zhenhong moved gracefully to the soothing traditional Chinese music onstage at a hotel in Jiangsu province's Suzhou in late May.
Silver was used as money in China for centuries during imperial times. An ongoing exhibition at Shanghai Museum, titled Silver in the History of Chinese Currency, which runs through July 28, tells the story of China's association with the metal.
Visitors were fixated as Yeh Kuoyi swiftly twisted puzzle-like plastic pieces into different shapes at the Taiwan pavilion, during the 14th China Beijing International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo in late May.
More than 100,000 people watched performances at 19 major theaters in Shanghai during the 12th China Art Festival, setting a record for attendance, according to the news conference held at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on June 2.
Cultural events will be held on June 8 all over China to celebrate Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
A total of 95 ancient tombs have been discovered on the campus of Tsinghua University, a prestigious university in Beijing.
In 1971 Maxwell Hearn entered a museum by the back door. What he found inside so fascinated him that he has never quite left the world.
Eight life-size Terracotta Warriors from China are among the works shown as part of a rare exhibition being hosted by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
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