A cultural performance was held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts over the past weekend to celebrate International Children's Day, bringing together more than 1,000 teenagers and children from across the country.
I first met Wang Fangting, better known as Liaoliao, at a sci-fi conference in Shanghai two years ago. She was a guest speaker, who, when stepping on the stage, apologized that she was so nervous that she had forgotten all she had prepared about her paper-cuttings, which seemed "remote from sci-fi or fantasy".
When 70-year-old Cheng Guizhi hung the first bundle of mugwort herbs above her weathered door-frame at dawn, a dozen livestreaming phones captured the ritual from multiple angles.
Why do we race dragon boats and wrap sticky rice in large flat leaves every year? What ancient wisdom lies beneath the thunderous drums and fragrant zongzi? From hanging mugwort to wearing sachets, these customs once warded off evil, but today unite us.
China and Tunisia have created an enduring legacy through vibrant artistic and trade exchanges across centuries, Xu Lin reports.
A collection of dinosaur specimens, the largest to ever be exhibited, will give visitors a glimpse into the efforts of generations of paleontologists whose discoveries have made China the country with the most diverse species, He Qi reports.
Play based on ancient story with character battling severe odds resonates with modern audiences facing their own challenges, Wang Xin reports.
Passion for mushrooms sprouts in Yunnan where fungi steal the show, Deng Zhangyu reports.
Historic trade route over mountains has its origins in Yunnan province, a place where the landscape is as diverse as the inhabitants, Deng Zhangyu and Li Yingqing report.
Southwest China's Yunnan province hosts an intricate and extensive ancient trail, known as the Ancient Tea Horse Road, which was used to transport tea from production areas to the Tibetan region.
A total of 100 buildings constructed in the past 100 years, ranging from temples and museums to schools and industrial ruins, located across China's 26 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, were announced as the 10th batch of China's 20th-century architectural heritage during an event held on Sunday in Beijing.
In celebration of International Tea Day on May 21, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been organizing a series of "Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon" events since the beginning of May, held in various countries around the world.
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