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The Nadun Festival: World's longest carnival for farmers

2018-08-27 15:43

Autumn is right around the corner, but preparations in Northwest China's Qinghai province to reap a bountiful harvest are already in full swing – but farmers there are doing much more than plowing the fields and planting crops.

Exhibition features works by acclaimed ink artist

2018-08-27 15:32

Over the past five decades, ink artist Lu Xiujing, 76, has demonstrated the core values of classic Chinese painting, which he learnt from great artists including Huang Binhong and Lu Yanshao.

Three albums showcase wide variety of calligraphic works

2018-08-27 15:19

Earlier this year, the Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House and the National Museum of China jointly published an album of classic calligraphic works from the latter's collection.

Direct flight, WeChat pay, get Scotland's tourism China-ready

2018-08-27 15:04

Taking the newly-launched direct flight from Beijing to Edinburgh, and using Chinese mobile payment platform WeChat Pay to purchase tickets to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Chinese tourists feel their holiday trips to Scotland this summer are more convenient and enjoyable.

Works of pioneering photographer on show

2018-08-27 14:52

Shi Shaohua (1918-98) is recognized as one of the country's three leading photographers, together with Sha Fei and Wu Yinxian, whose works document the course of the Communist Party of China in the 1930s and '40s.

Qianlong vase to go under the hammer in Hong Kong

2018-08-27 10:11

A porcelain masterpiece from Chinese Emperor Qianlong's imperial collection will go under the hammer in Hong Kong for a fall sale, announced the auction house Sotheby's on Friday.

'Crazy Rich Asians' tops N American box office for second weekend in a row

2018-08-27 09:57

Warner Bros.' Asian-centric film Crazy Rich Asians continued to lead North American weekend box office with an estimated $25 million for a second weekend in a row.

Hong Kong youth get a taste of life on the mainland

2018-08-27 08:30

Continuous rain fails to dampen the enthusiasm of a group of 200 people from Hong Kong who are visiting Tianjin, a city neighboring Beijing.

Chorus rises for Russia

2018-08-27 08:20

The Dawns Here Are Quiet, an original opera production by the National Center for the Performing Arts, will make its debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, one of Russia's premier venues for performing arts, over Sept 11-12.

Fabric from antiquity

2018-08-25 11:15

Tang Shoumin adroitly moves a shuttle over a web of densely-arranged vertical threads hung on an old-fashioned wooden loom at a grass linen plant in early August. And her feet step on the loom's pedal, moving in sync with her weaving.

Keeping the spirit alive

2018-08-25 11:03

The town of Baisha has been making wine since the time of the Ming Dynasty, and a young liquor brand is making serious efforts to keep the tradition going

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