In Asia, indigenous fashion has long been overshadowed by Western brands, but the region has gradually come together to change this.
The Palace Museum in Beijing held a memorial on Thursday for a villager who donated precious cultural relics to the museum.
A large-scale exhibition featuring contemporary literati arts will be unveiled at the Today Art Museum on June 25.
Inspired by the ancient theory, writers Li Huiqun and Muyanshenchu recently released two new books about ancient Chinese women's makeup, dress and fashion.
When smiling 8-year-old Indian actor Sunny Pawar says xiaxia nong ("thank you" in Shanghai dialect), it strikes a chord.
The ongoing 20th Shanghai International Film Festival is showcasing around 500 acclaimed movies from 57 countries and regions. Xu Fan reports.
Phoenix Television has launched the Plane-Tree Project at the Phoenix Center in Beijing, aiming to set up an open stage that allows media services to cross all the fields and welcomes cooperation in any form. Phoenix believes that the Plane-Tree Project will lead the media to a new era.
British artist Gillian Ayres, 87, one of the most important living abstract painters, will make her China debut with an exhibition, Sailing off the Edge, in Beijing from July 30 to Aug 27. It will show paintings she has done since 1979.
A Chinese vase that auctioneers expected would sell for 1,200 euros ($1,336) has sold in Ireland for 740,000 euros ($825,000), an Irish record for a piece of art sold at auction.
A growing number of Chinese are using photo-editing apps to modify their photos and curate their images.
Huang Binhong's momentum mountain-and-water piece, Yellow Mountain, grossed 345 million yuan ($50.6 million) at China Guardian Auctions' sale in Beijing on Monday, an auction record for the artist.
In 1989, Yang Jiecang was one of the three artists representing China at Paris' Pompidou's contemporary art show, Magician of the Earth. He presented his One Hundred Layers of Ink Series, which was different from what people traditionally understood about Chinese ink.