China's '24 solar terms' was added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) world intangible cultural heritage list on Wednesday.
Archaeologists have found ruins of a pentagonal structure believed to have been a tribal meeting hall or a leader's office from 6,000 years ago, authorities in North China's Shanxi province said Monday.
Women dressed in traditional Zhuang costumes sing folk songs to welcome guests in Liuhezhai, a scenic spot of Yizhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Nov 29, 2016.
Summer Palace in Beijing officially opens its flagship store on China's e-commerce platform Alibaba on Nov 29, 2016.
Beijing's celebrated Jingju Theater Company will stage two classical Peking Opera pieces in Australia as part of a cultural festival.
Timothy and Nora Sandholm Azemar perform Kunqu opera after 6-day learning in opera workshop brought by Chinese opera masters during the 7th Chinese Traditional Opera Festival in Paris, France on Nov 28, 2016.
China's "24 solar terms" received attention at the 11th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritages that opened in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa on Monday.
Ceramics are one of the most representative forms of Chinese cultural creativity, and it plays an important role in global exchanges even today.
A 15th-century qinghua (blue-and-white) stem bowl that was meant for the sacrificial rituals of Chinese emperors will go under the hammer at Christie's sale in Hong Kong on Nov 30.
A copy of a personal undertaking signed in Tokyo by Sun Yat-sen and his wife, Soong Ching-ling, is at the center of an ongoing Beijing exhibition.
A new China Cultural Center, co-built by China's Ministry of Culture and Jiangsu provincial government, inaugurated in Den Haag, the Netherlands, on Thursday.
A 2-meter-long color ink scroll from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) will be auctioned on Dec 6 in Beijing.