A trouper makes preparation for the performance of "gaoshan" opera in Yulong township in Longnan, Northwest China's Gansu province, Feb 6, 2017.
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, this year is the Year of Rooster. The rooster is a common animal and has appeared in many paintings. It is not only depicted by many Chinese painters, but also emerges in Western artwork. Let's take a look at roosters in Western art.
Samples from the collections held by 10 major Chinese museums have been showcased at Frankfurt's Paperworld fair in Germany, in the first Chinese group show at the internationally-famed exhibition.
Two dozen young performers in colorful robes sweep bows across traditional Mongolian morin khuur (horse-head fiddles) at the Minzu University of China's theater.
Pipa player Wu Man moved overseas to promote the Chinese instrument. Now, she hopes to do the same in her homeland. Chen Nan reports.
Sinologist Joel Bellassen, who recently won the Huilin Cultural Award, explains why he sees a bright future for the language across the globe. Wang Kaihao reports.
China's cultural industry saw more rapid growth last year, thanks, in part, to a boom in information transmission services, official data showed Monday.
In a move to promote Asian movies to the world, new awards dedicated to Asian cinema will debut at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. It's the first time a leading international film festival has set up an exclusive award section for Asian movies.
People of the Miao ethnic group dress up as "Manggao", a legendary creature in the Miao culture, as part of the Manggao festival in Rongan county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Feb 5, 2017.
As the Year of the Rooster is here, let's look at some fabulous artworks with roosters depicted by Chinese painters.
Ancient bones unearthed in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, have led archaeologists to suggest that the area may have been home to wild crocodiles thousands of years ago.
Ahead of her debut recital in Beijing four years ago, Alice Sara Ott cut her long hair that she'd for years.
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