Dragon dance and lion dance competition were held at Yiling Square in Yichang city of Central China's Hubei province on Wednesday to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. The festival falls on March 5 this year.
The Lantern Festival (or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese) is a traditional Chinese festival with great significance, which is on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of New Year celebrations.
Prince William visited a sanctuary for Asian elephants in Yunnan province to highlight wildlife protection.
Special chocolates made by Chinese chef Yang Yong catch people’s eyes at the second anniversary celebration of a Chinese chamber of commerce in Los Angeles on March 2, 2015.
About 15 rare pieces of art have been stolen from the Chinese Museum of the Chateau de Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris.
Britain's Prince William launched a China-UK cultural event here on Monday during his first-ever visit to China, by dotting the eyes of a sculpture of British cartoon character Shaun the Sheep.
British Prince William arrived China on a four-day visit aiming at boosting economic and cultural exchanges between Britain and China.
A Han-style First Writing Ceremony is held in Xi’an city, Shanxi province, on March 1, 2014. More than 50 children from Xi’an are attending the event to experience the traditional Chinese culture.
More areas of the Forbidden City will be open to the public this year and the museum will remain open into the evening, reports the Beijing Morning Post on Saturday.
A new line of cultural products designed by the Palace Museum to coincide with Chinese New Year have gone down well with the public.
The Chinese government invested about 1.33 billion yuan by the end of 2014 to build China Cultural Centers and is expected to add another 360 million yuan for developing and running them in 2015.
More than 3,000 devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Straits attended the worship ceremony of Jade Emperor of Heaven at Tianbao Yuzun Palace in Zhangzhou city of Southeast China's Fujian province in the early morning of Feb 27, 2015.
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