Chinese are angry that the 'king' of the Monkey Kings isn't invited to appear on CCTV's Spring Festival gala next month.
'2016 Happy Chinese New Year' launched in Seoul on Jan 26. The event features Chinese arts, folk music, opera, fashion, books and cuisine.
March marks the start of the China-Latin America Culture Year, a program that will boost cultural exchanges between China and nearly 30 Latin American countries.
More than 2,000 events, including concerts, film screenings, parades and exhibitions, are set to be held in more than 140 countries across the world to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 8.
An opening ceremony of 2016 China and Qatar Cultural Year was held in Doha on Sunday. Chinese Minister of Culture Luo Shugang, Qatari Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, and Ambassador of China to Qatar Li Chen attended the function.
The Memorandum of Understanding on setting up a China Cultural Center in Morocco was signed by the director of China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage Liu Yuzhu and Morocco's culture secretary Mohammed Amin Sybi on Jan 21 in Rabat.
Online polemics are raging in China over the design of a monkey-like mascot for the state TV's annual Lunar New Year gala heralding the Year of the Monkey.
Red Chinese lanterns suspended between the ancient stone pillars greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan 21 (local time) when he visited Luxor temple in Egypt.
2016 Happy Chinese New Year is being celebrated in 140 countries and 400 cities around the world.
Chinese New Year celebrations in South Korea kicked off on Jun 17 in Seoul with a variety show, featuring Chinese ethnic charms such as dance, Peking opera, acrobatics, cross talk, magic performance and singing.
Crowds of hundreds cheered, clapped and waved as China's famous Tianjin Art Troupe staged a culturally captivating event in a performance aimed at celebrating the upcoming Lunar New Year in Dhaka.
A girl practices calligraphy at the 2016 Egyptian Exhibition on Chinese Books, Jan 19, 2016.