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Vote for Your Favourite Chinese New Year Stories

2015-03-20 16:28

After a grueling selection process and tough discussions, we have shortlisted the potential winners.To select the winners, we invite you to choose the best contributions made by fellow readers.

China's 'ballet of the east' seeks world status

2015-03-20 13:59

China's Flower Drum Lantern, dubbed as "the ballet of the east", is a folk art that combines singing and dancing.To preserve this folk performance art, Chinese government listed the Flower Drum Lantern as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006, and now the government is hoping it to be recognized on an international stage.

65 years old man has over 10,000 teapots

2015-03-20 13:34

Sang Chuanqi, a resident in Taihe county of Fuyang city in East China's Anhui province, has a collection of more than 10,000 teapots.

Sacrifice to heaven ceremony held in Fujian

2015-03-19 13:16

People carry the statues of Sansheng Dragon King, known as the incarnation of the dragon in folklore, to the Guangshi Temple for a sacrifice to heaven ceremony at the foot of Longji Mountain in Minhou county, Southeast China's Fujian province, March 18, 2015.

Ball pen artist makes his point

2015-03-18 16:01

Liu Kai, a 23-year-old artist, creates a picture with a ball pen at home in Fushan county, North China's Shanxi province. After graduating from high school, Liu worked as a farmer and migrant worker until pursuing his dream of becoming a painter in 2012.

Huayi Brothers clinches US films deal

2015-03-18 09:05

China's largest private film company has reached an agreement with an unnamed United States company to co-produce and distribute at least 18 feature films by the end of 2017.

Tomb complex found in Beijing

2015-03-17 16:02

Archeologists have unearthed a massive tomb complex in a southwest suburb in Beijing, according to the Beijing Institute of Cultural Heritage on Monday.

Cute floury flower buns in Shaanxi

2015-03-17 07:05

Flour-based food like the huamo or literally, "flower buns", are dinner table necessities in Luochuan county, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Elegant and lifelike, Luochuan huamo is a form of artwork with unique local character.

'Year of China' launches in South Africa

2015-03-16 16:35

The "Year of China" was launched at the State Theatre in Pretoria, capital of South Africa, on March 15.

Tibetan yak museum sparks craze in Beijing

2015-03-16 15:11

The curator of the world’s first yak museum sparked a Tibetan cultural craze when he visited Peking University on Mar 13 to give a two-hour lecture.

2000-year-old sword found

2015-03-15 13:56

A large set of funerary objects dating back to over 2,000 years were recently unearthed by the archaeology department of Zhoukou city in Central China's Henan province.

Shan Jixiang calls for legislation to safeguard cultural heritage

2015-03-13 11:28

Shan Jixiang has presented 178 proposals concerning the legislation and enforcement of laws safeguarding traditional cultural heritages in the past decade.

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