The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Rain Water this year starts on Feb 19 and ends on Mar 5.
Worshiping trees on festive occasions is a tradition in Jinping couty in Southwest China's Guizhou province.
Thinking about a fast food lunch? Well think again after Australian researchers found you'll have to exercise for hours after examining the kilojoule content of 229 small meals and snacks at 25 local fast food chains.
The Governors Ball is a gala hosted by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and takes place immediately after the Academy Awards ceremony.
American engineer reluctantly takes up a job at a Chinese company and is happily surprised, report Zhang Li in Nanning and Liu Xiangrui in Beijing.
People watch a performance of Huangmei Opera, a form of rural folk song and dance, in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, Feb 18, 2016.
Two young monks practice kungfu at Wanshou Temple in Changchun city, Northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb 17, 2016. Both born after 2000, they spend most of their time learning kungfu each day after studying sutras.
During the Spring Festival, Wang Wei, 37, drove for two hours with her husband and 10-year-old son to a narrow hutong near Niujie Mosque,Beijing, to join in her family to celebrate the traditional festival.
On the seventh day of Lunar New Year, which fell on Sunday, residents of Chengdu gathered at Du Fu's Thatched Cottage in the city's Qingyang district to recite poems and celebrate.
Here we share stories of people who explain what the Spring Festival really means to them and their families and how it influences them in their daily lives.
Salt intake has been on the decline in China since 2000, but it currently is still nearly twice the amount recommended by the World Health Organization, a new study said on Tuesday.
Women of Miao ethnic group carrying gifts on the shoulder walk at Ma'an village of Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province on Feb 13.
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