The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 6 this year and ends on June 20.
The national cultural bureau conference on work related to foreign affairs and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan affairs was held in Beijing.
To celebrate the 66th anniversary of International Children's Day and Sino-Polish relationships, the Embassy of Poland in Beijing held its annual Open Day event on May 30.
To attract more Chinese tourists, some French cultural heritage institutions are opening accounts on Chinese social networks and offer information in Chinese.
Visitors to Beijing's Palace Museum are to be capped at 80,000 a day from June 13, the 10th Chinese Cultural Heritage Day
World in the Eyes of Chinese People, a photo exhibition, kicked off in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, on Tuesday. It is a part of the first China-CEEC (Central and Eastern European countries) Investment and Trade Expo, which will be held from June 8 to June 12.
Chinese vice Premier Liu Yandong and Indonesian Minister of Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani have witnessed the signing of a deal to establish cultural centers in each other’s country on May 27.
As part of the "New Silk Road Tour for Global Cultural Communication" series, an event called "New Road, New Scenery: Silk Road Tour for Artists" was promoted at the Moscow Chinese Cultural Center on May 26.
The South African heat of the 14th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students was staged in Durban on Saturday with two contenders emerging triumphant.
To promote Finnish culture and celebrate Children's Day, students from Beijing Foreign Studies University and members of the Young Cultural Ambassadors program took part in an Open Day at the Embassy of Finland in Beijing on Thursday.
As the first Chinese city featured at the Italian world expo, Beijing authorities launched a series of interactive activities at Expo Milano.
The China Children and Teenagers Fund recently launched a national program to help young parents to better understand their children. The program is sponsored by the US diet supplement manufacturer D-Cal.