The year 2013 will be remembered for the spectacular takeoff of China's film market, and it will also go down in history as the year bad movies ruled, or at least shared, the box office.
The 14th Ice and Snow Naadam festival kicks off at the Chen Barag Banner in Hunlunbuir League of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on December 23, 2013.
The first Yang Liping International Dance Festival kicks off in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, Dec 19, 2013.
Feng Xiaogang's latest film "Personal Tailor" premiered in Beijing on December 17, 2013.
Visitors view Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's works during her Asia tour exhibition in Shanghai, Dec 16, 2013.
Paintings from DPRK is currently on display at the 2013 Art Shenzhen event in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, December 13, 2013.
Karen Mok is currently performing the jazz variation at her concert tour marking the 20th anniversary of her debut in China's Chongqing. She belongs to the stage.
The pictures are selected from excellent animal photographic works.
Students wearing traditional costumes from Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) have class at a private school in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province.
Chinese photographers show a glimpse of the nostalgic silhouette Chinese dance has left in the past six decades.
Zhang Hongming, a dough modelling craftsman, displays his works at his studio in Changchun.
Performers present the Bodies in Urban Spaces project from Austrian artist Willi Dorner, Not Seen, at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal.