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Artists perform Meilin Opera in Taining County, Fujian Province.
The display includes various snuff boxes and bottles as well as related paraphernalia.
About 160 unmovable cultural relics in Beijing were damaged during a storm last Saturday.
Visitors tour at a mega exhibition "The Majesty of All Under Heaven: The Eternal Realm of China's First Emperor" at the Hong Kong Museum of History in Hong Kong, July 24, 2012.
A chance encounter with an unpublished book has turned out to be a life-changing experience for Kong Lingmin, who is famous for making Cao's Kites.
The furniture from Ming and Qing dynasties tend to use plants, animals, characters and other historical stories and folk tales to express emotions such as devotion, expectation, pursuit and blessing.
The Kazakh embroidery in Mori is a key industry for local economy.
With so few Chinese architects making their mark on China’s cityscapes, 49-year-old Professor Wang Shu’s winning of this year’s prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize has come as a welcome surprise.
About 2,500 years ago, a famous philosopher, Mozi, who lived in Weifang, spent three years making a wooden bird that could fly. That was the earliest kite in history, way before Leonardo da Vinci made a similar experiment in 1485.
The three-day festival that kicked off on Friday has more than 600 years of history.
They come in all shapes, sizes and colors, and they had all gathered for an exhibition in Beijing. Let us marvels at the makers' devotion to a traditional craft.
Kite-flying can be a consuming passion at the Weifang International Kite Festival, which had attracted an ardent gathering of international hobbyists.
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