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Artists perform "Red Cliff" at Hungary's State Theater in Budapest, July 4, 2012.
The top 10 best-known national treasures in the National Museum of China, which houses more than 1.2 million cultural relics and ancient artworks.
Traditional Mongolian dress are displayed during a Mongolian costume contest in Manzhouli City, north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 4, 2012.
Traditional art Kheyameya faces extinction in Egypt.
Local residents walk around the fields in a ritual ceremony praying for blessing in Donggar Village of Doilungdeqen county, southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, July 3, 2012.
The Bai spiritual tradition consists of a set of syncretic beliefs, imbued with a strong local flavor, represented by the Benzhu or local gods tradition.
A 0.55-meter terracotta portrait was unearthed during a survey by archaeologists from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Aohanqi Museum.
Farm cattle are gathered to perform a "bull fight" at a farmland in Tucheng Village, Gaoan County of east China's Jiangxi province, July 3, 2012.
Dancers perform in front of sculpture of logo design for West Lake
Acclaimed for its Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an is fast becoming the place to learn Chinese calligraphy.
Women are dressed in cheongsam, a traditional Chinese women's dress also known as Qipao, at a cheongsam exhibiting and promoting activity in east China's Shanghai, June 29, 2012.
Old-time ration coupons are on show at the Fudan University. The items in the exhibition cover the period from the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to 1993.