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There are few tourists taking the rickshaws in the soon-to-be renovated area surrouding Beijing's drum and bell towers in the cold months, even though they stock blankets.
At age 90, Zhang Wenxiang says he's probably the oldest resident of Beijing's drum and bell tower area.
Every hour is peak hour at Yao's Chao Gan restaurant.
Rahman Amut leads a hermit-like existence, guarding the ancient Kizilgahr Grottoes in a remote desert. Shao Wei reports in Kuqa county, Xinjiang.
Chinese people from all over the world will gather on March 24 in Xinzheng, central China's Henan province, to attend an annual ritual to worship their ancestor, Emperor Huang or Huangdi.
Established in 1927, the Buddhist Academy of Emei Mountain, covering an area of more than 10,000 square meters presently, has courses mainly on Buddhism studying.
Children balance eggs in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, March 20, 2012, to mark start of spring, or Chunfen in Chinese.
Liu Yi, a 21-year-old senior girl student majoring in Chinese martial arts, teaches martial arts to foreign students in a gymnasium in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Chinese ceramics and works of art were under the spotlight as New York Asia Week kicked off to celebrate the remarkable realm of Asian art, antiques and design.
People donning ancient Chinese costumes pay tribute to Confucius (551BC - 479BC), a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, at a temple in Zhengding county, Hebei province, March 17, 2012.
Peking Opera theorist Liang Yan, with a doctorate in traditional theater studies, has determined who the man behind Mei Lanfang and his tour of the United States was.
PoloArts Entertainment Company CEO Wang Xiang will never forget stumbling upon a pile of Kunqu Opera tapes in the office Neil Mundy about 10 years ago in London.