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The Torch Festival falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month in Butuo County, the birthplace of the Chinese Yi Torch Festival.
Sanhe Town is the best-preserved riverside town in Anhui province, boasting some of the nation's finest examples of ancient Hui style architecture.
Classes held to teach local women traditional culture in Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Furniture from Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Qing-style furniture, has attached particular importance to the application of decoration as the way of embodying its rich cultural connotations.
A recent exhibition titled Chinese Ancient Inventions presents 312 cultural relics that reflect the most significant Chinese ancient inventions at Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
A carnival atmosphere starts prevailing in Istanbul as Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is drawing near.
Collection of Chinese Antiques
Dong Yuan, one of the greatest painters in the later Tang Dynasty (923-936), was born in Zhongling county, Jiangxi province. He is considered the founding father of landscape painting of S. China.
If you are tired of urban life, a visit to Yuxian, Hebei province, is a refreshing change, especially for those interested in cultural heritage.
A exhibition focus on iconic Beijing structures of hutong and siheyuan is welcoming visitors at the Capital Museum. It will last until October 21, 2012.
Liuli means ancient Chinese glass or crystal. It has a lineage stretching back thousands of years, first making its appearance in the 11th century BC.
During the festival, straw effigies of the demon Ghantakarna are burned to symbolise the destruction of evil.
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