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2012 Tibet Yarlung Cultrual Festival opens.
A 600-year-old religious building in Central China will be raised 15 meters above ground by the end of the year to keep it from being inundated by a water project.
When a place in China is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, it is normally associated with money making. But Nanxijiang is an exception.
Zeya mountain area has a 1,000-year-old tradition of bamboo papermaking. Zhang Zixuan visits 'Paper Mountain' to learn how it is made.
The words for fish and abundance are pronounced the same in Chinese so the fish in the Chinese culture symbolizes wealth.
Traditional lacquer engraving technology, lacquer engraving was a technique widely applied on the lacquer ware of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The word jiaoyi refers to a folding chair in use in China. Because the shape of its crossed legs resembles the Chinese word "交" (jiao), this chair is named as jiaoyi.
Xiang Shengli, 43, carried forward the craftsmanship of designing and making inksticks from his father, an senior craftsman in this business.
"I speak the language I love, for that is me myself, I teach the language I love to children, to let them know who they are."
He has spent the better part of his 20s in China, studying and writing about what he sees. Now, Kato Yoshikazu is leaving and wants to share his thoughts.
The local government in Kaifeng, an ancient city in Central China's Henan province, plans to restore the city’s historical appearance of its downtown.
Can a traditional dress adapt to modern tastes? You bet, today's style-makers tell Tiffany Tan.
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