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A large exhibition and fair showcasing about 50 intangible cultural heritage items opened on Friday in Xi'an, the historic capital of Shaanxi province.
Scientists have discovered a new feathered dinosaur species that lived in the Early Cretaceous Period, about 125 million years ago, in northeastern China.
Fold music has been heard in Beijing, but it is rare to see a group of grassroots musicians from the countryside present their music on their own.
The excavations carried out at Yinxu and the finding of the oracle bones significantly changed China's historical records.
Nearly 20,000 people from around the world gathered in front of the mausoleum for Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, to pay their respects to the emperor believed to be ancestor of all Han Chinese.
Charming Beijing Photo Exhibition and Beijing's Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition were held in Nairobi on Monday.
The Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, occurs on April 4 this year, which is one of the most important traditional festivals for the 24 Chinese solar terms.
There's an upsurge of interest in Tomb-sweeping Day in the US as Chinese Americans honor their ancestors,Kelly Chung Dawson reports in New York.
Liu Sheng is concerned the transformation of his community around Beijing's Drum and Bell towers will overly commercialize the area and ruin its authenticity.
Or demolishing old bonds? These are the questions facing planners and residents who live near Beijing's Drum and Bell towers. Cheng Anqi, Zhang Zixuan and Han Bingbin report in Beijing.
Located on the northeastern edge of the Loess Plateau, the site of some of the earliest settlements of Chinese civilization, Datong is a city steeped in history and culture.
A flea as big as a dollar coin that may have sucked the blood of dinosaurs 160 million years ago has been discovered by Chinese scientists.
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