International students and volunteers paint patterns themed with rooster on oil-paper umbrellas in Liaocheng, East China's Shandong province, Jan 8, 2017.
French pianist and composer Julian Gelas brings his music to Chinese audience again. After the recent tour of Qingdao, Shandong province, Gelas will perform in Beijing from Jan 13 to 16.
Performers dance during the media preview of Chinese dance drama Confucius at Lincoln Center in New York, the United States on Jan 5, 2017.
There's no doubt that Chinese artist Zheng Wei, 33, is a die-hard fan of rock 'n' roll. He's engraved images of his favorite guitarists-as many as 185 of them-onto a nearly 6-meter-high wood block to show respect for his idols.
More than three years after Metallica's China debut, the band is set to rock fans here again, with concerts in Shanghai and Beijing, Chen Nan reports.
Roads of Arabia, an archaeological exhibition now at the National Museum of China, displays more than 400 artifacts from the collection of several Saudi Arabian museums.
Chinese and German archeologists have found images of what they believe to be Arabian horses on cliff paintings dating back 2,000 years in the Yinshan Mountains of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The 2016 Chinese-Egyptian Culture Year drew to an end successfully as some 150 various kinds of cultural activities were held in both countries, which is seen as a breakthrough.
Russian dancers perform in the ballet "Swan Lake" at the Tianqiao Theater in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 1, 2017.
Fans of Western musicals must have heard of the musical, Wicked. As one of the most successful and award-winning musicals on Broadway and in the West End, Wicked has been called "Broadway Biggest Blockbuster" by the New York Times and "One of the Greatest Musicals of Our Time" by the Daily Mail.
More than 100 artworks from Paris' famous gallery, the Louvre, will travel to the National Museum of China next month.
French artist Fran?ois Bossière's ink paintings are on display at a solo exhibition titled Unforeseen Appearances, at Hanfen Gallery this week.