In June 1933, writer Ba Jin (1904-2005) was boating on a river that runs across Tianma village in the Xinhui district of Jiangmen, Guangdong province.
Italian visual artist Elena Givone hails Chongqing, a metropolis in Southwest China, as the source of inspiration for her solo exhibition held in the vibrant city.
Nearly 30 years after his first visit to the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution as a student in 1996, actor Wang Renjun returned last month just ahead of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army on Aug 1.
Braving a sweltering summer afternoon in Central China, 12-year-old Chen Yulin steadied her violin beneath her chin.
In Agan town, 20 kilometers southeast of Lanzhou's Qilihe district in Northwest China's Gansu province, a flicker of magnesium light pierces through 50 years of dust, still glowing in the window of Agan Photo Studio.
It's perhaps not so hard to imagine visiting a theater and encountering Jia Baoyu, the protagonist of the Chinese classic A Dream of Red Mansions. Perhaps somewhat more jarring would be meeting that same character, or maybe just his spirit, in a small alley in modern-day southern China.
You've heard the phrase: "getting lost in a good book". Well, thanks to ingenious architecture, bold artistic devices and carefully-designed theaters, Unique Dream of Red Mansion in Langfang, Hebei province, enables fans of the eponymous Chinese classic to do — literally — just that.
In the lush enclosures of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, 50-year-old researcher James Edward Ayala leans in to observe 2-year-old panda cub Rong Shuo, whose name translates to "Shining Chengdu".
In the early spring of 1980, Mike Emery stepped onto the land of China for the very first time. As a crew member of a cruise ship and a photographer, Emery, 23, wandered with a camera through the streets and captured images of people's daily lives in several major cities such as Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, framing many vibrant and colorful moments that are now gradually fading with time.
Amid the scorching summer heat of North China, 17 Chinese and international volunteers huddle beside the gatehouse of an ancient residence in the historic Pingyao county of Shanxi province, carefully restoring bricks under the watchful guidance of seasoned professionals.
For Chinese Canadian architect Peter Guo-hua Fu, his career has always revolved around two passions: designing buildings and promoting the public's understanding of them.
In the height of the summer heat, the vast lotus ponds in Wangjiangjing town, Zhejiang province, stretch out in an endless sea of green.