Like all things natural, cultural events and trends do not happen in a vacuum or a prearranged manner neatly framed by a calendar.
As New Year's Day approaches, the country's TV industry is looking back on its small-screen achievements and regrets in the past year - showcased when the 30th Flying Apsaras Awards were bestowed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Monday.
It was opened in late November to the public. And it has a large collection of books and periodicals published before 1949 and after, comparable in number with or even larger than leading domestic public libraries. Yang Yang reports.
Englishman William Lindesay recently launched The Great Wall in 50 Objects - his fifth book on the Wall - in China, as part of the 2015 UK-China Year of Cultural Exchange.
China's outbound tourism took off in 2015. Yang Feiyue and Li Jing review the trends and developments.
Visitors to Beijing's Shunyi can enjoy nearly 100 winter activities during the district's first "snow-and-ice" carnival.
Chinese music reaches out to new audiences with innovative ways to help listeners identify with the stories behind it, Chen Jie discovers.
"I just want to live in peace, and plant potatoes and dream." That is the most-beloved quote by Moomintroll, a popular fairy-tale character in Finland, who is coming to life onstage in China.
When the Vienna Philharmonic holds its New Year's Concert in the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein on Jan 1, it will not just present one of the world's foremost classical music events but also will celebrate the 75th anniversary of this cherished tradition.
The Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum, which is set to reopen on Dec 31 after a two-year restoration, now houses 2,600 stone carvings collected from all over the city. Wang Kaihao reports.
If there is any rival to Jiangxi's Jingdezhen, which is known as the "porcelain capital" of China, it has to be Liling city, which has equally long history when it comes to making porcelain.
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