Qixian county's ancient city is a story of faded glory - one that's perhaps set to stage a revival as tourists discover its ancient allure.
Diantou's caves were carved to enable imperial soldiers to vanquish invaders without leaving their subterranean fortifications. Li Yang and Sun Ruisheng explore these little-known grottos and tunnels in Taiyuan.
Asceticism and silence reign for modern-day lodgers of the Buddhist Eiheiji temple
On a dark December night, a canopy of lights glitters across Lower Manhattan, and not just from One World Trade and the other downtown skyscrapers. The neighborhood sparkles with new attractions, from the otherworldly glow of the SeaGlass carousel in Battery Park to a colorful, choreographed light show called Luminaries at the Winter Garden.
Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, but sometimes even days to finish a story. He is one of the few remaining performers of this ancient art. Chen Nan reports.
It's a cold Saturday afternoon and the Beijing Concert Hall is packed. Cho Seong-jin has arrived for his Beijing debut and there are great expectations of the 21-year-old from South Korea who won the prestigious 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Oct 20 this year.
Vanatsaya Viseskul, a sweet-voiced, round-faced 16-year-old Thai singer, whose name, at the moment, is inextricably linked with the late Teresa Teng, a singer from Taiwan whose love songs gained her wide fame across Asia, sat on a chair in a dressing room of a theater in Beijing.
Fashion icon Michael Kors comes to Beijing to open his biggest flagship store in Asia, telling Chen Jie he's loving the country's full-tilt ride into the future.
The scenes depicting tomb raiders in an upcoming fantasy thriller could be an indication that the country's cinema regulators are loosening up on previously "forbidden" areas, say industry sources.
Will the Marvel Universe have a Chinese counterpart soon?
The venerable Buddhist monk Xuan Zang undertook a perilous journey to India around 1,300 years ago. Now, an upcoming film based on the legendary expedition is set to re-create history on big screen.
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