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Much-needed repairs are under way to preserve exquisite 600-year-old murals at Drepung Monastery in the Tibet autonomous region. 
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Lantern Festival, a tradition dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, marks the end of the two-week Lunar New Year celebration. Praise the Red Lantern
Girls wearing traditional Chinese costumes play folk music under the plum blossoms at Xixi Wetland Park in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province.
An ancient stone rhino, recently excavated, has drawn scores of people to visit Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu. Bones that piece together our past
A Lisu wedding procession made up of members from the bride's side heads for the groom's home in Xinyu village of Dechang county, southwest China's Sichuan province.
Visitors view lanterns during a trial lighting for the 2013 Taipei lantern festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb 16, 2013.
A Emmy-award winning BBC broadcaster says Chinese people aren't as familiar with their pasts as many believe. 'Xiaozhuang Pillows' of Qing Dynasty
It might not be easy to think of a nice wish for this zodiac year, but the reptile is an important part of Chinese culture.
Villagers on the northern outskirts of Beijing prosper by swapping fruit trees for colored silk.
First made more than 500 years ago, the paintings represent expectations of a prosperous life.
Before Gaomi became famous as the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan, the agrarian community was known for master Lunar New Year painter Lu Zhenli.Chinese New Year special
Mogao Grottoes murals, exuberant with color and movement, dating back thousands of years, are gradually rotting away. Hidden gems of history
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