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A massive collection of folk arts and craftsmanship has come alive in Beijing in a huge exhibition of China's intangible heritage. The practitioners of various arts are in the Chinese capital to demonstrate the techniques of creating their art.
Tangka, or Tibetan Buddhist story painting, is a fascinating element of Tibet autonomous region's culture.
Fireworks explode over the sky with a full moon as a backdrop in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2009, or China's traditional Lantern Festival.
Traditionally an occasion for family reunion, the Lantern Festival on Monday was celebrated widely by Chinese people in different ways.During the festival, people, especially children, go out at night carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns. Young ladies who normally stayed at home were chaperoned in the streets in the hope of finding love.
A folk artist performs acrobatics during a folk art festival held in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 5, 2009.
China will stage the largest exhibition of intangible cultural heritage items in its history here from Feb. 9 to 23, according to the Ministry of Culture.
Splendid lotus lanterns on the emerald-colored Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal with a history of hundreds of years will provide a picturesque view in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, during the upcoming Lantern Festival.
The Chinese New Year parade kicked off at 8 p.m. Sunday in central Sydney, with dragon and lion dances and big red lantens shining, a tradition of the local Chinese community to celebrate Chinese New Year -- the Spring Festival.
Tourism in southwest China's quake-hit Sichuan Province is showing signs of revival at the end of the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.