In 2025, China staged approximately 640,400 commercial live performances (excluding those in entertainment venues), attracting a total of 194 million audience visits, according to statistics from the China Association of Performing Arts.

A wildlife hospital in a southeastern Paris suburb is a place of no cuddles but lots of care. It helps injured, sick and orphaned animals — often victims of human activity and increasing urbanization — heal so they can return to their natural habitat.Last week, a female fox cub was found alone in a

Competing for attention with Jennifer Lopez is no easy task. But at a recent wedding in India where the American star performed in a barely-there sparkly leotard, it was arguably the cake that stole the show.The towering multi-tier construction, several metres high and inspired by Rajasthani

As 2026 marks a year dedicated to cultural exchange between China and Africa, ties between China and Mozambique are evolving beyond long-standing friendship into something more grounded and personal.

Tanzania's lion population has reached about 17,000, the largest in the world, an official said on Monday.

Celebration marking 2026 Int'l Chinese Language Day held in Kazakhstan

University students celebrate Int'l Chinese Language Day in Istanbul, Türkiye

Photo shows shadow play puppets displayed in Shuangquan village, Huayin city, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The municipal government of Bandung in Indonesia's West Java province has proposed designating the corridor stretching from Simpang Lima to Jalan Asia Afrika as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan announced the plan on Sunday while attending the 71st anniversary of the

43rd Weifang Int'l Kite Festival kicks off in China's Shandong

Traditional Sanyuesan Festival celebrated across China

A series of cultural events have been held in multiple locations worldwide to mark the 2026 United Nations Chinese Language Day. On Monday, a special celebration commemorating both the Chinese Language Day and the 80th anniversary of the Chinese Language Service will be held at the United Nations

A sixty-volume compendium documenting more than 23,000 ancient Chinese bronze artifacts lost abroad was published on Sunday by Shanghai Classics Publishing House. The books' publication marks China's first systematic investigation and sorting of the status of important bronze cultural relics

Chinese people at home and abroad gathered together at the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor in Xinzheng, Central China's Henan province, on Sunday, sharing cultural identity among all Chinese people.

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Guangxi Sanyuesan Festival kicked off Saturday in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, staging a folk feast integrating technology and culture that brings immersive new vitality to the traditional ethnic festival.