A drone photo taken on Dec. 21, 2025 shows people attending a bonfire evening party at a cultural festival on the occasion of the Winter Solstice in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. People attended a cultural festival marking the Winter Solstice, the shortest day

Estonian farmers prepare traditional Christmas dishes for visitors at a Christmas market on Town Hall Square in Tallinn, Estonia, Dec. 20, 2025.

A lake nestled in a mountain valley in Zhanang County, Shannan City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. /CGTN Snow-capped mountains backdrop Puma Yumco Lake in Langkazi County, Shannan City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. /CGTN Sunset arrives at Potala

Urban park in Rome filled with festive atmosphere ahead of Christmas

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 18, 2025 shows a view of Khorchak Village in Burang County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.Two days ahead of the Tibetan New Year is the traditional "Gutu Eve" for families to have a feast of "gutu", a traditional soup dish made of

Archaeologists in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province have uncovered a prehistoric site dating back to 4,100 years ago. The discovery not only pushes the recorded history of civilization in Cixi, a county-level city administered by Ningbo, but also provides new materials for a deeper study of

"Avatar: Fire and Ash," the third installment of the sci-fi epic, premiered on the Chinese mainland on Friday simultaneously with North America, accounting for as much as 46.5 percent of the day's total screenings across China and sparked mixed reactions among Chinese moviegoers.As of 3 pm Friday,

For a long time, alcohol in China has primarily served as a social lubricant, a tool for banquets, business dealings, and collective gatherings, where formality, etiquette, and drinking prowess took center stage.In recent years, however, that logic has begun to loosen, not through dramatic

A national meeting on cultivating talent in the cultural sector was held in Beijing on Saturday.Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, addressed the meeting.Participants

Experience the 24 solar terms with Pan Panda: Winter Solstice

A house decorated with Christmas lights is pictured in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 19, 2025.

An international art exhibition dedicated to Spanish painter Pablo Picasso opened at the Museum of Art Pudong (MAP) on December 18, marking the first stop of a global tour and the show's only stop in China.Titled "Picasso Through the Eyes of Paul Smith," the exhibition is co-organized by the MAP

James Cameron's latest installment of his sci-fi trilogy, "Avatar: Fire and Ash," opened in the Chinese mainland on December 19, grossing 101 million yuan (about $14 million) on its first day, indicating a steady market response amid increasingly diversified audience preferences.A moviegoer passes

Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep.Sleep is universal "even though it's actually very risky," said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in

As the New Year approaches, workshops at a village in north China's Shanxi Province are busy producing red lanterns for the festive season. The village has a long tradition of lantern-making, and local craftsmen combine traditional skills with modern designs to create a wide variety of products.

China's 2025 box office revenue exceeded 50 billion yuan ($7.09 billion) at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 13, surpassing the 2024 full-year total by 7.5 billion yuan, according to the China Film Administration.