Christmas Day is not a public holiday in mainland China, where Buddhism and Taoism are the major religions, with ancestral worship also a common practice. The Communist Party is officially atheist.

Despite Zhang’s efforts, dragon scale bookbinding remains an endangered art. But Kwok is encouraged by growing efforts in China to preserve the country’s cultural heritage.

Before his eyesight started to fade, Fei Baoling, 86, was known for his intricately detailed swallow kites, a speciality of Beijing kite makers. He is pictured here with one of his swallow kites ...

China's tourism market continues to attract international visitors, with the Dragon Boat Festival being no exception. The report indicates a more than 100 percent increase in searches for inbound ...

China’s COVID-19 restrictions have pushed academic classes, work meetings, conferences, and concerts online. Now, a major kite-flying festival is going virtual. Initially scheduled for in-person ...

More than a few netizens have mocked the effort to rebrand the Chinese dragon as a friendly fire-breather. Should China be known internationally as Zhongguo, the transliteration of its name in ...

The kite, whose main body is the shape of China’s Tiangong space station, is 3.5 meters wide, 8 meters long and 3.5 meters in height, with a total body-tail length of 150 meters.

The Dragon Boat Festival is organized by the China-Egypt Friendship Association, a non-governmental organization in Cairo, with the cooperation of the Chinese Embassy and the Cairo governorate.