Every summer, visitors flock to Qingdao to indulge themselves at the seaside Laoshan Mountain or sailing on the ocean's whitecaps.
Tsingtao Brewery's century of history and worldwide reputation are the backbone of the Qingdao International Beer Festival.
As Qingdao basks in the limelight as nation's capital of sailing and the city of films, it has also written a score to become the peninsula of music.
It's been a decades-long habit of 85-year-old Bao Shouguo to grab a stick and a knife and head for the hills every morning.
Julian Lloyd Webber is known as the 'doyen of British cellists'. He also has a close connection with China - he is married to Shanghai cellist Cheng Jiaxin.
Actors perform a puppet drama named "Ali Baba" at Gengsu Theater in Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu province, Aug 12, 2012.
Children's Rock Festival kicks off in E. China's Jiangsu province.
Donghu Vinegar Garden is a theme museum of Shanxi Mature Vinegar Group Co., LTD, displaying a unique technology of making Shanxi mature vinegar.
The 5th China Int'l Youth Art Festival opens in the NCPA in Beijing, capital of China, Aug 12, 2012.
"I speak the language I love, for that is me myself, I teach the language I love to children, to let them know who they are."
As the Qixi Festival also known as Chinese Valentine's Day is drawing near, presents for loved ones are becoming popular in shops.