China is discovering brownfields can be green, and some think they'll become the new black for the country's urban planning.
The National Art Museum of China is receiving a growing number of visitors this summer, more than 4,000 on an average daily basis and 7,000 on weekends. It also feels a stronger-than-ever desire of patrons to see its immense collections.
It is an astonishing sight. Thousands of people have brought their own wooden benches and gathered in a small square in Hohhot's Tumd Left Banner, hours before the show is scheduled to begin, to ensure they have the best position to view the errentai performance, an opera variety little known in most parts of the country.
Visitors watch cartoons and animations at the Tianjin Art Gallery, August 27, 2013. The exhibition started on Tuesday and will last until September 1.
Wang Bomin's painting and calligraphy exhibition "Authentic Inheritance of Chinese Humanity" was held in the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, August 20, 2013.
The First "Sino-Culture Cup" International Youth Calligraphy Contest has selected a handful of winners from home and abroad. The result is announced on Sunday during the International Cultural Festival for Chinese Calligraphy.
The Hongji Stage in downtown Dalian in Liaoning province has been a magnet for Peking Opera fans of the northeastern coastal city.
As part of the cultural exchange between China and Pakistan, five Pakistani artists were invited to China for a two-week art tour and exhibited their works made during the trip at the 798 art zone in Beijing on August 23.
Artists perform during a national music show "Impression of Chinese Music" at the National Center of the Performing Arts in Beijing, capital of China, Aug 26, 2013.
Feng Yuan is a tireless explorer in the world of art, a Chinese painting master who blazed a way of his own.
Actors perform ballet Romeo and Juliet in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 23, 2013.
Calligraphy and painting exhibition of Wang Shijun and Chen Mingkun opened in Beijing on August 23, 2013. The exhibition, displaying 57 artworks will run through September 1.