Liu Fenglin, 54, sits onstage behind a desk with two other performers. She reads her lines in a smooth voice full of emotion, wearing a dark purple qipao.
Oil painting may have been introduced to China from the West, but Chinese oil painter Fan Miao has found his own way to give the medium an Eastern flavor.
Kim Jacal, a 53-year-old oil painter from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, never thought he would have the chance to paint overseas.
Art beat in August
Qiqiao, an ancient cultural event hailing from Gansu province's Longnan region in central China, is one of the most legendary traditional Chinese celebrations.
Masters present martial arts during a martial arts festival at the Tianshan Mountain scenic area in Fukang city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 7, 2013.
His publication on Chinese folk culture and arts won Time magazine's "Best of Asia" award.
Have you ever observed the bark of any tree closely and has it ever occurred to you that it can be a creative piece of art?
Children are attracted by a delusional 3D ground painting during the Qianmen Historical Culture Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Aug 7, 2013.
Distinguished by their delicate composition, vivid shapes and flamboyant colors, Yuxian paper-cuts challenge people's normal understanding of these Chinese artworks as red flowers for windows.
The 2013 China (Zhoushan) Masters Sand Painting Contest was held in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province on August 5, 2013.
Perhaps, this is a Mongolian-style Via Monte Napoleone: 30-odd costume shops gather in this downtown area in Xilinhot, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.