The 28th Early Spring Intangible Cultural Heritage Lifestyle Festival will take over the New Bund (Qiantan) Park Lane and Crystal Plaza in Shanghai from May 1 to 5. Doubling as a sub-venue for the 2026 Shanghai International Flower Festival, this vibrant market gathers over 120 lifestyle artists to...

Looking for the perfect May Day getaway? The 4th Beijing Chaoyang International Tea Culture Week will transform the historic Prince Jun's Mansion (Junwangfu) into an immersive, ancient-style cultural playground from April 29 to May 2.This unique garden party seamlessly blends top-tier tea...

The Blooming Greater Yu Gardenspring festival has officially launched in Shanghai, running until May 24. This magnificent event seamlessly connects Yu Garden Malls, Gucheng Park, and the BFC (Bund Finance Center) through three romanticflower paths, creating an ultimate time-traveling flo...

Hosted by the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center, the "Hues of Beijing Opera" exhibition is currently running at the Di'anmen Cultural Experience Center from April 8 to May 31.Featuring 25 masterpieces by Central Academy of Fine Arts professor Wang Qijun, the exhibition br...

Known as the "Spring Festival of Xixiang," the 500-year-old Beidi Temple Fair is Shenzhen's largest and most vibrant traditional carnival, running for nine bustling days from April 14 to April 22.The grand celebration reaches its peak on April 14 with a spectacular 3-kilometer street p...

The 6th Hanfu Floral Festival will gracefully unfold from April 18 to 19 at Luzhou Yiku in Hefei. Themed "Spring Feast in Luzhou," this vibrant cultural gathering invites youth and families from across the Taiwan Strait to celebrate the beauty of spring and traditional Chinese heritage.&nb...

The highly anticipated "Monet's Garden" has officially returned to Shanghai Gongqing Forest Park as part of the 25th Urban Forest Flower Exhibition, running from March 28 to May 10.Featuring over 300,000 blooming flowers across five themed zones, the park is transformed into a br...

Skip the crowds and head to Taoranting Park! Hailed as the "Little Jiangnan" within Beijing's Second Ring Road, this historic park is currently hosting a spectacular crabapple blossom feast, offering a serene and poetic spring getaway.The park boasts over 3,000 crabapple trees sp...

The 2026 Pengzhou Song Dynasty Style Kite Festival will kick off from April 10 to 12 at the Aoping Town Kite Square, offering a perfect spring getaway that beautifully blends millennium-old Song charm, intangible cultural heritage, and pastoral fun.Visitors can time-travel to a recreated Song...

The 4th Thousand Trees Cherry Blossom Season is taking place from March 27 to April 19 at Shanghai's iconic Tian'an 1000 Trees mall and its outdoor waterfront. This event offers a spectacular spring getaway along the 900-meter Suzhou Creek promenade.Visitors can enjoy a dual-perspectiv...

The "Blooming Suzhou: Begonia Market" is officially open from April 2 to April 20 at the Suzhou Botanical Garden (Shangfangshan National Forest Park). As a major highlight of the spring flower festival, this immersive market perfectly blends Suzhou's classical garden aesthetics with th...

The 28th Beijing Pinggu International Peach Blossom Festival will be held from April 10 to May 5. Centered on the concept of "spoiling the guests," this year's festival debuts a comprehensive tourist map, seamlessly connecting three boutique travel routes and eight themed cultural area...

Organized by the National Art Museum of China and the China Folk Literature and Art Association, the monumental exhibition "The Path of Mastery" officially opened on March 24, filling the entirety of the museum's first-floor galleries with the pinnacle of traditional aesthetics.M...

The China National Silk Museum is launching the special exhibition "Opening the Wardrobe of the Southern Song Dynasty" on Mar 27.The event focuses on the clothing aesthetics and social customs of the Southern Song Dynasty, exploring ancient Jiangnan lifestyle and traditional marriage...

If you're visiting Beijing in spring, the Summer Palace during the mountain peach blossom season is an absolute must-see. It’s one of the most breathtaking classic imperial gardens in the city, drawing crowds from all over the world—and for good reason.Right now, hundreds of mountain pea...

In 79 CE, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius froze Pompeii in an instant, yet it also bequeathed to the world an unparalleled "time capsule." For over two millennia, the rediscovery, reinterpretation, and reexamination of Pompeii have made it an indispensable window into the ancient world.Co-o...

If you're visiting Beijing in spring, Yuyuantan Park during cherry blossom season is an absolute must-see. It’s one of the most famous and beautiful spots in the city, drawing crowds from all over the world- and for good reason.From late March to early April, thousands of cherry tre...

The many works of Zhou Lingzhao (1919-2023), artist, designer and former professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, were intertwined with pivotal historical moments, often helping shape the country's public image.Among his most notable contributions was a portrait of the late chairman...

As a literary form, couplets can be long or short—from a few words to dozens of lines—and are a convenient way to express thoughts. Originating from parallel prose and regulated verse, they also absorb patterns from ancient poetry, prose and lyrics, inheriting classical charm. As cultural decorati...

This ongoing exhibition at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy guides the audience on a spiritual journey in which the horse, as a revisited motif, is embedded with rich meanings.It begins with paintings by modern luminaries Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong, joined by other works from renow...