The Long's Courtyard in Hunan was a historic residential complex first built in the Song Dynasty (1127-1279) with buildings predominantly of brick-and-wood construction. Today, 48 residences still exist in the complex, connected by criss-crossing stone-paved alleyways.
As China's first National Reading Week concluded on Sunday, several leading science fiction writers urged the public to embrace deep, immersive reading as an antidote to the fragmentation of the digital age.
In Jingdezhen, a city long known as China's "porcelain capital," one of its newest landmarks appears almost as if it has emerged directly from a kiln.
During the recent May Day holiday, travelers from around the world visited Longxing Temple in Zhengding, Hebei province, to view the renowned Backward-Seated Guanyin sculpture.