Disney hosts global celebration of 'Zootopia 2' in Shanghai

A total of 54 individuals, including 19 foreigners, received their vocational skill certificates as "hotpot chefs" on Friday, becoming the first batch of professionals to be officially accredited for this occupation in China.

Shanghai Disneyland's Zootopia-themed land, inspired by the Walt Disney Animation Studios film and the resort's 8th-themed land, celebrated its first anniversary on Friday as the world's only Zootopia-themed destination.

A hotpot extravaganza — the 2025 Chongqing Hotpot Carnival — kicked off at Yangjiaping pedestrian street in Chongqing's Jiulongpo district on Friday night.

Models present creations on the second day of the Neo Hum Bridal Couture Week in Lahore, Pakistan on Dec. 21, 2024.

The 2024 Beijing International Art Design Toys Exhibition opened Friday at the China National Convention Center, where it runs through Sunday.

Beijing's first chocolate Christmas market opened Friday in Chaoyang district, featuring 40 vendors offering artisanal sweets and holiday treats from different countries.

Cultural and creative works inspired by Chinese myths, legends and ancient rock carvings offered visitors a unique audio and visual experience at an art exhibition held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Tuesday.

Chinese dancers dazzle international audiences with artistic charm.

In recent years, Chinese dance drama has embarked on an international ascent, with Hong Kong often serving as the initial gateway. This vibrant city, a confluence of East and West, has proven to be an ideal springboard for Chinese cultural productions to captivate a global audience. From there, Chinese dance dramas have traversed continents, enthralling audiences with a blend of traditional storytelling and contemporary performance art.

The Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (AADTHU) hosted a key event in Milan from Nov. 15-16, bringing together global academic leaders in art and design.

An art exhibition featuring the works of Chinese teenagers was simultaneously held Saturday on China's orbiting Tiangong space station, as well as in Beijing and Macao.

In China, there is rising interest in cultural things, with museums becoming increasingly popular.

China's rich culinary heritage continues to inspire creative cultural products. With various expressions on their fluffy faces, plush toys based on local food traditions have gained nationwide popularity recently.

Enchanted by the beauty of white Chinese porcelain, Marc Leuthold has spent the past two months creating contemporary artworks using the local clay and firing methods of Quyang, a county in Hebei province, with over a thousand years of ceramic-making history.

With ginseng, wolfberry, tangerine peel, and some other traditional Chinese medicines added inside, the aroma of ginseng tea fills the ski gear hall at a ski resort in the Changbai Mountain area.

While the service industry has played an increasingly important role in rural vitalization, tourism featuring cultural characteristics has gained the attention of visitors, boosting the incomes of villagers.

Nearly 1,000 thangka paintings have been cataloged, appraised, and scanned in high definition in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, since the palace began digitizing them in early March, said the Cultural Relics Research Office of the Potala Palace Management Office. 

As the younger generation learns more of China's history, replicas of iconic relics let them take home a little piece of the past.

Filigree Mosaic art reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 2008, Filigree Mosaic art was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage.

A model presents a creation during the 17th Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dec. 6, 2024.