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The most celebrated musician to come out of Wuxi is a street musician. Hua Yanjun died shortly after playing four of his hundreds of tunes to a visiting musicologist with a recording machine.
Citizens watch performances during a cultural activity at a community in Tongzhou district, Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2013.
A master class for theater managers has concluded in Beijing.
From a distance, it looks like a crystal chandelier. Take a closer look and one will notice that the "bulbs" are actually toothpaste tube covers.
Citizens watch pictures during a photo exhibition displaying the works of Sidney D. Gamble in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2013.
Rarely-seen images of China from over 100 years ago are on display at the Capital Library of China from June 16 to 30.More photos
The Shaolin Temple, known as the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is preparing to stage its first cultural festival in the US to expand its global clout.
Photo taken on June 13 shows a Thangka painting on display during Tibet's first selection of arts and crafts masters held in the Research Institute of Ethnic and Folk Arts in Lhasa from June 12 to 15.
Fucha Danqing is a post-80s Man minority young man who grows up in Hutong in Beijing. He is recording the old Beijing with his painting brushes.
Singer-turned-artist Ai Jing's installation works, Spray, have been collected by the National Museum of China recently in Beijing.
Li Congying is a down-to-earth banker and a romantic poet - a rare and seemingly ambivalent combination of two identities.
Though artist Patricia Calvo considers herself completely Mexican, she was a product of the global village long before that was a catchphrase.