Shu embroidery, regional handicraft mostly produced in Chengdu and Mianyang of Sichuan, was listed as one of China's National Intangible Cultural Heritages in 2006.
Memorable photos in showbiz from Jan 2 to 8.
Actor Yang Yang poses for a street snap photo shoot.
Twenty-year-old tour guides dressed in traditional kimonos attend a purification ceremony to celebrate Japan's Coming of Age Day at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine on Jan 8, 2016.
Red-crowned cranes fly over the Yancheng national rare birds nature reserve, east China's Jiangsu province, Jan 9, 2016.
Even though the Chinese Lunar New Year is still a month away, people are already going ape for the Year of the Monkey.
A Chinese lantern show was held in Sacramento, California of the United States, attracting visitors with various huge lanterns.
China had the world's largest number of outbound tourists in 2015, says the China National Tourism Administration.
Lihong Wang, also known as Wang Leehom, a Chinese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and film director, celebrated his 20th anniversary in show business on Dec 26.
Actress Crystal Guo poses for fashion shots.
China's fascination with the UK drams helped earn millions of dollars for Britain, said British chancellor.
Since it was announced earlier this year that Downton Abbey would bow out on Christmas Day, the question on all our lips was how the Crawleys would bid us a final farewell.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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