Kindergarten children learn Pingju opera in Luannan County, north China's Hebei Province, May 14, 2019.A series of lessons on intangible cultural heritage are set up at kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Luannan County to develop students' interests in traditional culture. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
Han Zhengping (R), a successor of intangible cultural heritage in Anhui, teaches students to perform local lion dance at Mingde Primary School in Liuzhen Township of Quanjiao County, east China's Anhui Province, May 14, 2019. Mingde Primary School in Liuzhen Township has been committed to promoting intangible cultural heritages among students since the 2018 autumn semester. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
The parade includes performing teams dressed in grand festival costumes from 16 countries as well 28 domestic teams. Continuing until May 22, the parade is part of the ongoing Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Beijing. (Photos: China News Service/Fu Tian)
President Xi Jinping, foreign leaders and other dignitaries attending the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations visited an exhibition of cultural relics, which displayed artifacts including the stele, at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Wednesday...some examples;
Tang Dynasty (618-907) silver pot in the shape of a leather bag, which reflects communication and the combination of Han culture and nomadic traditions, Shaanxi History Museum. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Changxin Gongdeng, a goldbronze lamp in shape of maid, once owned by the royal family during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), Hebei Museum. (Photo provided to China Daily)
He Zun, a bronze from the Western Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-771 BC), with the earliest known inscription of the word "zhongguo" (China), Baoji Bronzeware Museum, Shaanxi province. (Photo provided to China Daily)
Ceramic kamcheng container ordered from China during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.(Photo provided to China Daily)
An Asian culture carnival is held during the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) at the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
The choral and orchestral performance "Our Asia" is staged at the Asian culture carnival held during the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) at the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)
The dance "Passion of Joy" is staged at the Asian culture carnival held during the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) at the National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2019. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Photo taken on May 11, 2019 shows traditional Chinese musical instruments Hulusi at an art school at Qujing, southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Hulusi is a free-reed wind instrument from China. It is made of a gourd with three bamboo pipes inserted into the bottom end of the gourd wind chest. The bamboo pipes consist of one main pipe which has finger holes for making different tones and two drone pipes which can play chord. It is mainly used by minority ethnic groups in Yunnan province and it has a clarinet-like sound. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)
A woman from the Bai ethnic group picks fresh rose petals in Mabaizhai village, Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on May 13, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Women from the Bai ethnic group pick fresh rose petals on May 13, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Villagers in Mabaizhai village, Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, began growing edible roses under the guidance of the local government to boost the local economy.
The rose field, spread over more than 133,333 square meters, produces around 75,000 kilograms of roses each year.
Women from the Bai ethnic group make rose cakes on May 13, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
The roses are processed into rose tea, rose cakes, rose wine, rose vinegar, and rose snacks, commodities which have become a major source of income for villagers.
A panda rests on a tree in the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Gengda township, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on May 11, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A Tujia-style wedding is held for Wuye, a woman of the Tujia ethnic group, and Julien, a French man, in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan province, on May 12, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Armed police help relocate trapped residents after heavy rain caused flooding in Xiaotao township, Yongan, East China's Fujian province, on May 17, 2019. [Photo by Li Tao and Liu Yang/chinadaily.com.cn]
Heavy rain on Friday caused flooding in Yongan, East China's Fujian province. More than 1,000 people have been trapped, and 63 armed police have arrived at the site to help residents relocate. More than 230 residents have been relocated. Rescue efforts are still under way.
A space capsule-shaped reading room in downtown Chongqing on May 15. The room is spread over 25.8 square meters and has two floors. As part of a public welfare activity to promote reading in the city, the room is free to use during its three-month exhibition. [Photo/VCG]
Four Siberian tiger cubs are shown to the public for the first time at a zoo in Weifang, Shandong province, on May 14. [Photo by Zhang Chi/For China Daily]
An aerial view of the Guyi terraced fields, featuring the shape of a giant fingerprint, in Shexiang ancient town, Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, May 15, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives attending a ceremony commending role models with disabilities and people who have made outstanding contributions in helping the disabled, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 16, 2019. Premier Li Keqiang and Wang Huning, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, both members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, also met with the representatives. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
Two giant pandas have returned to China after staying in the United States for years. Twenty-seven-year-old female giant panda Bai Yun and her son, six-year-old Xiao Liwu, arrived in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday, after the San Diego Zoo's conservation loan agreement with China ended.(Photo: China News Service/ An Yuan)
