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American artist Duke Riley will re-enact the legend of the race that resulted in the choosing of the 12 animals on the Chinese zodiac, in Shanghai, on Sunday, April 15.
A prayer touches a horse believed to have special spiritual power for good luck during the memorial rites honoring Genghis Khan, the 13th-century Mongolian warrior and founder of the Mongol Empire, at the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ejin Horo Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 11, 2012.
Rapid large-scale urbanization and improper countryside development are the main challenges facing cultural heritage protection in China, experts said Wednesday at a forum in east China's Jiangsu province.
The opening ceremony of Ethnic Culture in Guizhou, the latest event of the 2012 Friendship Communication of Ambassadors and Madams on Knowing Chinese Culture, was held recently in Beijing.
The Guizhou province town was formerly a garrison populated by migrant Han people sent there by Ming Dynasty emperors, but is now concentrating on becoming an eco-museum.
The Baikuyao is a sepcial branch of the Yao ethnic group in southwest China with a population of about 30,000.
Women enrolled in a lady class at Wuhan Textile University in Hubei province practice the T step on March 26, 2012.
Henan Buddhist College held an inauguration ceremony on Sunday in central China's Henan province on April 8, 2012.
Beijing's cultural heritage authorities have ordered a restaurant to move out of a temple for relics preservation.
China has listed the remains of a big, bird-like dinosaur as a national gem for top protection in Inner Mongolia autonomous region where the fossil was found seven years ago.
The Beijing Peking Opera Company has launched a performance competition to showcase its young actors and instrumentalists.
The Jinjiang District Taichi Association, a grassroots organization to promote exercise in Sichuan province's capital Chengdu, was founded last month.
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