The 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, themed around “Images Oriented to Life”, opened in the old city of Pingyao, Shanxi province, on Sept 19.
Visitors appreciate photographs on display on Sept 19 in a diesel engine plant, one of the exhibition areas of the 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival.
Visitors appreciate photographs on display on Sept 19 in a diesel engine plant, one of the exhibition areas of the 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival.
The city of Datong, Shanxi province is now providing a virtual tour of its famous Yungang Grottoes on its official website, at baike.baidu.com/museum/yungang, allowing would-be visitors to do a self-guided tour of the entire site.
Yungang Grottoes, located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Hill, 16 kilometers west of Datong city in Shanxi province, represent the outstanding achievements of Buddhist cave art in China during the 5th and 6th centuries.
There was a "Casting Chinese Spirit" in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province, on Sept 1, sponsored by the China Social Welfare Foundation, the Chinese Spirit Fund, and the Chinese Mencius Association, with more than 200 people taking part.
There was a "Legends of the Silk Road –Stone coffin of Yuhong" exhibition, in Australia, on Aug 21, put on by the Shanxi Museum and New South Wales Public Art Museum, mainly to display the stone coffin unearthed at the gravesite as along with some relics from the Northern Qi Dynasty (AD550-577) and Sui Dynasty (AD581-618).
There were many types of automobiles on display at the six-day 2013 China (Datong) International Auto Culture Festival, which opened on Aug 23, near the city of Datong's old South Wall.
