Silky smooth performance
Performers wearing traditional Chinese silk outfits, sing a duet from Dream of the Red Chamber, one of China's four great ancient novels, in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday. Photo: cnsphoto
Sand in the south
A little girl mimics the pose of Catwoman at the international sand sculpture exhibition in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday. Photo: cnsphoto
Snow in the north
Students pose in front of their sculpture at the 12th International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Contest, which concluded on Tuesday in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo: cnsphoto
Underwater beauty
A human mermaid greets visitors to China's first aquarium to feature fish from the Mekong River basin which opened on Monday in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan Province.Photo: cnsphoto
Giant van Gogh
An art installation featuring life-sized renderings of paintings by Vincent van Gogh draws visitors to a shopping mall in East China's Shanghai Municipality on Sunday. Photo: cnsphoto
Snuggling mallards
A male duck (right) seems to snuggle with a potential mate in a stream in Altay city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday. Photo: cnsphoto
A new year on the way
An exhibition featuring busy and musical mice is on display at the Nanjing Museum in East China's Jiangsu Province. The Year of the Mouse begins on Chinese New Year's day, which falls on January 25 this year. Photo: cnsphoto
Canine greeter
A Golden Retriever welcomes guests to a restaurant in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi Province on Saturday. Photo: CNSPhoto
Early blossoms
Artificial flowers decorate the banks of a river of Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province on Saturday in advance of Chinese New Year which is on January 25th. Photo: CNSPhoto
Proud plumage
Three red-crown cranes strut in the snow at the Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Monday. Photo: IC
Bracing dip
Swimmers in Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, where the temperature dipped to minus 20 C on Wednesday, defy long held beliefs that feeling cold will result getting sick with a cold virus. Photo: IC
Cool rider
A poodle wearing sunglasses and a scarf is ready for a bike ride with its owner in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province where the high temperature on Wednesday was minus 5 C. Photo: IC
Take a whiff
Panda poop is on display at the zoo of Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, allowing visitors to take a sniff. The zoo staff change the poop every morning and they have a lot of to choose from. Pandas eat up to 15 kilograms of bamboo a day and poop 40 times a day. Photo: IC
Jazzing up the traditional
Traditional Chinese fashion meets jazz dancing during a dance class taught by Liu Sijie, 26, who lives in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Photo: VCG
A large transformation
Visitors take photos as a former prison that has been turned in a cultural park in Hefei, East China's Shandong Province. Photo: VCG
Kid power!
An Astro Boy-themed exhibition is held in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan Province on Saturday. Astro Boy is a classic cartoon by Osamu Tezuka, one of Japan's most loved manga artists. Photo: VCG
Sharp right turn
A rider yanks on his horse's reins to get it to turn right during a Western style rodeo held in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday. Photo: VCG
Spicy pedicure
A massage parlor in Yuzhong district, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is offering clients a hot pot package, that includes bathing customers' feet in a tub of chilli pepper soup. A customer enjoys the hot pot foot treatment on Saturday. Photo: VCG