Lucky for some, but financially painful for others

2012-02-09 10:05:37

The Spring Festival holiday is over and the post-holiday blues have taken hold. Many of us drag our feet to the office where busy work schedules await.

For love and money

2012-02-09 10:05:11

The tradition of giving relatives' children envelopes of cash during Spring Festival persists because of the affections it conveys.

Art that's truly explosive

2012-02-08 10:05:17

Chinese people have used fireworks to celebrate festive occasions for centuries, but artist Cai Guoqiang uses pyrotechnics as a medium to convey contemporary art concepts.

Defusing the boom

2012-02-08 10:04:49

Decreasing fireworks sales nationwide suggest Spring Festival's pyrotechnic traditions are falling out of favor.

Art graduates strut their stuff

2012-02-07 14:54:03

The China Central Academy of Fine Arts is presenting its graduating students' work to international viewers in an exhibition tour entitled The Start of a Long Journey.

A who's who of Hong Kong

2012-02-07 13:15:28

Hong Kong has for many years been short of a reference work about the men and women who have shaped the cosmopolitan city.

It's kids' stuff

2012-02-07 13:14:56

Wang Yinglin's approach to childcare is based on the tenets of traditional Chinese medicine and is gaining converts.

Finding divine fortune in the Chinese New Year

2012-02-07 11:10:12

Wen Wei performs his final bow to a 4-meter-high wooden Buddha statue in the west wing of Jing'an Temple on the last day of Spring Festival.

Power of prayer

2012-02-07 10:10:26

Growing throngs overcrowd temples to seek divine blessings during the Spring Festival.

A man who toys with history

2012-02-06 10:59:43

Zhu Yuxiang, 33, is obsessed with collecting toys that were mainly produced in China during the 1980s.

One man's trash, another's treasure

2012-02-06 10:59:27

An innovative store in Shanghai allows people to swap a range of new, vintage and second-hand goods.

Dragon tattoos

2012-02-05 08:04:17

Designer Millicent Lai welcomes the Year of the Dragon with an innovative collaboration between form and function.