Dating back as early as the Song Dynasty (960AD-1279AD), Chinese puppetry boasts a fine repertoire of styles and has entertained both the royal family and common public.

Throughout history, painters have never tired of featuring beautiful and tender female figures as the main subject in their work. Among ancient Chinese court paintings, there is a sort of painting with noble women as the theme, called "court lady paintings".

The earliest known compass dates back to China during the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC). At the time, people used an instrument called "Sinan" for fortune telling and other spiritual applications. A Sinan consisted of two components.

Sculpture with dough is a folk art known to few countries, and maybe not any outside of China.

Most ancient Chinese were polytheists. Aside from Buddhism, introduced from India, and native Taoism, the common people worshiped and created many other gods, immortals and ghosts.

The art of micro-carving refers generally to the engraving of infinitesimal characters on ivory or human hair. The

In China's cities and the countryside, New Year pictures are closely linked with the Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year). Pasting up New Year pictures is a part of the festive celebrations.

Bian Lian (literally meaning mask changing), is originally part of the Sichuan Opera, which is one of the China’s oldest local operas popular in Sichuan province.