Chen Yan enjoyed seeing wild birds as he boated over Heilongjiang province's Khanka Lake.
On a plane destined for Sanya, Hainan province, I was still amused recalling my friends' reaction to the news that I was flying to the tropical island in June - they looked shocked at my upcoming southward flight and sounded as if I planned to dive into boiling water.
It has often occurred to me that pu'er tea can be compared to wine. The green yellowish color of raw pu'er soup always reminds me of Chardonnay. The reddish-brown color of a matured pu'er can be compared to that of an aged Merlot, although mature pu'er is often even darker. And like wines, a vintage pu'er is both collectible and expensive.
Business at Xiabu Xiabu's recently opened sibling CouCou seemed brisk even before it officially began operations on the last day of June.
More than 2,000 years ago, people in the ancient Yue State, where Yangzhou city of Jiangsu province is today, were already using Chinese wine and wine lees to flavor food. By the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), the two cooking methods had become quite common in ordinary families' kitchens.
The rising temperatures and agreeable weather of summer in Harbin attract tourists from all over the world to celebrate its International Beer Festival for about two weeks, through July 17.
The Zhuge village is home to descendents of Zhuge Liang, an important military strategist serving as the Prime Minister of the Shu Kingdom in the period of the Three Kingdoms.
Chinese consumers take a shine to greater variety of tummy-friendly desserts
To meet their demand for healthy foods, both local and foreign manufacturers have introduced low-fat or reduced-sugar products.
While Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals only marginally increased by 2.2 percent, arrivals from China increased 28.8 percent in June 2016, compared to the same period last year.
Cameras clicked to capture the contrast between the glowing red lanterns standing on Xi'an's ancient City Wall and the neon lights of the skyscrapers beyond.
A star Beijing chef brings the foods of his native land to Chinese readers in a luminous new cookbook.