Beethoven's Symphony No.6, also known as the Pastoral Symphony, is widely acknowledged as one of Beethoven's few unambiguously programmatic works, and the composer subtitled it “Recollections of Country Life.”
In the wake of the approximately 2,000 artifacts stolen from the British Museum, another museum in Cologne, Germany, was robbed, resulting in the loss of valuable Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Calls for the return of looted ...
A new exhibition featuring art works from children as well as other creative products has kicked off at Beijing's China Millennium Monument Museum. The aim of the Design Education for Children show, also part of Beijing International Design Week, is ...
Chinese people have long had a profound fascination with the ocean, giving rise to numerous stories and a deep connection with the sea. These maritime tales have served as inspiration for ancient literary works such as the Classic of Mountains ...
"The world needs China and global cooperation," said Erik Solheim, a former under-secretary-general of the United Nations, on Wednesday in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at the first Golden Panda International Cultural Forum.
The final results of the first Golden Panda Awards will be unveiled at a gala on Wednesday night. Twenty-five cute gold panda statuettes are set to find their owners soon. Producers, directors, actors, and jury members from around the world ...
Pandas can be seen everywhere in Chengdu, as the city in Southwest China's Sichuan Province has decorated every street corner and shop with the hometown mascot ahead of the first Golden Panda Awards on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Confucius Institute at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia aims to become a window for Serbian people to learn Chinese language and understand Chinese culture, and bridge for educational and cultural exchanges between the two countries, Chen Xiu, ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping not only greatly values culture, he has also developed a profound understanding of it. For him, culture plays a unique and irreplaceable role in the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the building of a global community ...
In Chinese, there is a saying that compares a great work of art to an eternal flame that is passed down from generation to generation. The tale of the three generations of the Luo family and their contributions to cultural ...
Changzhou hosted the China Open from 2018 to 2021. In 2022, the city won the hosting rights for the tournament again for 2023-26. Why do the Super 1000 events so favor this city?
China will establish a new international award ceremony for cultural exchanges, which include films and TV series, in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to a press conference on Saturday in Beijing.
China will release international awards covering areas of cultural exchange which include films and TV series, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, according to a press conference on Saturday in Beijing.
As ancient China's central institution of higher learning, Guozijian, established in the Sui Dynasty (581-618), received a large number of international students from neighboring kingdoms and regions, which are present-day Ryukyu Islands of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam.
Chinese President Xi Jinping not only greatly values culture, he has also developed a profound understanding of it. For him, culture plays a unique and irreplaceable role in the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the building of a global community ...
For 66-year-old veteran actor Fu Chong, his dream since childhood will come true as the drama version of the Chinese war epic Heroic Sons and Daughters in which he starred is staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts ...
The essence of Beijing as an outstanding example of ancient China's capital really lies in its 7.8-kilometer-long Central Axis, which starts from the south of the city at Yongding Gate, runs across Zhengyang Gate, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Jingshan ...
It is an unremarkable tombstone that looks like the stone used in the stairs in front of mansions during ancient times. However, it is actually the only remaining evidence in Beijing of the Ryukyuans burial sites in Zhangjiawan, the capital's ...
The intense summer heat in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, which can reach highs of 40 C, doesn't deter visitors waiting in front of the Liangzhu National Archaeological Site Park, hoping to visit the UNESCO-listed site and learn about the ...
Ten days after its debut on the silver screen, the animated film Chang An is making history as a dark horse during China's bustling summer movie-going season by taking in as much as 600 million yuan ($84 million) at the ...
For Miusa, a young singer from the island of Taiwan, coming to the Chinese mainland to perform in a variety shows means a lot of "firsts," including her maiden visit to the Chinese mainland, the first time taking part in ...
The ancient Pingjiang Road is one of the top tourist attractions in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province, as seen from the crowds of visitors during the ongoing summer vacation. It is a wellpreserved ancient block of Suzhou's old town, whose ...
The Da He Bronze Ding (food vessel) with Human-mask Design and the Boar-shaped Bronze Zun (wine vessel) from the Shang dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), the printed and painted floss silk padded gauze robe, a T-shaped painting on silk from Xin Zhui's tomb ...
On June 25, Yin Ruoning wrote herself into China's sports history as she clinched the Women's Professional Golf Association (PGA) Championship in New Jersey, the US, making her the second woman from the Chinese mainland to win a major golf ...
A grand theatrical float parade, warm seaside bonfire parties, numerous theater performances… the Aranya Gold Coast Community on the coast of Qinhuangdao in North China's Hebei Province turned into a sea of joy for theater enthusiasts during the recent Aranya ...
With a simple needle moving up and down on a piece of cloth, a delicate flower begins to take shape under her hands. Watching Yao Jianping doing embroidery is just like watching a ballet performance of fingers; it is both ...
The second issue of the Xivilization series focuses on Xi's call for preserving and inheriting the brilliant, ancient Chinese civilization, and how the traditional culture and Marxism combine to contribute to building Chinese modernization.
A well-known Chinese proverb goes: "Above there is heaven and below there are Suzhou and Hangzhou." Heaven can be very far and beyond our reach, but Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu Province is very close especially thanks to China's ...
Melodious and lingering folk songs from the Yao people, an energetic bear fighting dance by the Oroqen people, the drama Zhuangjiaqi from the Tu people… The documentary series Amid Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains that is currently airing on China's ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) to develop itself into an art venue that enjoys worldwide prestige.
Chinese drama Gen Z, focusing on the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has raised young people's attention and interest in this world renowned heritage. The show's director Han Xiaojun said he hopes "more audiences can benefit from the TV ...
With 73 days left to go before the 31st FISU Summer World University Games, Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province hosted a world press briefing on Monday to tell the world that the city is ready to host an international ...
Chinese streaming giants are releasing the slates for their upcoming dramas, movies and variety shows, hoping to attract more and more audiences from home and aboard.
China will release the world's first high-fidelity virtual giant panda and a metaverse-like world in which it will live, China's forestry and grassland authority announced on Tuesday.
Musicals will become a new way to learn about one of the greatest 20th century archaeological finds in China: the mysterious Sanxingdui Ruins in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.
After China optimized its COVID prevention and control policy, Hengqin in Zhuhai of South China's Guangdong Province has been well-known among music fans as China's new international leisure tourism island hosting various music festivals to attract more travelers.
Young panda breeders whose daily job is to prepare three meals a day for these cute creatures, conservationists who dive under the waters of the South China Sea to tie coral to the seedbed and soldiers who guard the border ...
After months of waiting, the final results for the Perfect World Campus Art Design Award 2022 have been announced, with dozens of young Chinese college students winning prizes for their creative work.
The Dunhuang Mogao Caves, which are over 1,600 years old, have recently been in the spotlight in Chinese fantasy costume drama Till the End of the Moon. The show has captivated overseas audiences with its stunning portrayal of traditional Chinese ...
A diverse array of events for World Book and Copyright Day and World Intellectual Property Day have kicked off in Beijing in April, with the hustle and bustle of book fairs at the capital's Xidan Book Building and Chaoyang Park ...
Life was loved so much in the culture of Pharaonic Egypt that its rulers wanted to live forever. For millennia, generation after generation, the Egyptians spared no effort to guarantee eternity: tombs, myths, rites, mummies, tomb goods...
A song that won singer A Xi first place in a competition on Thursday to commemorate cooperation and exchanges in the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, an island just across from the Macao Special Administrative Region that falls under ...
China's rapidly developing online literature has become a bridge for cultural exchanges due to a 2022 national reading campaign aimed at encouraging a passion for reading, says the Report on the Development of Chinese Online Literature 2022, released on Monday ...
Only a few hours after having landed in Beijing on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron appeared at the 17th Croisements Festival, a key event to the 2023 China-France cultural exchanges, at the Chinese capital's Red Brick Art Museum.
Prokofiev, Korsakov, Tchaikovsky… Russian music filled the iconic classical music hall at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on Monday during a performance by veteran Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, one of the oldest musical ...
A nearly 100-year-old book about China's silk embroidery is being published as a new version with annotations from renowned Chinese scholar Shen Congwen thanks to collaboration between Beijing Yanshan Press and the Beijing United Publishing Company.
By going abroad, Chinese games and e-sports can spread Chinese concepts and worldviews to the rest of the world and showcase the charm of Chinese culture with a more confident attitude, said experts and participants when attending a seminar on ...
The ongoing Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART) has returned after three years as a virtual trade show, with nearly 700 exhibitors from more than 25 countries and regions. Asia's largest and most influential film market has attracted ...
It was a wonderful Sunday night for both the audience sitting in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall and the Shanghai Quartet on the stage as the internationally acclaimed string quartet was back where their chamber music legend started four decades ...
The rapid development of technology is changing the world in every aspect, including the art world. Crypto art, art preserved as part of a blockchain in the form of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, has stormed Beijing's CAFA Art Museum with ...
It is a story about being far away from home for decades, then one day returning to reunite with family members and dealing with deep-rooted memories, nostalgia and homesickness.
By the end of 2022, China's online literature (OL) had attracted around 170 million overseas readers, according to a report jointly published Sunday by the Global Times Research Center and China Literature Limited (CLL) - the industry's leading platform. The ...
Shu Yong is super busy as a new CPPCC National Committee member, and he has submitted three proposals covering topics such as rural revitalization. He hopes to create national cultural symbols that tell Chinese stories about the new era.
It is the first time Zhao Cong has been a member of the CPPCC National Committee, a top political advisory body in China. Zhao, president of the China National Traditional Orchestra (CNTO) and renowned pipa performer, has submitted a proposal ...
The statue of Chinese model soldier Lei Feng was unveiled on Wednesday at Beijing's downtown Wangfujing Street to mark the 60th anniversary of the call to learn from Lei Feng by Mao Zedong and other older generation revolutionaries.
A new original series of picture books for children were released on Saturday at the 2023 Beijing Book Fair by the China Publishing Group, People's Literature Publishing House and Daylight Publishing House, revealing the unknown stories behind the restoration of ...
Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is known for its beautiful sights and splendid art that are a feast for the eyes. But have you ever thought about experiencing the history of this 600-year-old World Heritage Site ...
Saturday marked the second day of the 35th Beijing Book Fair at the China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) in the capital's Chaoyang district, but the event was still crammed with visitors and 12-year-old Sun Sirao, who came along with his ...
A total of 99 art treasures created by famous Chinese artist Fan Zeng are currently on display at Beijing art gallery Rong Bao Zhai.
The G318 National Highway is one of the most well-known highways in China. Located at the 30th par-allel north, the highway runs from Shanghai in the east all the way to Xigaze city in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. It ...
It's hard to find a more touching story of China's poverty alleviation efforts than the one that took place at Minning town in the northwestern area of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In recent years, this story was depicted in ...
Two of China's greatest philosophers, Confucius and Lao Tzu, will travel thousands of kilometers to Montevideo, capital of the South American country Uruguay, as part of Chinese artist Wu Weishan's representative sculpture Wendao, or Confucius Asking Lao Tzu about the ...
Gallery Weekend Beijing, one of China's major international art events, is set to return to the capital city on May 26 with a number of exhibitions, art dialogues, forums and workshops taking place at Beijing's iconic 798 Art Zone. This ...
The Spring Festival is one of the most important holidays on the Chinese calendar. People living in China and around the world are looking forward to embracing the holiday with their hopes for a better future, especially at a time ...
To watch or not to watch, that is never a question in China when it comes to chunwan, also known as the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The TV show that airs on the China Central Television annually has become a ...
It must be the bravest and romantic story in Chinese mythology Classic of Mountains and Seas that the main character giant Kuafu, who indefatigably chased the sun, is not only named on China's first satellite specially designed to carry out ...
"Cultural envoy" was what Xi has referred the COPAG in his letter. The title was a given laurel from Xi that encourages the art group to deliver more Chinese cultural performances to world audiences in the year of 2023, including ...
While it is freezing cold outside in the mountainous Gushancun village in Beijing's western Mentougou district, that hasn't stopped the Li family from traveling more than 50 kilometers from the capital's downtown area to the village to enjoy winter activities ...
A new Chinese animated folktale series earned more than 10 million views during the first three days of January 2023, becoming the newest big hit. Experts and critics are calling Yao-Chinese Folktales, which debuted on January 1 on Chinese streaming ...
Germany and China will have another 50 years of friendly, close relations, German Ambassador to China Patricia Flor said on Wednesday while attending Night at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), an event held at China's national museum marking ...
Selling 30,000 tickets every day during the holiday season at the end of December 2022, China's world-famous Palace Museum is just one of the many cultural centers that has been packed by crowds of visitors after the country introduced optimized ...
As the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, approaches, the images of rabbits are appearing everywhere. In Chinese culture, the rabbit is not only a symbol of good luck, but also connected to longevity and fertility. Associated with the moon, ...
From the mysterious ancient Shu Culture that emerged from the Sanxingdui Ruins to a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) shipwreck salvaged from a riverbed where it had been laying for more than a century and a half... various discoveries were made by ...
Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? These are ancient philosophical questions that trouble everyone and every nation in the world.
Finally, they have returned. After 12 years, the blue-skinned alien creatures known as the Na'vi are getting ready to enchant Chinese audiences in Avatar: The Way of Water.
In China, they are called jiaozi; in Turkey, their name is manti; and in Italy, people call them tortelli… No matter whether they are round, square or horn-shaped, these tiny morsels of dough wrapped around fillings ranging from meat to ...
After a host lost 2-0 to Ecuador in the first tournament following a splendid opening ceremony, the united sports spirit ignited by the 32 national teams gathering on the highest stage in the soccer world, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reached ...
There is a Chinese saying that compares a great work of art to an eternal flame that is passed down from generation to generation.
Last Sunday, themed "Science Forward: Create a Bright Future," the 5th World Laureates Forum kicked off in Shanghai, hosting worldwide professionals including 60 decorated scientists and 27 Nobel Prize winners, in discussion of a string of topics from sustainable development ...
The new season of Chinese documentary series Century Master, which aims to pay tribute to Chinese experts in various fields, will feature those people who have greatly contributed to China's sports development such as Zhang Boling, Ma Yuehan and Dong ...
From the heat of the Taklamakan Desert to the snow-capped peaks of Tianshan Mountain; from cultural relics that have stood witness to the exchanges along the world renowned Silk Road to local cultural heritage like Uygur Muqam art, Kirgiz Epic ...
The 5,000 years of continuous inheritance of Chinese civilization has given the Chinese nation firm cultural confidence. However, this cultural confidence does not come from a "closed culture," but was formed through constant interaction with other civilizations, said Wang Xudong, ...
Robots, autonomous vehicles, microchips… these high-tech inventions are not something people usually associate with cultural productions. Yet, they will be front and center in the upcoming Chinese musical Yimeng Yizhen, or A Dream is True, set to debut at Beijing's ...
Jia Sixie, author of China's first agricultural encycolopedia, could have never imagined that 1,500 years after the Northern Wei (386-534) people would no longer need to head to the fields to farm by hand. Instead, today unmanned drones and various ...
Russian movies like Three Seconds, Attraction, Invasion, 30 Dates, and Metro, and other 12 movies will be screened at China's major streaming platform until October, according to the Russian Film Festival on Monday in Beijing.
The upper jaw of the infant of Yuanmoupithecus xiaoyuan Photo: Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The weeklong National Day holidays are one of three golden periods for releasing new movies. With the third 2022 golden period less than a week away, Chinese moviegoers are already talking online about which movies they plan to see and ...
A new exhibition featuring Hong Kong's achievements in urban design and orchestrating a matrix of "past meets future" and "East meets West" opened in Beijing's Choi Centre on Tuesday.
On the stage, a 3D printed robot based on renowned Cantonese Opera singer Law Ka-ying, vividly performs for the audience, while the real Law sits in front of the stage and watches "himself."
Housing one of the world's largest collections of Buddhist art, the Mogao Caves are one of the most popular sites that people from around the world hope to visit. The splendid murals, sculptures and buildings in the caves from more ...
An assessment report on the endangered status of primates in China was released on Tuesday, indicating that the white-handed gibbon and northern white-cheeked gibbon have not been seen in the wild in the past few decades, meeting the criteria for ...
From the Sanxingdui Ruins, one of the greatest discoveries of the ancient Shu Culture, to the Nanhai No.1 shipwreck from the Song Dynasty(960-1279), a milestone discovery for Chinese underwater archaeology, numerous finds have been telling us more about China's past ...
The seventh China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo is set to be held in Ji'nan, East China's Shandong Province, from August 25 to 29, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Wednesday.
Publications and cultural articles preserve and transmit traditional Chinese culture, symbolizing and testifying to the splendor of Chinese civilization since its ancient beginnings. As one of the first visitors, the Global Times on Thursday visited the Beijing headquarters of the ...
It has been three days since Liu Qingyi won the global breakdance competition at Outbreak Europe 2022 in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, but the 16-year-old girl from Central China's Henan Province is still busy with a full day's training in France ...
You never know how romantic and talented Chinese people can be. The only surviving painting by the Northern Song Dynasty's (960-1127) young genius artist Wang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, is probably the finest example of Chinese ...
China's former world golf champion and 2016 Rio Olympic bronze medalist Feng Shanshan announced her retirement from professional golf and the LPGA Tour through social media platform Weibo on Tuesday, stating that she hoped to inspire more people to engage ...
Over 1,800 residents from a community in Beijing's Haidian district have been transferred to Zhangjiakou, in North China's Hebei Province, one of the host cities of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, for centralized quarantine as the Chinese capital fights an ...
Editor's note: Rowan K. Flad, archaeology program director at Harvard University, has been working on several projects with experts in China over the past few years. Able to observe China's archaeology field up close, he has personally witnessed many of the ...
China's first white paper published recently on its youth describes its young generation as "confident, aspirant and responsible". According to the document, Chinese youth possess a global vision and stand at the forefront of the times bursting with commitment: pursuing ...
Chinese archaeology, as aided by cutting-edge technology and the passionate efforts of a vibrant new generation of archaeologists, has been in its golden age in the past decade. Chinese President Xi Jinping has also urged college students studying archaeology to ...
Cake from Vietnam, coconuts from Malaysia, sandwich crackers from the Philippines... a number of livestreamers, mostly students from overseas studying in China, were promoting products from ASEAN countries to consumers in front of small screens during the ASEAN-China Online Influencers ...
Indonesia, holder of the G20 Presidency in 2022, will work closely with China in three priorities: global health architecture, new energies, green economy and digital transformation, Djauhari Oratmangun, Ambassador of Indonesia to China, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
China and ASEAN countries are deepening their cooperation in e-commerce and livestreaming economy after over three decades of development. Benjamin Sukanjanajtee, Minister of the Thai Embassy in China, told the Global Times that his life has been deeply changed by ...
How can the media play a role combating COVID-19? What can media do to boost global development in the post-pandemic era? An online dialogue on Wednesday attended by China's mainstream media including Xinhua News Agency, Global Times, Beijing Review and ...
At a time when the world is still being terrified by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially the sudden outbreak of the Omicron variant, many people's thoughts turn to one of the most deadly viruses in the world, which has taken ...
As the situation in Afghanistan has undergone major changes, the country's cultural heritage has once again become a focus of heritage experts across the world, with many expressing concern about how the Taliban militants will treat Afghanistan's ancient heritage because ...
Did you know that the first winner of the marathon event at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 was actually a water carrier? That the bicycle event ran for 12 hours? And that, except for the fencers, these athletes ...
With the start of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Olympic officials said that all of the preparations for the games have been completed in terms of epidemic prevention, venues and facilities, transportation and environmental protection. Several ...
Although there are at least 25,000 species of orchids on Earth and 8 percent of all flowering plants are orchids, some of them are threatened with extinction and have been dubbed the "pandas of the plant world."
Seeds are the starting point of the plant's life. The protection and utilization of seed resources are particularly important at a time when biodiversity is seriously threatened, Cai highlighted.
China vowed to strengthen its own biodiversity protection and release implementation plans for peaking carbon dioxide emissions while investing 1.5 billion yuan ($233 million) to support biodiversity protection in developing countries at the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade on ...
China's first 3D-printed dinosaur skeleton is on display at the ongoing COP15 held in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province to showcase China's biodiversity conservation practice and achievement.
The first 3D printed dinosaur skeleton was on display at the UN biodiversity conference COP15 in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province as part of an exhibition showcasing local practices in biodiversity conservation and fruitful results that the province has achieved. ...
China expressed a strong ambition to further strengthen biodiversity protection at the first global meeting convened by the UN on ecological civilization on Monday, and analysts who highlighted China's achievements in and contributions to the global biodiversity agenda believe many ...
The practices in biodiversity conservation and fruitful results that Southwest China's Yunnan Province has achieved are highlighted at an exhibit in the provincial capital Kunming, which is hosting the UN biodiversity summit COP15.
As government officials from around the world hold talks at the UN biodiversity summit COP15 in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a new art installation, Nature and the City, set up in the city's planning museum, is reminding the public ...
A British zoologist who has long been engaging in bats researches refuted scapegoating China for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying there is no evidence to show that wildlife trade did play a role in causing the pandemic and ...
The highly anticipated epic film "Changjin Hu (The Battle at Lake Changjin)" launched its special early screening in 34 Chinese cities on Saturday to pump up its formal release scheduled on September 30 right ahead of the seven-day National Day ...
China's virtuoso pianist Lang Lang will embark on a 15-city domestic tour for his new album Bach: Goldberg Variations on April 2. The album presents some of the most difficult pieces in Bach's repertoire in a great variety of styles, ...
Lang Lang, China's virtuoso pianist will embark on a 15-city domestic tour for his new album, Bach's Goldberg Variations. The album focuses on some of the most difficult pieces in Bach's repertoire due to the great variety of styles, the ...
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Saturday denied reports that alleged "China is sending IT personnel to Myanmar," saying such allegations are "groundless" and calling for communication and dialogue in the country to settle differences and bring politics back ...
Can movie cinemas and stage theaters survive the global COVID-19 pandemic? This is a question that seems not to have an answer that people want to hear, especially as new waves of the COVID-19 infections strike the US and Western ...
Life is not easy for anyone, but this is especially true for people living in remote and mountainous areas. The villagers living in Atulie'er village, a "cliff village" perched on a ridge like the seat of a chair with near-vertical ...
Andrey Denisov, Russian ambassador to China, paid a visit to the ongoing exhibition Sculpting the Spirit of Chinese Culture at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday.
Chinese war film Sacrifice kicked off with a heroic start on Friday both in terms of box-office revenue and word of mouth in China, which is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) entry into the War ...
A new orchestra comprised of Wuhan musicians kicked off the annual Beijing Music Festival on Saturday night to commemorate major events of 2020 and cheer up the world as it continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the global classical music industry continues to suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced the cancelation or postponement of numerous international music events and performances, one of China's top classical music events, the Beijing Music Festival (BMF), is ...
Chinese audiences are still showing a high willingness and desire to head to cinemas even amid the COVID-19 epidemic, a new report released by Chinese ticketing platform Maoyan and streaming site iQIYI.
The 2020 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL) is scheduled to start on July 25, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced on Wednesday, with the games to be played in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province and Dalian, Northeast China's ...
After shutting down all cultural venues for the past three months due to the COVID-19epidemic, Beijing, capital city and cultural hub of China, is set to hold a series of new exhibitions starting on Friday.
Chinese netizens expressed concern over the safety of moviegoers in South Korea after CGV, South Korea's largest multiplex chain, announced that it will reopen 36 theaters on Wednesday.
China and Italy will host a Year of Culture and Tourism 2020 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, which will include a number of cultural and travel events taking place in the two countries throughout the whole ...
China and Italy will host a Year of Culture and Tourism 2020 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, which will include a number of cultural and travel events taking place in the two countries throughout the whole ...
A new series of merchandise including caps and building blocks themed after China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong was released in Beijing on Tuesday.
The second season of Chinese animated series Scissor Seven will debut on streaming giant Netflix as a Netflix Original on January 10, 2020, and will be dubbed into English, Spanish, French and Japanese in more than 190 countries and regions ...
Even though Deling and Cixi, a Chinese stage drama about the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) princess Der Ling and Empress Dowager Cixi, originally debuted more than 20 years ago, the good word-of-mouth around the recent restaging of the classic work has ...
Chinese-Canadian singer and actor Kris Wu attended a promotional event on Sunday, two days after the debut of his reality show Four Try on Chinese streaming site iQIYI. The show, which has proved popular among young people in China, follows ...
Chinese-Canadian singer and actor Kris Wu attended a promotional event on Sunday, two days after the debut of his reality show Four Try. The show, which has proved popular among young people in China, follows Wu, rapper Fox, singer Wilber ...
For puppet maker Helene Barr, this would be no easy task as it meant she would witness the puppet's inception, and then its gradual melting, in a single day.
"Anywhere", a French puppet show witnessed a houseful audience on its debut at the ongoing international theater festival in Xichang, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday.
While French art is already very popular in China, it is sure to grow even more popular over the next few years thanks to a new art collaboration project between China and France.
It is time for 19-year-old Chen Xiaomeng to choose which queue she should stand in for the many panels being held at the China Science Fiction Convention 2019 in Beijing. The lines are long as thousands of young people, even ...
The legendary Yeti may prefer cold weather, but it's very hot now around the world as the fuzzy cute creature is set to be the star of the upcoming animated film Abominable. Co-produced by the Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and DreamWorks ...
A seminar on the history and development of the traditional Uzbek dance was held in Khiva, Uzbekistan, on Monday during the ongoing Magic of Dance international festival. Featuring speakers such as local artists, scholars and overseas researchers, the conference at ...
Khiva, one of the historical ancient cities in Central Asia's Uzbekistan, has been turned into a global stage for dance performances from all over the world with the opening of the annual International Dance Festival - Magic of Dance at ...
Full of enthusiasm and passion, the music flows smoothly from the violin played by 30-something renowned violinist Ning Feng as he stands center stage in front of a full house.
"We don't support the pay on demand model for films that exists on other Chinese streaming sites. That comes from an outdated model that was created by the big six Hollywood studios," Yang Xianghua, president in charge of membership and ...
Around the world, Pablo Picasso is considered a genius of the art world. However, how he achieved such a status is not widely known, especially in China, where there are not many chances to appreciate his works in person.
It has been seven years since Men in Black III hit theaters. This Friday the franchise continues with two new agents and a brand new director.
Chinese audiences have been inspired to learn more about outer space by the popular sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth, a story about how humanity figures out a way to pilot the Earth out of the solar system to escape the ...
When I was a kid, my friends and I used to count down the days to the next festival or celebration because it meant we wouldn't have to go to school and we could snack on various yummy food.
Thirty-something Shen has been sitting the entire day in the hopes he will be able to put the last brush stoke to his painting before the sun sets. For many professional painters like Shen, the banks of the Oujiang River ...
From a giant cute Yeti to the legendary Monkey King, Chinese animation company Pearl Studio just announced its slate of upcoming works for the next few years.
The latest natural history documentary from BBC Earth, One Planet: Seven Worlds, will screen in China and the UK this autumn, BBC Studios announced at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
Actor Zachary Levi has been very busy recently. During the Beijing red carpet premiere of his new Warner Bros film Shazam! on Monday, fans hailed him as the new "king" of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) since the new film ...
No matter where you go, it's easy to see that China is well-known for its yummy and diverse dishes. Chinese restaurants can be found in almost every corner in the world. However, there are many dishes and types of cuisine ...
Looking at the white furry creature in the poster Shanghai-based Pearl Studio released for its new animated film Abominable on Wednesday, it's hard to link its cute visage to the terrible tales surrounding the legendary yeti of the Himalayas.
They may not be rich, but they sure are crazy – crazy for musicals that is. Chinese audiences' love of the genre has ensured great success for such performances in China.
Although the snow that had snarled up traffic had stopped, it was still raining. Under these weather conditions, it was impossible for artist Ferdi Alici to unveil Data Gate, the world's first AI-controlled astronomical research data sculpture, in Nanjing, East ...
Indian star Aamir Khan's new movie, “Thugs of Hindostan”, failed to win over the Chinese market with a poor opening Friday night, resulting in 10.74 million yuan ($1.56 million) at the box office. According to Chinese movie ticketing platform Maoyan, ...
A new exhibition at Beijing's Capital Museum takes Chinese visitors back to the Baroque period in the Silesia region of Poland through paintings, sculptures and handicrafts from the time.
If there was a competition for worst places to hold an artwork display, then the chosen location of the Guang'an Field Art Biennale would definitely be on the list. Set up outside in a field near Fortress Baozhen in the ...
Sixty-something You Mingrui still works in the fields like he has for the past few decades, but now he runs an organic farm, which directly supplies the 12 restaurants his son, You Hebing, owns.
As French model Maryse Gaspard danced along The Great Wall in a colorful gown for a photo shoot 40 years ago, she was surrounded by a group of Chinese onlookers eager to catch a glimpse of foreign fashion.
After the premiere of his stage play The Orphan of Zhao at the National Theatre of Greece in Athens on Sunday, director Wang Xiaoying posted some photos of the show on WeChat along with a message that said that the ...
Chinese people are huge lovers of music home and aborad. Even the most niche of music genres from other countries and regions can find fans in China.
Young Chinese music talents will now be able to study at the world's top music school Juilliard without needing to head to New York as the renowned center for the music arts has established its first overseas campus in Tianjin. ...
With its mysterious exotic landscapes and atmosphere, the Tibet Autonomous Region is a dream destination for many people traveling in China. Experienced travelers often choose to take a train from Xining in Qinghai Province to Tibet's capital city of Lhasa, ...
Xiamutang, a village in East China's Jiangxi Province, has been transformed into a cultural hub through a rural renovation project titled Village Vision.
Xiamutang, a village in East China's Jiangxi Province, has been transformed into a cultural hub through the Village Vision project.
When French photographer Maylis Pourquie wandered through Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, to take photos of local life months ago, she never expected that one day she would return to hold an exhibition showcasing the similarities and differences between the city and ...
Taking “Belt and Road: Cultural Heritage and Innovation” as its theme, the three-day forum includes sub-forums about museums, cultural heritage, education and design as well as exhibitions and dialogues between mayors of major cities in China and France.
In the minds of many Chinese, Yantai in Shangdong Province is a city strongly connected to the legendary Eight Immortals. In the legend, each of the immortals uses their unique powers to depart from Yantai to travel across the Bohai ...
For a city, museums are windows to the past. Boasting 96 public and private museums, the city of Zibo in East China's Shandong Province is able to provide a look into history that rivals any major city in the world. ...
A symposium attended by 11 Chinese scholars and 28 overseas sinologists and scholars from 24 countries and regions kicked off in Beijing on Monday. The theme of the two-day 2018 Symposium on China Studies, an annual gathering platform for overseas ...
People always say that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is one of the main reasons why photo exhibitions always manage to catch the public's attention. It is also why French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand manages to attract fans ...
The Shape of Water, the latest work from Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del toro, is set to hit the big screens across the Chinese mainland on March 16, according to a Wednesday report on the news site ifeng.com.
It must have been a unique experience for the Shanghai audience on Thursday night to be the first group of people in the Chinese mainland to enjoy the famous Broadway musical Jersey Boys in the city's Daning Theatre.
American college basketball teams from UCLA and Georgia Tech will play in Shanghai on Saturday for the third annual Pac-12 China Game, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said at a press conference in Shanghai on Wednesday.
It must be the largest showcase of contemporary German art in China. The ongoing Deutschland 8 - Deutshce Kunst in China Series exhibition is so large that seven museums in Beijing are needed to present the 320 works from 55 ...
It is widely known that China has a long history of music. Many traditional opera forms that are hundreds of years old are still quite popular today. But how did ancient musicians manage to record their music before the modern ...
In the eyes of many Chinese people, Brazil is a paradise for travelers with its beautiful sunny beaches and of course love of soccer. The upcoming Troposphere exhibition at Beijing's Minsheng Museum is also looking to let the people of ...
The opening ceremony for Wang Huangsheng's exhibition Boundary/Space at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum on Thursday was an important moment for the former curator as it marked the first time in his career he was introduced as a professional artist. ...
A new exhibition featuring priceless antique Dehua porcelain wares will debut at Beijing's National Museum of China on August 20, organizers announced Sunday.
The Beijing Music Festival (BMF), an annual festival for classical music fans, will return to stages in Beijing on October 8, the festival's artistic director Yu Long announced at a press conference in Beijing Thursday.
Friday is a big day for Stephon Marbury, as this is the day that My Other Home, a biopic about why the former NBA player moved to China to continue his basketball career and how he made a name for ...
Could China's Song Dynasty (960-1279), a period of time often ignored by Western scholars, be considered the world's first Renaissance? Why is food the first thing everyone brings up when talking about China? Was there only one Silk Road…
People always say that beer is the best partner for a music festival. Now Qingdao, famous around the world for its locally produced Tsingtao Beer, will finally have both.
Different from other destinations in the world, in Hong Kong, you can find not only authentic Western cuisine, from French to Spanish dishes, but also cheap and yummy street food and local Cha Chaan Teng (tea restaurant) dishes like macaroni, ...
The China National Traditional Orchestra will bring new Chinese musical drama Xuanzang's Pilgrimage: A Chinese Concert in Drama to the Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre July 7-12, the orchestra's director Xi Qiang announced on Tuesday in Beijing.
On Tuesday, Li Chunming took his 3-year-old daughter Li Zishun to the National Museum of China to see an exhibition outlining all the achievements the city of Hong Kong has achieved since it returned to China in 1997.
When the first season of Don't Kiss Me, Evil Master hit streaming platform Tencent Video on January 9, the show turned out a hit, earning more than 30 million views in 24 hours.
What would you expect to see if you went to an exhibition of famed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's artwork? Polka dots covering everything? A range of psychedelic colors? Pumpkin motifs and a room where you can take selfies?
"That poor black man!" murmured 14-year-old Li Chengguo (pseudonym) as he sat in front of the stage watching a scene from the adaptation of the Western classic To Kill a Mockingbird in which Tom Robinson is convicted despite his attorney ...
It remained a little-known piece of history even among Hong Kong locals until director Anthony Chan turned it into a stage play in 2008.
Rich colors like yellow and even the more popular camo, integration with materials like down jackets or woolen sweaters and even adding floral embodiments… these elements made the world of fur appealing to buyers and customers at the recent Hong ...
One quick question: How are Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, India and Myanmar similar? The answer: All of them were once colonies of the British Empire.
It's a simple task for Li Kuilan to put the finishing touch, a large red tassel, on the Chinese Knot, a traditional symbol representing wishes for happiness, safety and prosperity, that she had been working on. The 80-year-old villager from ...
Though he has been living in an apartment in the suburban community in Jinan, Shandong Province for several years now, fifty-something Mr. Hong still remembers the decades he spent working the fields as a farmer.
