London's Horniman Museum on Sunday said that it would return dozens of artifacts looted by British soldiers in Nigeria, including 12 of the famed Benin Bronzes.

The application process for the Beijing Central Axis, orthe core area of the historical city, to become a World Heritage Site has further advanced: the central axis will be part of China's 2024 application project, as announced by authorities on Sunday.

From a 14-minute flight by Drake's private plane to Taylor Swift's carbon footprint, celebrities are struggling to shake off a firestorm over their jet emissions amid the climate crisis.

Just two hours after sales began online on Friday, tickets for six out of the 10 scheduled performances of stage play The Awakening Age, an adaptation of the hit TV series of the same name, had sold out.

Just hit the big screen on August 5, Hong Kong film Warriors of Future is being marketed as China's first hard sci-fi mech movie with its discussion over climate change, pollution, and the future of human beings.

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This exhibition in Beijing is a solo show for Eric Carle, a US author, designer and illustrator of children's books.

The 18th China International Photographic Art Exhibition (CIPAE) kicked off in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu Province, on Wednesday. Nearly 300 documentary and artistic works by photographers from all over the world are being displayed in a "non-theme" way.

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 blue-green landscape paintings. With bright mineral pigments, the painter depicts a vast country landscape, an ideal world of perfect order and harmony that people dream of. Now, nearly 1,000 years later, Chinese musicians are doing the same thing as Wang, but this time through the art of music.

Two Maltese teenagers were presented with awards at the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation "Junior Cultural Ambassadors" event in Malta on Wednesday.

Following the rave reviews for 2020 sports documentary Touch Out, two documentary films about baseball were screened at the 2022 FIRST International Film Festival in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai Province. One of the works is a new film from Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi.

A design campaign themed "Green Land, Future Home" that promotes new grassland homestay experiences has kicked off in Hanggin Banner in Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

To encourage more talented Chinese and foreign filmmakers to join telling China's stories, a project to sponsor filmmakers and collect brilliant documentaries about China's stories in the new era, the Image Possibilities Coproduction Plan, was launched in Beijing on Tuesday.

The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex - a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site.

Screen Australia, a government body that supports the nation's film and TV industries, has announced new funding for a variety of projects as it seeks to further propel Australia's "golden age" of online content production.

The Yungang Grottoes were established by the order of an emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) to quell ethnic conflicts through the spread of Buddhism. They have welcomed dignitaries from more than 20 countries over the past decades.

Starring National Ballet of China (NBC) principal dancer Wang Qimin, choreographer John Neumeier's classic dance drama The Little Mermaid is set to return to the stage at the Beijing Tianqiao Theater for a five-day run at the end of August.

"The horse-face skirt holds a very unique position in China's traditional clothing culture. Sporting a dynamic design, this skirt is widely preferred by fans of traditional clothing, who have continued to innovate and develop it," Daben, a Chinese vlogger who runs a channel that introduces traditional clothing culture on video sharing site Bilibili, told the Global Times.

One of Australia's most versatile conductors, Guy Noble, who conducts the touring concert East Meets West, said he would like to learn more about Chinese music.

Architectural exhibition China Pavilion - Taoxichuan, which focuses on the displays at the China Pavilion at the 17th Venice International Architecture Exhibition in 2021, kicked off in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi Province, on Thursday.

Khaled Bahlawan hammers nails into a traditional wooden boat he built by hand, toiling under the scorching sun on Syria's Mediterranean coast to preserve a disappearing ancient skill.

Dunhuang-inspired Chinese animated film 'The Nine-Colored Deer' The Nine-Colored Deer is a 24-minute Chinese animated film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio and released in 1981.

A documentary titled Magical Craftsmanship of Suzhou rolled out across theaters in Australia's Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend, giving locals an up-close look at how ancient handicrafts continue to color modern Chinese life.

Chinese war film The Battle at Lake Changjin, about China's historic military victory in a battle during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), bagged the Best Film Award at the 36th Hundred Flowers Awards held in Wuhan on Saturday.

Without the massive use of tools or paints and lacking grand venues to present their artworks, a group of young attention-grabbing domestic artists are tackling an irresistible project: recycling discarded products as art aimed at inspiring people to discover the beauty of their everyday surroundings and raising awareness about environmental protection.

The opening performance of the Pingtan International Performing Arts Center in East China's Fujian Province was held on Friday. The performance saw the China National Opera House join hands with the Fuzhou Straits Symphony Orchestra to present a symphony concert focusing on the cross-Straits.

The Shanghai Museum launched The Making of China: the Civilization of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties on Saturday. Featuring more than 300 rare Chinese relics, the exhibition is one of the museum's largest of the year.

China, South Korea and Japan are close not only geographically, but also culturally, with economic ties dating back more than 1,000 years ago. A new exhibition at Beijing's National Museum of China is tapping into this shared heritage by displaying ancient bronzes from the three neighboring countries in East Asia.

A dense but staggered arrangement of large arches, columns and brackets resonant with the fragrance of wood in the air, striking the visual and olfactory senses of visitors who enter the Fayuan Architecture Museum.

The second China Digital Art Fair is set to be held in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, in December, organizers announced on Thursday.

The 13th Golden Broom Awards, China's version of the Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies, were held during the 13th Annual Youth Film Handbook Gala in Beijing on Wednesday.

Distinguished Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) made an invaluable contribution to the West's understanding and appreciation of China, Argentine literature professor Ruben Pose has said.

The complete lineup of the Venice International Film Festival 2022 was unveiled at a press conference on Tuesday, with 73 new feature films in the Official Selection. Of these, 23 will compete for the Golden Lion.

An art exhibition combining traditional Chinese operas, calligraphy and paintings kicked off on Tuesday in Kunshan, East China's Jiangsu Province.

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This exhibition in Shanghai is a solo show dedicated to Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Born in 1881, in Málaga, Spain, Picasso is one of the most creative and influential Western artists of the 20th century.

Holly's International held its Beijing 2022 Spring Auction preview event on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Kerry Hotel in Beijing.

An art exhibition titled the Infinite Universe of Wuji: Masterpieces from Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, has debuted at The China Millennium Monument in Beijing to feature rare authentic artworks of 46 European artists such as Van Gogh.

With its first artworks built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Longmen Grottoes is home to more than 2,300 caves and alcoves filled with art, among which the most famous is the Vairocana Buddha statue. Sporting a delicate smile, it is often called the "Asian Mona Lisa" as it perfectly captures the grottoes' sense of mystery.

For years, Haitham al-Madini's house was like all the others on his block: a beige, nearly windowless facade sealed off from the outside world.

An exhibition by Swedish artist Erik Johansson opened at Beijing's Today Art Museum on Friday, bringing Chinese audiences a surreal immersive art journey that integrates audio-visual, tactile and emotional experiences.

After a year of preparation, the renovated Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province has just held an art exhibition, featuring contemporary art installations combining reality and virtual reality.

In keeping with this spirit, Chinese museums have started exploring new ways to better carry out their mission, such as holding events at night.

UNIC, a building in Paris' Olympic Village eco-district Clichy-Batignolles, catches the attention of people with its unfettered geometry and undulating floors that define the 13-floor residential building.

Veteran Chinese guqin player Zhu Huipeng's seal script calligraphy work Cheng Yu Yue debuted at the Beijing Rongbao 2022 Spring Art Auction Preview Event held on Friday and Saturday. The auction was held on Sunday to mark the 350th anniversary of Rongbaozhai (literally Studio of Glorious Treasures), the time-honored calligraphy and painting shop in Beijing.

Disney kicked off the exhibition Mickey: the True Original & Ever Curious at Beijing's Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) Lab on Saturday. In the next four months, a number of contemporary artists will present their new ideas and understanding of this classic character.

Dozens of dating variety shows produced by students from different Chinese universities were released on Chinese video sharing platforms showing how modern Chinese young people view love and offering examples of solving problems in romantic relationships.

Based on The Three-Body Problem's cosmology, China's first sci-fi talk show is set to stimulate the interest of the domestic audience in science fiction and exploration of the universe. Co-hosted by Chinese renown director, Jia Zhangke, and the author of The Three-Body Problem series, Liu Cixin, the talk show is now simultaneously broadcasted on video platform Youku and aired on TV since July 18. The Global Times recently contacted the production team to share their experience in this eye-catching variety show: Do Not Answer.

The Midi music season, one of China's most popular music festivals, is to kick off on Friday at the Cuiyunshan International Resort in Chongli, Hebei Province.

The China National Archives of Publications and Culture, consisting of headquarters in Beijing and branches in three major Chinese cities, was inaugurated on Saturday. After a three-year construction, the institution aims to act as a "seed bank" for Chinese culture by playing a significant role in the preservation of ancient texts and modern publications in China.

UNIC, a building in Paris's Olympic Village eco-district Clichy-Batignolles, catches the attention of people with its unfettered geometry and undulating floor plates that define the free rise of the 13-floor residential building.

The music event in Shanghai is a concert of traditional Chinese songs and music by Chinese musician Gong Linna.

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A well-preserved terracotta performer that has retained much of its original paint was revealed by the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Wednesday as part of the updates on the latest research findings.

The sound of applause for the recent dramas The Caine Mutiny and My Poor Marat is still echoing on Chinese social platforms, while tickets for the upcoming show Old-Fashioned Comedy sold out as soon as sales began.

Editor's Note: Carrying the genes and spirit of a nation, cultural relics and heritages are irreplaceable resources for a thriving civilization. A huge number of Chinese relics have gotten more popular over the past 10 years and allowed people from around the world to know Chinese culture better. The Global Times will feature a number of "star" artifacts in this series, to make cultural relics stored in museums, heritages displayed throughout the vast land, and texts written in ancient books come alive.

On Wednesday a bronze statue of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) monk Jianzhen, who brought Buddhism to Japan, was unveiled in central Tokyo as a symbol of peaceful and friendly relations between China and Japan, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations in 2022.

"Our country never forgets any of its people or regions. No matter how remote, they have received support from the motherland to alleviate poverty," filmmaker Lin Tao told the Global Times, explaining why his new film focuses on the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The remote county lies on the Pamirs Plateau and shares a border with the countries of Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

With the joint restoration of the earthquake-hit Basantapur Palace complex in Nepal, both the Chinese and Nepali sides are anticipating more projects in cultural heritage cooperation across Nepal.

"Now the protagonist in the novel has a face. I really want to see his culture."

A children's theater play showcasing the local lifestyle in Beijing's hutongs, the traditional alleys formed by courtyard residences, is about to kick off in China's capital in early August.

Known as the “Western Regions” in ancient times, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located on the famous “Silk Road” which connected ancient China with the rest of the world, making it a gathering point for different civilizations.

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The End of the World is a musical concert that will be personally conducted by the great musician Sanbao. Sanbao is a well-known musician active in many fields such as pop music, film soundtracks and musicals. Around 2005, he withdrew from the pop music scene and decided to dedicate himself to the composition of musicals. His musical works include Jin Sha, Butterfly, Wanderings of Sanmao and so much more.

Moving across the stage, a young dancer rhythmically taps a meter-long bamboo pole adorned with strings of copper coins against her body in time with the music. With each strike a jingling sound emanates from the coins, blending with the rhythm of her movements and the sounds of traditional instruments.

Out of Court, a new streaming drama series that focuses on Chinese legal professionals and intriguing legal cases debuted on popular streaming platform Youku on Thursday.

New period romance series Love Like the Galaxy, adapted from a popular web novel, debuted on Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video on Tuesday to positive reviews from audiences. The show focuses on traditional Chinese family relationships and the culture of prose poetry.

Bringing nearly 30 songs to the stage, The End of the World concert is scheduled for July 27 and 28 at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center.

Inspired by the silver beads on the traditional ornaments made by China's Yi ethnic minority, a pair of "small lantern" ear drop earrings are made from finely hollowed silver beads with soft arcs that weigh only 11.7 grams.

A fantasy musical displaying a picture of the Khitan (or Qidan) tribe, a nomadic people of northern China wrapped up its last performance at the Taihu Stage Art Center, a newly built branch of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, on Sunday.

It has been more than a week since the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) opened to the public and tickets for this new West Kowloon Cultural District landmark, which can accommodate roughly 7,000 people a day, are still selling out. In addition to a high-speed rail line connecting Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and the 55-kilometer long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, the construction of HKPM is one of the most important decisions made since Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997. For cultural experts, the popular museum not only brings greater influence that spans out to the Greater Bay Area, but also shows the world what makes this bustling city unique.

Filmmaker Park Chan-wook, known for his ultra-violent thrillers that helped catapult South Korean cinema onto the global stage, is back with an altogether different work - a restrained yet deeply emotional love story.

Editor's Note: In a letter replying to senior experts at the National Museum of China (NMC) on Friday, the institution's 110th anniversary, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that cultural relics need to be better utilized to preserve the accomplishments of Chinese civilization and promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations.

This music event in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, is a music concert by emerging Chinese idol Toy Wang Yi.

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In a small Indonesian fishing village, a man with a fake rhino head perched atop his own puts on a puppet show for a group of eager children.

Qi Xiaoya, a virtual figure playing a young female role in Qinqiang Opera, has caught people's attention since it made its debut in an art festival in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Among dozens of vividly dressed performers in white frilly dresses and outfits, a shining dynamic crystal lamp on the ceiling above them integrates perfectly to help push along a tragic story and maintain a balanced harmony on stage. Senior ballet choreographer Fei Bo, now the chief choreographer at the National Ballet of China (NBC), has again presented one of his most remarkable works to an audience: a medium-long adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Chinese historical web drama Delicacies Destiny has stirred controversy over “plagiarizing” South Korean culture among South Korean netizens, but Chinese experts said that the cultural exchanges between China and South Korea started from ancient times and should be respected and seen with a more open attitude.

Since the beginning of the China chic fever roughly two years ago, Chinese elements have become increasingly popular among young illustrators and designers. From Chinese YouTuber Li Ziqi to the design of cosmetics to furniture, Chinese aesthetics can be found everywhere. Wu Yao, a well-known Chinese illustrator and designer, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview that the emergence of China chic is in fitting with the times and provides ordinary consumers, both Chinese and foreign, with a channel and opportunity to learn about Chinese tradition.

Harumichi Shibasaki was nearly 70 when he began making YouTube art tutorials from his quiet home in the Japanese countryside. Five years on, he has 1.4 million subscribers.

The large gate at Fustat Pottery Village looked like an entrance to a unique world of traditional handicraft, where dozens of highly artistic items were displayed during the largest pottery festival in Egypt's capital Cairo.

The 2022 Music in the Summer Air (MISA) is set to kick off on July 20 in Shanghai. Bringing vibrant cultural scenes to Shanghai, the event will be the first symphonic gala held in the city since it came out of lockdown due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

Chinese music fans are excited after a series of music festivals were announced. They will be held around the country as the COVID-19 epidemic has been brought under control in China.

On architect Borjigin Munkhbayarin Nandin's laptop are hundreds of photos about his ongoing project Future Mongolia.

A new historical romance series Love Like the Galaxy, adapted from a popular web novel, debuted on Chinese streaming platform Tencent Video on Tuesday. The show focuses on traditional Chinese family relationships and the culture of prose poetry.

Revisiting ancient Chinese poems not only brings aesthetic pleasure, but sharpens people's awareness of problems facing the modern-day world as well, British writer Tim Clissold, author of the critically acclaimed Mr. China, told the Xinhua News Agency in a recent interview.

The 2022 China-ASEAN Youth Hand-in-Hand Event was held Monday in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Sunday evening saw a special concert featuring the pipa, a traditional Chinese string instrument. As well as classic pieces, the music also involved more modern jazz sounds.

An art exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland kicked off at the city's Sky 100 Hong Kong Observation Deck on Saturday.

Lacking a written language, the Nu people have been passing down their folklore, customs and way of life orally for centuries. The ethnic group is one of the few in China that transitioned directly from a traditional agricultural and hunting society to modern society after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Nearly 10 years ago, they were hidden in villages scattered around the primeval forests along China's southwestern borders, but now there are many young Nu people entering the spotlight with a new career: hometown ambassadors/influencers on Chinese social media.

Peter Brook, who has died aged 97, was among the most influential theater directors of the 20th century, reinventing the art by paring it back to drama's most basic and powerful elements.

Waving his baton in the air, conductor Tan Lihua led the Beijing Symphony Orchestra to kick off the two-month-long "Gateway to Arts" Summer Art Festival with a concert at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall on Sunday night.

A film exhibition ended on Sunday after five days in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to promote the unity of the 56 ethnic groups across the country while developing mainstream movies.

"We aim to bring positivity and make audiences laugh as the recent COVID-19 outbreak is causing many people anxiety," Shi Hui, producer of the variety show The Detectives' Adventures, said, explaining the original intention behind the show.

On Thursday evening, the Chinese culture center in Paris held a Chinese contemporary poetry recital for some 200 Chinese culture lovers.

Zhang Chaoying, a woman from the Li ethnic minority group in South China's Hainan Province, often streams on Douyin, the Chinese name for TikTok, wearing a very special dress - an office skirt adorned with exquisite handmade Li brocade.

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This exhibition in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province is going to be an art feast for fans who love 19th-century Western paintings that focus on the European art hub that is France.

On July 1 25 years ago, it was raining heavily in Hong Kong. Actor Simon Yam and actress Kara Wai, who grew up in the Wan Chai district, took the day off to watch the live ceremony marking Hong Kong's return to the motherland on TV.