In a small theater in Maoming city in South China's Guangdong province, Cantonese Opera echoes through the air, the rhythmic beat of drums, the melodic instruments and the soaring voices of performers filling the atmosphere with life and energy. This was the world Li Junsheng was born into.
When it comes to Beijing, what first come to mind are the grand imperial landmarks — such as the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, and the dozens of other magnificent temples and structures, big and small, peppered throughout the capital. But dig a little deeper and set your sights a little further afield, and you'll find countless hidden gems sitting in plain sight, both inside and outside city limits.
The First International Travel Services Conference will be held from Oct 16 to 19 in Sanya, Hainan province, its organizer, the China Association of Travel Services, announced on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing.
The dreamy works of Chen Xuefang, a ceramic artist from Pucheng county, Nanping, Fujian province, caught the attention of people visiting Chinese Traditional Culture Museum in Beijing. The teacups and small decoration sculptures used for a tea set assume translucent texture and a pale green-white glaze, called qingbai. Some of the wares are delicate and as thin as a piece of paper.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that the 9th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, from May 28 to June 3.
Xu Chenyang's artistic transition from the figurative to abstract surprised those who knew his paintings. For decades, the artist worked to blend the figurative techniques in which he took pride with a surrealist tendency.
Echoing the exhibition, Angkor Royal Bronzes: Art of the Divine, held at the Guimet Museum in Paris, artist Shen Wei presents the Angkor Wat Project, an unprecedented performance blending dance, painting, photography, video, and music.
The stress, the noise, the disconnection — when people talk about cities nowadays, its negative aspects are often emphasized.
On Tuesday, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra unveiled its 2025/26 season, in the presence of Finnish conductor and pianist Tarmo Peltokoski, its current music director designate who will become music director in September 2026.
A Love Never Lost, a period drama set over a century ago, recently premiered on the streaming platform iQiyi, immersing viewers in a turbulent era that reshaped China's destiny.
Ritual Integrity and Poetic Refinement, a thematic exhibition about daily life in the official residence of the Confucius Family, opened at Prince Kung's Palace Museum on Tuesday.
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