"One will always notice that as societies advance toward civility and refinement, people tend to build impressive structures before they learn to cultivate gardens with care and elegance."
William Chambers (1723-96) wrote in his landmark Enlightenment-era book, A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening (1772): "Such is the common scenery of the Chinese gardens … their artists never fail to improve upon its singularities: their aim is to excite a great variety of passions in the mind of spectators; and the fertility of their imagination, always upon the stretch in search of novelty, furnishes them with a thousand artifices to accomplish that aim."
As the credits rolled on the Chinese film Dead to Rights in a German cinema on the evening of Aug 28, Sarah Bahadra sat completely stunned, her eyes glistening. In a voice barely above a whisper, she says she was overwhelmed, describing the film as "too sad …really horrible".
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra opened its 2025/26 season on Sept 5 with a performance by its new artist in residence, Wu Man, of Pipa Concerto No 2 by Chinese composer Zhao Jiping.
Diplomats recently gathered at the embassy of the Argentine Republic in Beijing to launch the second edition of the LAC UNITED soccer initiative, which brings together representatives from 15 Latin American and Caribbean embassies in China.
Chinese and French TV and film professionals met at the China Culture Center in Paris on Monday to discuss Sino-French cooperation in audiovisual creation.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced Jackie Chan as a brand ambassador for Expo 2027 in Belgrade.
The film Brief History of a Family, the directorial debut feature of New York-educated filmmaker Lin Jianjie, is scheduled to open in domestic theaters on Friday.
In its 12th edition this year, the annual Silk Road International Film Festival will be held in Fuzhou, Fujian province, from Sept 22 to 26, the organizers announced on Thursday.
Two sisters Ana?lle and Ana?s, French bloggers, recently had an unforgettable encounter with Naxi ethnic music at Jiefeng Lou (Welcome Pavilion) in the Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan province.
Viewing the photos by artist Lin Zhipeng, all shot on film and characterized by bold, saturated colors and an atmospheric and poetic quality, is somewhat akin to listening to a fine dream pop album. Both may cause the audience to reminisce about their youthful days, pulsated with cheer, curiosity, confusion, melancholy, ennui and recklessness.
Beijing ranks among the world's top cities for tourism in comprehensive strength, according to a major industry report released on Thursday at the World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development 2025.
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