Ten years ago, then 9-year-old Yan Zhuorong drew a kitten — small, fluffy, and slightly crooked-tailed — as her entry for the first-ever Little Genius Children's Painting Competition. She had no idea that the sketch would spark a decade-long creative journey.
As night fell over the Liangma River in Beijing, young delegates from China and the United States gathered beneath the Friendship Bridge for a scenic cruise, immersing themselves in the city's vibrant nighttime atmosphere.
Documentary series highlights the resilience of kids facing traumatic diseases and injuries, and the doctors who fight for their physical and mental recovery, Wang Ru reports.
The ancient water town of Xitang in East China's Zhejiang province launched the second season of its popular cultural event Dream of Xitang: Boat Stories on Friday evening.
Famed American British writer Henry James once said, "It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature”.As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, it may take only minutes or even seconds for AI tools to generate poetry in the style of Li Bai, craft short stories with an O. Henry twist, and translate lengthy texts into various foreign languages.
A year after maestro Shui Lan took up the baton as artistic adviser of the China National Symphony Orchestra, a quiet yet meaningful transformation has begun to ripple through its ranks.
The two-day Sixth New York Big Apple Music Festival kicked off at the Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall on July 19, resonating with themes of friendship and peace.
With classrooms empty in the summer break and sun high, families are flocking to theme parks, making them some of China's hottest destinations.
Urna Chahar-Tugchi, known by her stage name Urna, has been singing for as long as she can remember. Long before she ever stepped onto a stage or recorded an album, her voice echoed across the grasslands of Ordos in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region — unaccompanied, spontaneous, and free.
In the heart of Central China's Hunan province lies the small city of Changde — a place once known to Zhang Lan only through a photograph in her college application booklet. The image captured the serene library of Hunan University of Arts and Science, with a tranquil lake fringed by graceful willows. It was this picture that drew Zhang, a young girl from Yueyang in Hunan, to leave her hometown behind.
Amid the hustle and bustle of daily life, people live, work, and push through each day. But late at night, some find themselves lying in bed, wide awake. Their minds race with unfinished tasks, memories of lost friends and lovers, or the worries of their children's school struggles.
Conductor Michael Summers has always believed in the power of music to transcend borders. But it wasn't until his first trip to China that he truly experienced how transformative cultural exchange between East and West could be.