The Revival of Tradition is on show at the Song Art Museum in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

6. Witness the revival of tradition at Song Art Museum in Beijing

If you're curious about the history of Chinese contemporary art, you shouldn't miss The Revival of Tradition, an ongoing show at Beijing's Song Art Museum.

The exhibit brings together 96 sets of artworks by 45 artists, ranging from 20th masters, such as Sanyu (1901-1966) and Lin Fengmian (1900-1991), to 1990s Chinese Contemporary Art movement leaders Xu Bing and Gu Wenda, both born in 1955, and to emerging artists, like post-90s artist Ren Lihan.

"The show aims to provide another approach, a tradition-centered approach to understanding the history of contemporary Chinese art, independent from the criteria of Western art historians" said He Guiyan, the show's curator and art critic.

If you go:

10:00 am-6:00 pm, Tuesday to Sunday; Song Art Museum, Grass Road, Shunyi district, Beijing 北京顺义区格拉斯路松美术馆