The private museum has as its theme the history of the ancient Maritime Silk Road of which Quanzhou was a hub. The Shimao Martime Silk Road Museum of Fujian was established by property developer Shimao Group with active support from the Palace Museum.
Shanghai Museum is famed for an all-encompassing collection of classical Chinese paintings. Normally, every six months it rotates selected works from this assemblage at a permanent display at its Hall of Classical Chinese Paintings.
The image of the ox is loved by people all over the world. Besides the UNPA, many countries have also launched Year of the Ox stamps with a variety of designs and patterns. Let's take a look.
On Jan 30, the China Cultural Center in Wellington and the Wellington Multicultural Council hosted a large-scale performance to mark Chinese New Year at the National Museum of New Zealand.
At the beginning of the new year, the China Tourism Office in Seoul and the Jilin Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism jointly launched a photo and video exhibition entitled Visiting China Online – Jilin Province.
Clouds under Brushes, an exhibition at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai until Feb 28, pays homage to Liu's deep emotional attachment to Huangshan. On show are sketches and paintings themed on the mountain from the museum's collection. It is a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Liu's birth.
On Jan 27, the news conference announcing the opening of the "2021 Happy Chinese New Year – Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition" was held at the China Cultural Centre in Sydney.
Anti-poverty efforts have turned Abuluoha village in Southwest China from an isolated leprosarium into a promising rural community.
The Lasting Charm of Cultural Relics, an ongoing exhibition at Sichuan Museum, in Chengdu, examines the long-standing influence of the exchanges between different civilizations in the East and the West which were boosted by the ancient Silk Road.
China's long history of using natural lacquer to make daily objects more beautiful and durable is evident in the lacquer ware found in Neolithic relics in the country. Throughout centuries, the production of lacquer objects boomed to elevate the craft to a higher level of artistry.
The 2021 "Happy Chinese New Year" New Zealand Music Competition, hosted by the China Cultural Center in Wellington and New Zealand Music Foundation, opened at the Hunter Council Chamber in Victoria University of Wellington.
To welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, a woodblock prints exhibition, co-hosted by the China Cultural Center in Sydney and the National Art Museum of China, opened online last Wednesday on the official website of the cultural center.