Performer hailed for innovating and preserving Peking Opera

• Gallery week underscores city's thriving contemporary art scene
• An oasis of time and memory
• Technology meets art in Yizhuang
• Where music flows like water
• Thailand's Loy Krathong festival lights up Beijing
• Paying tribute to master designer of minimalism
• China and France deepen ties through museum collaboration
• Finding unity in the spirit of tai chi
• The magic of botanical dyes
• A long exposure to history