Yun from Shen Fu's autobiography Six Chapters of a Floating Life, was recently brought to life in a Kunqu Opera.
A weeklong event in Shanghai celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing offered visitors a new perspective of their home planet, Zhang Lei reports.
The 22nd Beijing Music Festival, slated for Oct. 4 to 28, will feature an 8-hour concert by German-born British composer Max Richter at the Great Wall.
A total of 31 Chinese opera art troupes from across the country are staging their latest plays in Beijing.
The new season of a theater program, New Live in China, will bring 36 productions to cinemas across the country in the second half of the year.
The sizzling summer in Beijing provides the backdrop for the city's annual feast of contemporary dance from July 16 to 28.
This year's Beijing Design Week will be held from Sept 5 to Oct 7 and will feature nearly a thousand creative cultural events.
The Central Conservatory of Music will hold a festival from May 23 to 27 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of The Yellow River Cantata.
The annual Lin Zhaohua Theater Arts Festival, which was launched in 2010, is back after a year's gap as the son takes the reins from his father.
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), who specialized in playing the roles of laosheng, or old male roles, will be remembered by Peking Opera artists from around China.
Now in its 19th year, the Meet in Beijing Arts Festival has seen 30,000 artists from 120 countries perform, attracting over 4.2 million audience members.