Bringing a festive atmosphere to Beijing, nearly 230,000 people visited the ongoing "The Temple of Earth and Me" book fair at the Ditan Park during the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Named after an essay by renowned novelist Shi Tiesheng, the 11-day book fair being held as part of the 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, will conclude on Monday.
Since its launch in 2013 by Ateliers d'Art de France, the Revelations biennial is committed to offering a stage for professionals in the fine crafts industry to exhibit their workmanship, creativity and imagination. Now, the show's first edition outside of France has arrived in Beijing at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center from Sept 19-23, introducing the efforts of those artists and workshops in the sector in promoting craft skills, defending creation and redefining aesthetics.
The Netherlands Film Festival, organized by the China Film Group Corporation and the Dutch embassy, recently kicked off in Beijing. It will run until Oct 31.
Known as a key part of the 2024 Beijing Cultural Forum, the Grand Performances in Beijing program lifted its curtain at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on the evening of Sept 3.
The 2024 Beijing Culture Forum, themed "Enhance Cultural Exchanges for Common Progress", opened on Thursday and will run until Saturday.
Presence of foreign trainers teaching Brazilian jujitsu and tai chi is also a big draw, Wang Xin reports.
Lesa la Grange, an archaeologist and Manager of the Policy and Skills Development Unit at the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), is dedicated to advancing the heritage management sector in South Africa through targeted skills development.
Mika Morishita, General Manager at the Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), has been a key figure in fostering cultural and creative collaborations between Japan and China.
When it comes to photography associated with Africa, what springs to mind, for most Chinese, are probably the images of acutely malnourished children, boatloads of refugees or vast wilderness full of exotic animals, prevalent images about the continent that have helped to stereotype it as impoverished and primitive.
Jacques Malaterre, renowned French director and producer, is known for his groundbreaking work in documentary filmmaking. In 2021, he ventured to China for an international co-production titled The Man of Beijing: The Last Secrets of Humanity, a sequel to his acclaimed documentary The Species Odyssey.
Choi Byung Goo, the Director of the Seoul Museum of History, discusses the cultural exchange between Seoul and Beijing, emphasizing the significance of mutual exhibitions and interactions between the Seoul Museum of History and the Capital Museum of China since 2002. He highlights the role of museums, especially metropolitan museums of history, in preserving city history and connecting cultural attributes with urban development.