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Bitten lips: Something ancient yet popular

2018-08-02 13:44

Another costume drama set in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Story of Yanxi Palace, is becoming a hit on the small screen this summer.

Brooklyn Chinese community anticipates opening paifang this fall

2018-08-01 23:19

A paifang, or a welcome gate, is usually a sign that a Chinatown has arrived. And that is why Sunset Park in Brooklyn, New York is looking forward to the day this October when its own magnificent archway will rise.

China to restore frescoes of grassland grottoes

2018-08-01 17:07

Cultural heritage workers will launch a program to restore the frescoes of the 1,600-year-old Arjai Grottoes in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to the regional cultural heritage administration.

Pleasure and Pain: The art of shoes on display in Beijing

2018-08-01 16:53

An exhibition highlighting extraordinary footwear as it appears in folklore worldwide is on display in Beijing until Aug 26. 

Beijing Zoo to fine visitors feeding animals

2018-08-01 16:49

Beijing Zoo will hold a joint patrol with urban management officers to ban visitors from feeding and harming animals, Beijing Daily reported Wednesday.

Sixth Wuzhen Theatre Festival set for October

2018-08-01 15:38

The sixth Wuzhen Theatre Festival in 2018, with a theme of magnanimity, will be held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, from Oct 18 to 28, and ticketing will begin on Aug 16.

China remains top source market of visitors to Abu Dhabi in H1

2018-08-01 11:57

Some 214,600 Chinese tourists and business travelers visited the United Arab Emirate (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi, representing a 15.8 percent increase year on year, the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) said on Tuesday.

Classic Chinese paintings inspire youth to create music

2018-08-01 10:39

The Palace Museum is encouraging young people to come up with musical ideas to convey the connotations of ancient paintings in an event called "Singing Paintings".

China to further boost 'red tourism'

2018-07-31 14:50

Chinese cultural officials on Monday pledged to further promote "red tourism" which has become a key part of China's tourism industry.

Zhejiang holds Asian art week to boost tourism, film industries

2018-07-31 14:34

Taizhou is one of the hottest filming spots in China. Hundreds of film and TV works have been produced in the city in recent years.

Retrospective show hails late painter Zhang Anzhi

2018-07-31 14:31

The National Art Museum of China received a donation of 50 paintings from the family of late Zhang Anzhi, a painter and professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, on July 26. The donation was made right before the opening of an exhibition reviewing Zhang's artistic career at NAMOC through Aug 7, where donated works are also on show.

Eminent Buddhist figure painter exhibits in Beijing

2018-07-31 14:28

Shandong-born artist Xia Jingshan, 95, has gained prominence at home and among overseas Chinese for his ink paintings of Buddhist figures and for sponsoring renovations at several historic Buddhist temples across China.

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