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A brief history of China's dragon paintings

2017-03-28 13:57

Since ancient times, the dragon has been a symbol of imperial power, and its image portrayed in many paintings, as well as on bronze wares, copper mirrors, jade wares, porcelain and stone carvings.

Fuyuan karst caves in Yunan open to public in time for summer

2017-03-28 11:25

A cluster of karst caves covering 4.2 kilometers to the west of Fuyuan county, Qujing city in Yunnan province, feature rarely seen stalagmites.

Met will display Qin, Han treasures

2017-03-28 10:23

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will soon unveil a major loan exhibition of ancient Chinese art never before seen in the West.

Emerald 'Manchu Han Imperial Feast' dazzles Kunming

2017-03-28 09:36

Carving master Zou Wantong spent a decade creating a feast of 50 Chinese dishes only out of emerald, estimated to cost up to one billion yuan ($146 million). Zou's works are so lifelike that the color and texture of the dishes are near replicas of their real counterparts on the dinner table.

All about taste

2017-03-28 08:00

Richard Ekkebus may be a bright star on Hong Kong's fine-dining scene, but the farm-raised Dutch chef believes that without flavor a pretty dish is nothing.

New Normal's many dimensions

2017-03-28 07:34

An ongoing exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is putting a renewed focus on its future.

Yunnan to clean up tourism industry

2017-03-28 07:30

Yunnan province will introduce 22 measures to clean up the local tourism industry, the provincial tourism administrative authority said on Monday.

Ludwigs' treasures

2017-03-28 07:21

The National Art Museum of China displays pieces donated by a German collector couple in 1996.

Real and virtual worlds meet in Chinese artist's new 3-D work

2017-03-28 06:58

In his latest 3-D animation work, Chinese artist Qiu Anxiong shows a man in a black suit and an octopus-shaped mask fall through a city of skyscrapers. Will he die? No one can tell because the lines between reality and the virtual world have blurred.

Chinese artists likely to attend US version of Documenta

2017-03-28 06:58

Emerging Chinese artists will be invited to take part in an art event being held in the industrial city of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States in 2018, the organizers said during their visit to Beijing on Saturday.

Needle system for wine-opening now more affordable

2017-03-28 06:58

How many bottles of wine would you like to have open at once?

Sweet taste of peace

2017-03-28 06:58

Easter is a couple of weeks away, but many Italian bakeries and restaurants are getting ready with traditional sweet cakes prepared in the shape of doves.

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