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Anger over sale of ancient Chinese bronze artifact

2018-04-11 01:46

An auction house in the United Kingdom is going ahead with the sale of a relic suspected to have been taken from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace in 1860, despite calls from China for the precious bronze artifact not to be sold.

China calls for boycott of UK auction with suspected stolen relic

2018-04-10 17:09

China's national watchdog over cultural relics has called for a boycott of an upcoming auction in the United Kingdom of a suspected stolen Chinese bronze ware.

Hainan tourism options blossom

2018-04-10 15:15

Hainan, China's island province, is again becoming a global focal point as the annual Boao Forum for Asia unfolds with political leaders, academics and entrepreneurs.

Artist continues fish skin painting tradition in Harbin

2018-04-10 13:50

Zhang Lin, a 52-year-old artist in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, is famous for her fine paintings made of fish skins.

Rare show

2018-04-10 08:12

The Palace Museum celebrates the late collector Zhang Boju's passion for ancient masterpieces. 

NCPA festival to stage 26 opera shows this year

2018-04-10 07:43

Richard Wagner's only comic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg-a coproduction of China's National Center for the Performing Arts, the Royal Opera House and Convent Garden from London and Opera Australia-will headline the NCPA Opera Festival.

Taking a deeper look to peer beyond the beauty

2018-04-10 07:35

Chinese artist Chen Chunmu uses various media to express thoughts and reflections on such social issues as environmental protection, urbanization and social development-and he wants viewers to look beyond the beauty of his works.

Popular cartoonist shows comics in Suzhou

2018-04-09 11:09

Contemporary popular cartoonist Gao Youjun, English name Tango Gao, is showing nearly 100 of his comics in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province.

Karst cave in Tai'an offers geological wonders

2018-04-09 09:30

Crustal deformation that took place billions of years ago resulted in a great rift valley between Mount Taishan and Culai Mountain, an underground valley that later turned into the biggest karst cave in the world.

A new home for the past

2018-04-09 07:23

The Shanghai History Museum has reopened in two historical buildings to display many items related to the city's legacy for the first time. 

Study objects exhibited in Lanzhou

2018-04-08 14:01

An exhibition featuring study objects opened at a gallery along the Yellow River bank in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, on April 6, 2018.

Sixth China Orchestra Festival opens in Beijing

2018-04-08 11:23

The curtain was raised Friday on the biennial China Orchestra Festival at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), with nine domestic symphony orchestras presenting 35 classical and new Chinese symphonic works.

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