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Sanyu's vase painting atop Hong Kong sale

2015-11-30 16:43

Chinese-born painter Sanyu's (1901-66) canvas, Vase of Chrysanthemums on a Yellow Table sold for 46 million HK dollars ($5.97 million) at auction on Saturday night in Hong Kong.

Contemporary ink paintings on display at Beijing's Taimiao

2015-11-30 14:49

True Color of Ink, an exhibition currently on at Beijing's Taimiao (the imperial ancestral temple), has more than 100 contemporary ink paintings of 20 established artists on display.

National museum's new centerpiece

2015-11-30 14:32

Birth of New China, a large Chinese ink painting, was recently added to the collection of National Museum of China and will be on permanent display at the museum in Beijing.

Prehistoric artifacts found in China

2015-11-30 13:51

More than 300 items used by prehistoric people in their daily life 4,000 years ago were unearthed in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Ancient franchise pawn shops restored in China

2015-11-30 13:18

Local governments in East China's Anhui province are restoring several centuries-old pawn shops.

Chinese literary great's handwriting estimated at 800,000 yuan

2015-11-30 11:38

A piece of handwriting by Chinese great literary figure Lu Xun is going to be sold at Beijing Council's autumn auction on Friday, with an estimated price of 800,000 yuan ($125,096).

Sun Li for The Legend of Miyue

2015-11-30 09:12

Actress Sun Li poses during a promotional photo shoot for her latest TV drama series The Legend of Miyue.

Classical novel is now dance show

2015-11-30 08:31

The Family, a Chinese classical novel from the early 1930s that speaks to the problems of Chinese living in those times, has returned to today's audiences in the form of a dance show.

Reunion reckoning

2015-11-30 08:26

What a difference 33 years make! The gathering for my college class that I attended a week ago was full of hugs and laughter, but more importantly, it was an embodiment of the dramatic changes that the country has witnessed in that time.

Workshops bring earthy Mongolian arts to life

2015-11-30 08:13

As his fingers run over the strings, we hear a thunderstorm and rain. When he whistles, you hear the wind. Horses run wild when he strikes his horseshoe-shaped percussion instrument, which has pairs of bells that dance to his touch.

Summit explores ways to preserve traditional villages

2015-11-30 08:02

As China gets increasingly urban, traditional villages are vanishing. A recent summit was held to explore ways to preserve the landscape.

The last gunmen's tribe of Miao ethnic group in SW China

2015-11-29 18:02

The village is resided by the people of the Miao ethnic group who have kept their unique customs and culture dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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