Organized by the Beijing Book Fair Committee and Bookdao, a publishing and book market intelligence information platform, the 2025 Books Influence Conference was held in Beijing on Wednesday.
The year 2024 saw a vibrant lineup of Chinese variety shows, exploring themes ranging from music and comedy to travel and relationships.
Coffee with exclusive latte art representing auspicious Chinese characters and patterns, and Chinese-style tea snacks that reflect the essence of the four seasons are adding more appeal to the Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing.
Guangzhou Opera House staged its production of Le Docteur Miracle by French composer Georges Bizet from Dec 31 to Jan 1, offering audience with this delightful work at the start of the New Year.
The term jiangnan not only refers to the southern region in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River that, since ancient times, has been a booming center of economy and culture. It is also used by intellectuals and artists as a synonym of a serene hub, a spiritual haven.
Envoys to China and their spouses from 11 countries including North Macedonia, Argentina, Sri Lanka, and Egypt, visited Luniao town, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Dec 29 and 30.
The bustling Harbin Ice-Snow World, the world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, has welcomed more than 1 million visitors just 20 days after opening, setting a record high for the annual winter wonder that has delighted guests for 26 years.
Beijing will accelerate work to protect and utilize cultural relics in its core functional areas, and promote public access to more heritage sites along the Beijing Central Axis, which was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.
The first China-Ethiopia Film and TV Festival was held recently in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, with the aim of promoting cultural exchange among the BRICS member states through collaboration in the film industry.
Kresimir Jurak, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Zagreb, has a clear mission: to promote Chinese culture in Croatia and foster exchange and understanding between the two countries.
The ongoing exhibition, Inquiring About the Message of Plum Blossoms, at the National Art Museum of China shows how great ink artists throughout history have depicted the plum trees and plum blossoms, including Jin Nong, a member of the Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou who was active in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and Xu Gu, from the 19th century.
Treasured artifacts from Xinjiang tell a story that extends beyond the Qing Dynasty's imperial court, Wang Kaihao reports