Chinese cinephiles can take a time-erasing trip down memory lane as 30 years after Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with director Robert Zemeckis in his new movie made using technology that allows them to "magically "appear as their younger selves on-screen.
Ten years ago, Joey McKneely, two-time Tony-nominated Broadway choreographer and international director, came to China to work with a Chinese team on the musical, Ah! Kuliang, which is based on a real story set in Guling (Kuliang), an ancient town nestled in the mountainous area in Fuzhou, Fujian province.
In recent years, musical theater has developed a burgeoning following in China with both domestic and international productions, attracting growing interest. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday.
One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong from South Korea, Li Zishu from Malaysia, and Qiao Ye and Liao Jing from China.
A Chinese emperor loved jade so much that he commissioned numerous jade objets d'art from the finest craftsmen, composed more than 800 poems about both ancient and contemporary jade pieces, researched its history, and named 14 of his 17 sons with characters associated with jade.
Espionage, justice, state security officers, plain appearances, foreign agencies — plot twists abound in popular series, Xu Fan reports.
China's first AAA video game, Black Myth: Wukong, emerged as the star at one of the oldest and most prestigious video game awards this year. Based on a Chinese literary classic, the video game phenomenon triumphed over formidable competitors, securing the coveted Ultimate Game of the Year award as well as the accolade for Best Visual Design at the 42nd Golden Joystick Awards held in London on Thursday.
The group exhibition Three-Body Art Project · Prologue: First Contact opened in Shanghai on Nov 9 as the debut event of the interdisciplinary art project inspired by Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin's sci-fi trilogy The Three-Body Problem.
China Daily Website has launched a comprehensive China Travel Guide on Tencent Docs, providing up-to-date information on entry policies, payment options, hotel bookings, transportation tips, popular travel routes and more.
A competitiveness report based on 86 large and extra-large theme parks across the country shows that they received 130 million visitors in 2023, generating a total operating revenue of 30.4 billion yuan ($4.2 billion).
The groundbreaking choral drama Songs of Nie Er celebrates the life and legacy of renowned Chinese composer and patriotic figure Nie Er and will be staged at the China National Opera House in Beijing on Dec 10 and 11.
The exhibition, which runs until March 16, will open visitors' eyes to the gastronomic evolution of Russian over the centuries, through the artistry of the tableware, paintings and other objects used by the czars.