What does it mean to live a good life? For Guo Hong, a philosopher and author, it starts with refusing to chase an ideal that may not exist.
For Xie Meng'en, a doctoral student in Chinese language and literature at Peking University, seeing an ancient book on a screen is no substitute for encountering the original.
Blue Note Records China, the newly established jazz label under Universal Music Greater China, is set to release its debut album, Now's the Time: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Jazz (Vol. 1), on Oct 23, with a physical edition to follow.
At the opening ceremony of East China University of Science and Technology on Sept 12 in Shanghai, Russian freshman Kozhukhova Kseniia, majoring in business administration, took the stage as the international student representative.
China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued a five-year plan for the sector, calling for deeper integration of culture and tourism while highlighting cultural heritage, public services, technology, new tourism formats and international cooperation.
A seven-day lifestyle festival featuring outdoor sports, leisure activities and pop-up brand experiences is taking place at China Central Place in Beijing's central business district from Sept 13 to 19.
The wine banners are still out along the southern Central Axis, and the drums have not stopped. Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, the quarter where Beijing's street performers once made their names, is being rebuilt around a different kind of stage.
For six centuries, it has guarded the southern entrance of the imperial city, and for much of that time, it kept much of itself hidden. Now Zhengyangmen Gate, better known to visitors as Qianmen, has opened in full.
A special exhibition marking the centenary of the first meeting between painters Pu Xinyu and Zhang Daqian opened on Sept 15 at the Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing, bringing together 48 paintings, calligraphic works and related items from 10 museums and cultural institutions.