When 83-year-old conductor Riccardo Muti reflects on his musical training, he is proud of his teachers, especially Antonino Votto (1896-1985), the Italian conductor who was Arturo Toscanini's assistant at Milan's Teatro alla Scala. Muti, who is one of the world's preeminent conductors, has led some of the most important orchestras in the world, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the New York Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Tucked away in the storied lanes of the Enning Road historical district in Guangzhou lies a living tribute to tradition — a cluster of a dozen or so studios where the city's intangible cultural heritage is not just preserved, but celebrated.
Editor's note: Several Chinese cities maintain their cultural recollections in the form of historical neighborhoods that add to their multilayered charm and vigor. China Daily journeys to some of these timeless areas, where President Xi Jinping has left his footprints and remarked on the preservation and vitalization of heritage. In this installment, we take a walk through Guangzhou's Enning Road historical district, where the city's various intangible cultural heritage is preserved and celebrated.
Dubbed "academic bars", drinking holes that quench an intellectual thirst for enlightening lectures and lively exchanges are mushrooming across China's big cities.
Over seven decades after the passing of military hero Yang Gensi, a film retelling his heroic fight to the death has gained popularity on China's major streaming sites, including Tencent Video and iQiyi, according to producers at a seminar held in Beijing earlier this week.
An ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai Museum commemorates the life and journey of Marco Polo (1254-1324), one of the most celebrated travelers from the West to China.
The TV show "2024 China Gift" has spotlighted ceramics for its ongoing season, which debuted on Jiangxi Satellite TV on Wednesday.
China National Peking Opera Company will premiere its latest production, Nyu Shi Fu, or The Tribute to the Female Historian, on Dec 21 at Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing.
The show was created from and inspired by the broadcaster's popular program Guoxue Xiaomingshi (Young Scholars of Chinese Classics), which aired five seasons between 2017 and 2022.
In a Straw Cloak Spend My Life in Mist and Rain — Su Shi, a digital art exhibition, opened on Tuesday at the World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. It presents a fresh perspective on the wisdom and enduring value of traditional Chinese culture.
It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a stage while scratching his head and emitting monkey grunts.
Earlier this month, a simple, emotionally charged notification was posted on director Jia Zhangke's Sina Weibo social media account: "Tickets are now available. Thank you for the support!"
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