When night falls and most museums close their doors in Beijing, Ding Yiran starts her adventure at the National Natural History Museum of China, which is stuffed with beautifully preserved plants, mounted animals, fossils and lifelike animatronic dinosaurs.
Frank Wildhorn, the composer of the Chinese musical No Longer Human, held a salon at the Shanghai Grand Theatre on Aug 4.
The summer weather may have been unbearably hot at times, but even this has not deterred many people from exploring the nooks and crannies of Shanghai through walking tours.
Zhao Renxin's store attracts a constant stream of visitors each day. Sitting contentedly amid the warm ambience of his establishment, he reflects on how he now truly grasped the essence of the village's name.
In the 1980s, in an era before machines were widely used, wheat harvesters were a common sight in northwestern China. Then, in the 1990s, migrant workers flocked to areas with concentrated populations, helping China build modern cities.
The Beijing Children's Art Theater has created a drama trilogy Yaya, adapted from Ye Guangcen's work, which narrates the everyday life of Yaya, a girl living in hutong, and unfolds the social landscape of the capital city in the 1950s.
Sun Haining' one-man show, Endeavoring for Beauty, which is being held at the China National Academy of Painting until Aug 13 (Sunday), is a display of ink paintings and painted ceramics that reflect his research into different forms of cultural tradition.
After getting attention at a string of international film festivals, director Li Xu's Sunflower in the Dark is scheduled to be released in domestic theaters later this year.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, an exhibition opened at the National Stadium, which is also known as the Bird's Nest, on Tuesday.
In the eyes of a layperson, carving oracle bone inscriptions might seem quite a boring job, as it is slow and meticulous.
One summer night in 2022, pianist Luo Wei was taking a walk in the garden near her home. The music playing on her phone was ambient and random.
Imagine that on your first trip to a foreign country as a teenager — be it Italy, Greece or Germany — and you are tasked with performing a play for a local audience in their language.