Hugh Jackman returns to the nation's movie theaters with a heart-wrenching tale of family ties, parental love and emotional struggle, Xu Fan reports.
KUNMING — Forest police from Hongtupo township, Southwest China's Yunnan province, recently finished their annual patrol of a famed stopover site and habitat for migratory birds in the Ailao Mountain area.
Combining techniques with delicate designs, palace lanterns have long reflected aesthetics. The first kerosene-lit lamp in China appeared on a Shanghai street in 1843. However, the handicraft was under threat of vanishing.
Carmen and L'Arlesienne, two classic ballet productions by the famous French ballet choreographer Roland Petit, will be staged by the National Ballet of China at China National Opera House, in Beijing, from March 17 to 19.
Art therapy is emerging as an alternative approach to healing and improving mental well-being, yet its effects are still unknown to many.
BEIJING — Dressed in long robes, a crowd of young people wanders around pavilions and royal gardens, with their flowing sleeves and heavily embroidered skirts gently swaying in the breeze.
The room was dark. As Liu Siyao waved her finger in front of her right eye, her pupil instantly lit up with a beam of blue light.
For the general masses, cultural artifacts may often seem antiquated and distant, yet a gifted few are able to exert their imagination and bring the objects vividly to life by capturing their essence through artistic expression.
A Chinese version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical The Phantom of the Opera will be staged at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing this October.
Under the baton of conductor Jin Gang, the symphony orchestra of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater performed a concert at the Beijing Exhibition Hall on Feb 26.
The fluid combination of slow, graceful movements and lightning-quick strikes easily sets taijiquan apart from other martial arts.
Two years ago, Song Fei's scoliosis and lumbar pain was getting worse, despite years of exercise at the gym. A month after she started practicing taijiquan, however, the posture problem and the pains that had been bothering her for such a long time were fading away.