Jiang Xiaochun's first musical instrument was a dabiya that his father made for him.
The domestic movie audiences are relishing iconic Ninja Turtle siblings, four mutant creatures who are skilled martial artists, being "raised" and "trained" by action hero Jackie Chan in their new animated offering, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
From research into the oldest irrigation system and its interaction with surrounding lives in Sichuan province, China, to watering the dried potted plants on the streets of Europe, three artists on the two continents have been exploring with distinctive approaches the issues of the ecological environment and its relations with human activities throughout history. Their commitment and skill have seen them win last year's Choi Foundation Contemporary Art Award, and their works are now on show at Ophiolite, an exhibition at Beijing's Choi Centre, running through to Sept 17.
The Inner Mongolia Tourism and Culture Week opened in Berlin on July 28, showcasing the splendor of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region while celebrating the revered Yellow River culture.
What do you do if most of the historically important sites in the capital have been ticked off the bucket list?
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.
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