With the Dragon Boat Festival around the corner, a bunch of movies are gearing up for box-office glory for the three-day holiday, which has become a lucrative season in recent years.
In a television interview in July, Huang Yongyu, the celebrated artist and writer, then in his 90s, said: "Death is not at all a dreadful thing that I would fear. And I don't feel like leaving anything (for people to remember), such as ashes, or (a shrine) to be paid for by devotion at the ancestral hall; there is no need for that."
With Dragon Boat Festival around the corner, bed-and-breakfast businesses in rural Beijing are boosting their cultural offerings to attract tourists, China Tourism News reported.
Snacks like Liuzhou river snail rice noodles, Lanzhou noodles and Shaxian snacks are becoming important for boosting economic growth, promoting cultural tourism and creating job opportunities, according to a People's Daily report.
Tourists will have a more economical experience during the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday from June 22-24 as travel costs are falling, industry experts forecast.
Wanquan Primary School in Dingri county, Shigatse city, Tibet autonomous region, is the closest school to Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, just over 40 kilometers away.
LHASA — Step through the Tibetan-style curtain, and you will find Sonam Chophel's studio, featuring traditional Tibetan saddlebags of different colors, designs and sizes.
In the northeastern corner of the Italian island of Sicily is nestled the small city of Meri. While celebrated for its ocean views and intricate medieval architecture, what is perhaps lesser known is its art atmosphere and connection with China.
"What is there to love?" was the question Joseph Scheier-Dolberg asked himself when he, for the first time, looked into a landscape by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), known today as one of the most influential artists and art theorists ancient China has produced.
'Your disciple's embarrassing brush and ink is not worthy of entering your collections," 17th-century Chinese painter Wang Hui told his teacher Wang Shimin (1592-1680) in the inscription on a painting he did in 1674, at the latter's request.
If you are a friend of a powerful art family and own a painting by its patriarch, what would you do? The answer from Xie Boli, a collector living in 14th-century China, produced one of the most prominent and talked-about works in Chinese art history.
Five years after a TV series adapted the notorious "Trans-Siberian Train Robbery" incidents that took place in 1993, the upcoming movie Moscow Mission will once again bring a story inspired by these cases to the big screen.
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