Songs of the Earth: Artistic Documentary for a Better China, an exhibition hosted by the China Academy of Art, opened at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing on Wednesday.
Shanghai is known as a highly urbanized megacity that is home to futuristic skyscrapers, but behind this modern facade lies a growing movement that hearkens back to its past.
Marking the country's latest effort to preserve and research classic radio and television works, the Chinese Research Centre for Radio and TV Art has recently been established in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province.
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.