Painting is just another way of keeping a diary, so said Spanish artist Pablo Picasso whose irrepressible genius spanned nine decades. Wu Liren has been maintaining such a "diary" of the Grand Canal for more than 40 years.
China is home to 56 UNESCO World Heritage sites. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a series of reports covering 10 groups of selected sites from across the country.
The 17th Changchun Film Festival opened on August 23 and will last until August 28 in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province.
The 17th Changchun Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday in Changchun, Jilin province.
The second season of the reality show Call Me By Fire, which gathered 32 veteran male entertainers from diverse cultural backgrounds to perform on stage in groups or as individuals, premiered on the livestream platform Mango TV on Aug 19.
For six days, a group of 32 doctors from China Medical Volunteers provided nearly 3,000 patients with free medical consultations and conducted 26 surgeries on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The Luban Workshop, a Chinese vocational workshop program training talent overseas, represents a win-win model for international vocational education cooperation.
The new Chinese musical Sidereus, which tells the story of the friendship between astronomers Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), premiered in Shanghai on Aug 13.
The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, which supports young musicians, is set to conclude its third edition with a series of online concerts, featuring six finalists, from Friday to Sunday.
Music is the strongest form of magic, they say, and it was indeed when an ensemble of young singers from humble homes took center stage at the iconic China National Opera House to belt out a tribute to everyday heroes.
Over the past decades, Guo Yonghu has dedicated himself to the inheritance and development of Shouyang bamboo horse performance, a traditional theatrical dance that uses horse-shaped props.