Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris in 1886 to join his brother and gallery manager Theo, where the unknown painter became fascinated with its vibrant social scenes as the cultural and art center of Europe.
In the warm piano melodies and the melancholic cello performance, Hu Defu, a pioneer of Taiwan folk music, better known as Ara Kimbo, was reciting Rabindranath Tagore's Stray Birds: "The world kisses me with pain and asks me to repay with song."
Shangri-La builds facilities to attract those seeking romance and adventure, Yang Yang reports.
As the first ballet produced by the National Ballet of China, The Red Detachment of Women celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
China National Peking Opera Company concluded its national tour in Shanghai with shows staged from Aug 27 to 31.
The Sixth Western China Symphony Week will take place from Sept 6 to 14 in Guiyang and Zunyi in Guizhou province.
On Sept 1, the iconic song On the Sun Island was performed by soprano Yu Hongfei on Harbin's picturesque Sun Island 45 years after its debut. The event celebrated Harbin's vibrant new chapter and marked a tribute to the song's enduring legacy.
Papermaking technology was introduced to Central Asia in the 8th century and arrived in Europe around the 12th century."It changed the historical process of Europe because papermaking technology made knowledge dissemination possible at reduced costs and broke the monopoly of knowledge by nobles and clerks," says professor Xi Huidong.
To the music of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, nearly 20 Hong Kong dancers put on a display of the shared origin of martial arts and dance through demonstrations of martial arts including tai chi, tuishou (a kind of battling techniques) and sanda (freestyle fighting).
Menu of cooperation during Olympics helps bring China, France closer, reports Li Yingxue in Paris.
Relationships at remote subbranch provide audience with a dividend of interest, Xu Fan reports.
After trekking 22,000 kilometers by foot across a dozen countries, Vienna Cammarota arrived in China via Irkeshtam, the farthest west land port in China, on Aug 29.
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