Beijing's Forbidden City, China's imperial palace from 1420 to 1911, is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Awakening of Insects (Chinese: 惊蛰) falls on March 6 and ends on March 20 this year.
A total of 20 fine domestic theatrical works are scheduled to be staged in Beijing from March 2 to 31, including traditional Chinese operas, musicals and symphonies.
The nearly 600-year-old Palace Museum is attracting more and more young visitors, according to statistics made public on Monday.
President Xi Jinping's important speeches in recent years have set the direction for the development of China's social sciences and the creation of artists, political advisers said on Monday.
A publishing house in China has found a creative way to celebrate its achievements over the past 30 years since its founding - through a stage play.
Throughout his life, Zhou Haiying (1929-2011) lived with both the honor and the pressure of being the only child of eminent writer, critic, translator and social activist of 20th-century China, Zhou Shuren (1881-1936), who is perhaps better known by his pen name, Lu Xun.
To mark International Women's Day, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra will stage a concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall (inside Zhongshan Park) on Friday under the baton of conductor Chen Lin, featuring repertories by female composers or inspired by female roles.
President Xi Jinping on Monday called on writers, artists and theorists to strengthen cultural confidence, serve the people with fine works, and guide the public with high moral standards.
Two recent nights of dazzling light shows at the Palace Museum in Beijing has fetched the former imperial seat of government a lot of media attention.
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) emperor, Qianlong, ate hotpot more than 200 times in one particular year, according to the imperial dining archives.
The Palace Museum in Beijing is working with universities to build China's first "medical school of cultural relics" and develop talent to protect and restore national treasures, says Song Jirong, national political adviser and deputy director of the museum.
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