The Hami Song and Dance Troup will perform the music and dance production Weiwu Yizhou (The Dance of Yizhou) at the Beijing Century Theater on Friday and Saturday.
An initiative records Chinese composers' works inspired by, and performed in, the Forbidden City, Chen Nan reports.
Dragon boat racing is held during the Dragon Boat Festival for several reasons. Here are two of them.
Before heading to Lijiang in Yunnan province, I had long admired this little city nestled at the foot of snowcapped mountains. Photos and videos of its beautiful scenery left me in awe.
The 9th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage opened in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Wednesday.
A computer program that helps you tailor-make clothing designs by combining ethnic Li vernacular textile patterns, a processing system for rural toilets used by elderly people, bottles with QR codes that indicate when their packaging will biodegrade — these seemingly unrelated works created by postgraduates from various disciplines are on show at Tsinghua University Art Museum.
Rising independent jazz band Neo-Cicada held their first concert on May 25 at the Dahua City Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. The event marked the band's official debut and the release of their first album First Emergence.
For its nearly 2,000 special effects shots, Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 brought together more than 4,000 animation practitioners from 138 companies across 31 cities, working in unison to create high-quality film scenes with a unified style, according to Shi Chaoqun, the film's visual effects supervisor.
The most widely known explanation is that eating zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) during the festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan (340-278 BC).
The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival does not trace back to a single, clearly defined location. Instead, it's linked to multiple regions across many cultural influences.
For over four decades, dedicated student and teacher volunteers have opened doors to new opportunities through free English education.