Set to poetry, and typically performed by a classically trained vocalist accompanied by a pianist, art song occupies a distinct place in the musical world for its intimacy and ability to connect deeply with listeners.
With the delicate touch of her fingers, Wu Man carefully unravels the threads of a distant past.
Yang Liusong has had firsthand experience of Mother Nature's wrath. In his 40s, Yang danced with death many times when he ventured through the treacherous terrain of the vast, uninhabited Changtang region in the early 2010s, and crossed the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, the world's largest of its kind, during the rainy season, amid floods and landslides.
With the Bayreuth Festival brand coming to Shanghai for the first time, the city is set to host the festival's only residency program in Asia and stage three masterpieces by the notable German composer Richard Wagner (1813-83) from 2025 to 2027, offering both domestic and international audiences a Wagnerian opera feast.
Rapid urbanization and social transformations in the late 1990s gave rise to "city landscapes", a genre of which ink artists explored to depict emerging urban scenes in the style of Chinese painting.
Beijing and Hebei province's Zhangjiakou recently jointly launched the winter culture and tourism season.
At the finals of the 2024 Nike National University Street Dance Competition on Saturday in Chengdu, Sichuan province, the FDC dance troupe from the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts emerged victorious, clinching the championship title.
The works of the "Four Wangs" have been favorites at art shows and auctions. For example, the landscape paintings by Wang Shimin and Wang Jian appear at the Beijing Yongle International Auction from Dec 9 to 11 in Beijing.
An exhibition in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, showcases artifacts from three world-class heritage sites, marking a significant milestone in cultural exchange.
On a cold December morning, the queue to enter the National Museum of China in Beijing winds hundreds of meters around the landmark. Most are eagerly waiting to buy a refrigerator magnet shaped like a phoenix coronet, a popular item in the museum's collection.
In an article written to commemorate the death of Lin Fengmian (1900-91), painter Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010) recounted the events of a trip to Hong Kong in 1989, when he attempted to call the former teacher.
Intangible cultural heritage tours in 34 villages across Beijing were unveiled in the capital city's Yanqing district on Dec 6.
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