A new theater production uses Tibetan dance to tell a story, pushing tradition into a bold, creative form, Guo Yanqi reports.
TV series traces evolution of food to appreciate the country's gastronomical history, Fang Aiqing reports.
Long before the deafening roar of turbo-hybrid engines echoed across the Shanghai International Circuit, Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton stood in absolute silence. Beside the crystalline waters of Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan province, the seven-time world champion traded carbon fiber and asphalt for ancient submerged trees and pristine mountain air.
Guishi, or ghost markets, were a fixture among Beijing's antiquities traders in the early 20th-century. After dusk, sellers and collectors gathered to trade valuables, mainly antiques and other possessions, bargaining quietly under the cover of darkness, where deals could unfold unnoticed.
The Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center announced its 2026 performance program on Thursday, alongside a sweeping new branding strategy and plan, signaling a major shift from venue operation toward original content production as it enters its second decade.
It was announced on Thursday that renowned French filmmaker Juliette Binoche will serve as jury president for the Tiantan Award at the 16th Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF).
Pop icon Jay Chou released his 16th album, Children of the Sun, digitally on Wednesday. Featuring 13 tracks, the album quickly topped this year's digital album sales charts across major music platforms on the Chinese mainland.
Liu Xiaodong: The River Divides, the World Connects, his solo exhibition running at the Taikang Art Museum until March 31, investigates time and space as two defining dimensions of his artistic vision. It brings together more than 70 major works from the late 1970s to the present day, tracing his transformations and breakthroughs along the way.
The Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will burst with candy, magic and childhood wonderlands at Beijing's Poly Theater from April 1 to 12, following shows in Haikou, Hainan province, in March.
A 30-minute drive from downtown in the capital transports you to a world that feels decades ahead.
A group of herons was photographed near the Yitong River in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province. They could be seen flying around the trees to become part of a spring landscape.
A flock of tropical parrots who made Paris their home is the inspiration behind a Shanghai art gallery's first exhibition of 2026, which opened on Friday.