A decision Zheng Yaming made three years ago to forsake city life to run a rural homestay helped him find his true calling.
Last week, the launch of the Long March-7 Y8 rocket, carrying the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, not only illuminated the night sky but also breathed life into Longlou, where the launchpad is located.
Poster for The Lonely Warrior [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]The Lonely Warrior, or San Da Dui, a popular crime thriller that has kept Chinese people both glued to the screens and on tenterhooks, has recently wrapped up with resounding success.
The art incubation program launched by Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles was unveiled in Beijing on Jan 19, with 13 winners standing out from the yearlong program.
Rob 'n' Roll, in which Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok plays a toothy bandit, has emerged as one of the highest-grossing domestic films over the weekend.
Veteran director Chen Ming-zhang, however, who is known for popular romance dramas like My Lucky Star and Fated to Love You, takes a more unique approach. He gathers the main cast members together for three consecutive days of improvisation sessions, which allow him to observe the performers' characteristics, and help them adjust to their respective roles.
The Forerunner, a TV series commemorating the 130th birthday of Mao Zedong, achieved its highest rating of 10.84 percent, surpassing all other Chinese dramas broadcast during the same time slot, according to CVB, a television show statistics collector affiliated with the National Radio and Television Administration.
The book series Chinese Folklore Documents Overseas was launched in Beijing on Jan 20.
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) court official and painter Wang Fu specialized in the mountain-and-water genre of Chinese painting and his works deliver a solemn feel.
Renowned Jinju Opera performer Wu Lingyun ventured into livestreaming in 2020 when stage performances were curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic. But he did not anticipate that this traditional art in Shanxi province, with a history spanning over 200 years, would captivate such a large audience.
A decade of Beijing's youth orchestra shaping lives and spreading joy, Chen Nan reports.
For more than 2,000 years, the monuments rising above the ground at Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, have borne witness to the apex of ancient Persia, an empire known for its power, affluence, and mixture of different cultures and peoples.