Deeply rooted in Chinese culture for centuries, a household proverb says "food is people's livelihood". Fast forward to modern-day Beijing, the 2023 Food Festival, a nationwide event running until December, kicked off on Wednesday.
The Shanghai Culture Square theater will present three plays in Hebrew during its first Israel Theatre Showcase, which will take place from July to November.
The Long Season — the highest-rated Chinese drama within five years on the popular review aggregator Douban — has natives from Northeast China as a majority of its cast and crew members, who have a deep love of the land that is set as the story's backdrop, revealed actor Qin Hao during a symposium held in Beijing on Wednesday.
The theme for this year's International Museum Day, which falls on May 18 annually, is "museums, sustainability and well-being".
Two days after its release in China, Fast X — the latest outing of the 22-year-old Fast and the Furious franchise — has revved into the lead of the box office, exceeding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the new single-day champion in the country.
When Wuzhi Mountain, the highest mountain in South China's Hainan province, is mentioned, many people's first thought will be of the classic novel Journey to the West and its protagonist Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
Tianjin Conservatory of Music teamed up with Beijing Poly Theater Management Company to launch a music festival at Tianjin Grand Theater from July 17 to 23.
The Sanxingdui Museum, which is set to open a new exhibition hall on July 28, has recently seen a surge in visitor numbers. During the recent Labor Day holiday period, nearly 100,000 visitors flocked to the site. With such a high level of interest, many are wondering what exactly this museum has on display that's attracting so many visitors.
In 2017, when composer Li Fei was commissioned to write songs for Chinese Cities, a TV show produced and aired by China Central Television, she traveled around the country to collect local music elements.
In 2021, a video which shows a woman wielding more than 20 traditional weapons one after another went viral online, providing a feast of Chinese martial arts for the viewer. The slender woman, dressed in black, wielded swords, broadswords, clubs, daggers and even heavy hammers quickly, skillfully and with vigor, just like a heroine in a martial arts novel.
A popular TV series, Start Here, inspired by the development of Shenzhen’s high-tech industry since 2012, has stricken a chord with young audiences, according to a symposium recently held in Beijing.
Zhang Xiuyu leads two lives, one by day and one by night. By day, he works as a computer game designer, and by night he performs as an improv comedian.