A collection of 38 artworks, featuring imperial cultural heritage, was unveiled in Changle county, East China's Shandong province, in late May. They range from large decorative items to wearable accessories and are the result of combined efforts between the Beijing Eight Imperial Handicrafts Museum and Mokingran, a jewelry maker founded by Wang Zhongshan, a provincial inheritor of the traditional fine metalworking craftsmanship in Shandong.
As a tribute to the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), it was announced that a 100-episode documentary series and a feature-length movie launched production in Beijing.
Craftsmen are busy making colored glaze products at the Lyu family factory in Hejin, Shanxi province. The styles are often seem in ancient architecture, such as palaces, tombs, monasteries, temples and pagodas. The skills were listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
Doraemon, the popular cat-shaped robot character that first appeared in a 1969 Japanese manga series, will see its latest feature-length movie open across Chinese theaters on June 1, or the Children's Day.
The Beijing College Student Dance Festival kicked off at the Beijing Dance Academy on May 27. Eight original dance works were staged, including Sparks of Fire by the Tsinghua University dance troupe, Echo of the Earth by the Beijing Normal University dance troupe and the first episode of the dance poem, The Spring of Yangjialing, by students of the Beijing Dance Academy.
Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a plucked seven string instrument created in ancient China.
Located in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, Jinli Street serves as one of the historical and cultural spots of the city and is one of the most popular streets, attracting tens of thousands of visitors every year. Walking on the street, visitors can learn a lot about this charming city.
Chinese dance drama, Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, will be staged in Macao from Aug 24-28 with five performances.
Youth Has Another Name, a new acrobatic show produced by Hunan Provincial Performance and Arts Group, was staged at Poly Theater in Beijing on May 23.
Counted among the “Ten Great Chinese Paintings,” the famous historical scroll painting “Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy,” created by renowned painter Yan Liben (601-673), recently made an appearance in an exhibition at the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Performers dressed in traditional Chinese clothing participated in a Tang Dynasty-themed activity at the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. At the event, performers reenacted scenes portrayed in ancient paintings and a series of traditional rites were held. Visitors also participated in interactive activities to learn more about the history and traditions of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
A restored version of Castle in the Sky, the first film produced by the famous Studio Ghibli in Japan, will be released in Chinese theaters on Children's Day, which falls on June 1.
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