On some of the murals inside the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, is the iconic image of flying apsaras, celestial beings draped in diaphanous attire and billowing ribbons.
On March 20, the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group announced the lineup of its theater festival week in Beijing, with four stage productions coming to the capital from March 21 to 30.
Global recorded music revenues have grown for the 10th consecutive year.
Flow, which won the 97th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature earlier this month, recently brought together ambassadors from 35 countries for a special screening of the 86-minute, dialogue-free feline allegory.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has partnered with Wuhan Jianzhuo Real Estate Company Limited, a subsidiary of Wuhan City Construction Group Co, to develop a landmark luxury hotel in the heart of Wuhan. The new Four Seasons Hotel Wuhan is set to open in 2029, marking the global hospitality brand's entry into the dynamic capital of Hubei province.
At the Boxing County Lyuju Opera Troupe, in east China's Shandong province, Liu Ning, 41 and his apprentice Wang Chenglong, 24 were rehearsing Sisters' Marriage Switch, a classic from the Lyuju repertoire. Amid clanging gongs and resonating drums, Wang wears a winged traditional official's headdress bobbing above a gold-embroidered crimson robe. With a sharp snap of his folding fan, he performs the character's commanding stage presence.
LONDON — The London Book Fair, one of the world's premier publishing events, opened on March 11, highlighting China's publishing achievements, global collaborations, and growing influence in the industry.
In the worst of times, Liu Wenhui couldn't afford the delivery fee for a package six years ago. Now, he stands proudly as one of Forbes China's top 100 outstanding craftsmen of 2024, having transformed his passion for ancient Chinese architecture into a cultural phenomenon.
In a well-decorated music studio, its walls adorned with posters of Ne Zha 2, China's highest-grossing blockbuster, two ultrawide monitors sit atop a large desk.
A Chinese opera A Dream of Splendor, inspired by the popular TV series of the same name, is in the final preparation stage for its world premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from March 28 to 30.
The most often quoted appraisal of Zhang Daqian, an artist at the summit of 20th-century Chinese art, is by another great modern artist Xu Beihong, who referred to him as "a person seen once in 500 years".
The family of Pierre Carron, late French painter, sculptor and a member of French Academy of Fine Arts, recently donated his seven paintings to the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.