Over the past year, Chinese micro-dramas have evolved from short-form video clips into high-value entertainment.
The use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking has become a global focal point, taking center stage at the recently concluded 28th Shanghai International Film Festival.
iQIYI International, the overseas streaming platform of Chinese online entertainment company iQIYI, reported a 130 percent year-on-year increase in total viewership in the first half of 2026, driven by strong demand for Chinese dramas and micro dramas.
At this summer's first performance of the children's play Tong You Shan Hai, or Journey Through the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a young girl in a pink dress walked onto the stage. The cast, led by the fox character Xiaojiu, invited the audience to sing Happy Birthday.
A physician's diaries illuminate a family's past and destiny during the revolutionary era, Zhang Yi and Hu Meidong report in Fuzhou.
Loyal followers of fashion and couture will undoubtedly have their minds blown by the dazzling court costumes of ancient China's Imperial Palace hundreds of years ago.
Significant display highlights historical aesthetics, bringing hundreds of Mawangdui treasures into an immersive digital experience, Zhang Kun reports.
Consumers across the globe are embracing DIY manicure products featuring traditional Chinese designs.
More than 100 young pipa players from over 10 provinces gathered at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall on July 8 to mark the 15th anniversary of the pipa summer camp, a music education program dedicated to promoting China's traditional lute among young people.
Shanghai Museum celebrated the opening of its highly anticipated exhibition, On Top of the World Tree: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas, on Wednesday afternoon. Hailed as the world's largest and most comprehensive presentation of ancient American civilizations, the exhibition will run from July 9 to Nov 14, 2027, showcasing nearly 3,000 artifacts from Mexico and Peru.
Once confined to framed silk artworks, traditional needlework is expanding into global brands, cultural experiences and digital platforms, reshaping a centuries-old craft into a fast-evolving creative industry, Yang Feiyue reports in Suzhou.
Years after residents carve out a literal path to prosperity, their hand-hewn highway is thrust into the global spotlight.