It's been a decade since theater director Stan Lai first brought a play to his father's hometown, in Huichang county, Jiangxi province. What started with just one production a year has grown into a much larger vision, and the Huichang Theatre Village has been established, giving around 700 performances in its first year.
An ancient walled city recently unearthed in Dongguan, Guangdong province, offers further proof that the metropolis, located at the mouth of the Pearl River, was an important coastal defense town and node on the ancient Maritime Silk Road during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
For those traveling to the venerable Bingling Temple Grottoes, the journey itself is an experience. The temple is in Yongjing county, Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture, Gansu province, just beside the Liujiaxia Reservoir on the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
A concert, featuring conductor Ye Cong and young musicians of the Chinese national orchestra of the Central Conservatory of Music, was held at Xiamen, Fujian province, on March 21, which kicked off the second edition of Chinese National Music Week.
"We're at this razor's edge, where we can either annihilate ourselves with our fear of technology, or try to endure and prosper," says Seoul-born artist Anicka Yi.
Hollowed rocks that look interesting in a strange way, a rugged abandoned wooden boat from which a growing tree is peering out, and vintage chairs from suburban flea markets, are some of the objects used by Chiharu Shiota, the Osaka-born artist, to construct a world that is serene, beautiful and mysterious.
The ComplexCon Hong Kong International Pop Culture Festival took place from March 21 to 23 at the AsiaWorld-Expo, bringing together global artists and designers. Emerging artist Chen Yanran made her third consecutive appearance, debuting original works that fuse futuristic themes with cutting-edge pop culture aesthetics.
The Badaling Culture and Tourism Group on Thursday held its first tourism product innovation competition, which concluded after a monthlong collection of 32 creative submissions.
Once deemed overshadowed by foreign productions, Chinese animation is now experiencing a surge in popularity, especially among younger audiences.
A launch event for Music Sensing Seasons, an immersive music project that aims to give musical expression to the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar, was held in Beijing on Thursday.
A twist-filled crime drama, Watch Your Back, has quickly garnered 33 million views online since its debut earlier this week, according to the live tracker Beacon.
Italian film director Giuseppe Tornatore, renowned for classics like Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (The Legend of 1900), and Malena, has been appointed as the jury president for the main competition section of the Golden Goblet Awards at the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).