The yaji, or "elegant gathering", was a tradition among intellectuals, artists and people of higher social class in ancient China. They would gather to share their thoughts, demonstrate individual artistic or cultural attainments, and collaborate on the creation of prose, poems, calligraphy, and paintings.
Embracing the Spring, Celebrating the Year of Snake, an exhibition that opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday, is not only a warm-up for Spring Festival, which falls on Jan 29, and the start of the Year of the Snake, but also ushers in a mood of spring hope.
China's geographical diversity and size make it heir to a range of distinctive winter experiences. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics lit a fire under the winter tourism market, turning it from a niche interest into an important sector. The surging number of winter sports venues, improved infrastructure, and customized routes are fueling winter wanderlust.
Wintertime in Guizhou is a time and place where people move to the silent "song of ice and fire".
Echoing Through the Ages, an exhibition that opened at the National Museum of China on Tuesday, celebrates the combined efforts of archaeologists, historians, and artists to shed light on the prehistory of Hunan province, one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
Yanqiao village in Foshan, Guangdong province, is a serene village with a distinctive local style. Children fish by the lotus pond and adults enjoy chatting in front of centuries-old houses first built in the Ming Dynasty (1644-1911).
Dozens of immersive works by artists around the world have created a world of senses at Symptomatica Horizon, a cross-disciplinary biennale of art, science and technology.
The end-of-year ranking of privately-owned Beijing theater troupes was revealed on Jan 20 by the three organizations behind the annual listing — the Beijing Federation of Literary & Art Circles, the Beijing Theatre Association, and the privately-owned theater committee under the China Theatre Association.
To celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, China Conservatory of Music will tour major European countries, including Germany, Belgium and Austria, from Jan 27 to Feb 4, bringing a musical feast full of Chinese music to the European audience.
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in China's entertainment industry, the micro-drama market, exceeded 50 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) in revenue last year, outpacing the sluggish film and television industries.
The first group exhibition of Wind H Art Center's "wind Young Project", titled windYoung: Rolling Stone, draws inspiration from the Greek legend of Sisyphus. He was the king of Corinth who was condemned to roll a boulder, after he died, up a hill for eternity. The boulder would always roll back down before he could reach the top.
Recently, an ethnic music concert titled From Yellow River to Yangtze River, featuring performers from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater, and students from the Guoluo Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, was successfully staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
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