Yang Liping became known as the "peacock princess" after her 1986 award-winning dance piece, Spirit of the Peacock, a work inspired by the lithe and graceful hand movements of the bird-related dance of the ethnic Bai people in Yunnan province.
After announcing his resignation from the police force on April 8 on social media, Chen Guoping has been back in his hometown, Qinglong, in Hebei province, trying to maintain a distance from the internet, where he has hit the heights of fame, and, just months later, the depths of defamation.
China's movie box office enjoyed a bounce over the May Day holiday, amassing 297 million yuan ($44.77 million) over the five-day period ending Wednesday.
The country's reputation for guitarists, however, does not have the same international status, but in London-based Yang Xuefei, China has a virtuoso to rate alongside the best from any country.
When Kang Shichang arrived at the foot of Mount Qomolangma on the China-Nepal border for the first time 25 years ago, he immediately became fascinated with glaciers.
After a life burdened by misfortune, author finds encouraging words of comfort.
A girl making a shirt on a sewing machine, a child using a bamboo basket to catch a sparrow are just some of the images of a group in their 30s vividly painting their childhood scenes on the walls of the old communities in Yuxi city, Southwest China's Yunnan province.
Director Xu Xiaopeng has been writing and directing original Chinese plays since he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2000.
The library of the Music Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts is considered the main reference center for traditional music thanks to the richness and value of its ancient musical scores, manuscripts, instruments, photographs and sound materials. These include 8,000 recording tapes, 1,800 ancient and folk musical instruments, 140,000 books and 22,000 photos.
Three weeks into April, Sudan was ushering in an earlier summer as daytime temperatures climbed to over 45 C.
The first Riverview Place Drama Life Festival was held in Tianjin from April 30 to May 4, bringing an immersive drama experience to theater lovers.