A grand gala, titled See You in Beijing, will be held at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in the capital on Jan 6, opening the 22nd Meet in Beijing International Arts Festival.
I wrote this piece on winter solstice, sometimes called hibernal solstice, which falls on Dec 21 every year. It marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, yet also marks the shortest day of the year-at least as far as sunlight is concerned.
Jonathan D. Spence, an eminent British-born American historian, Sinologist and author, died on Sunday at the age of 85.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics did not just bring a surging number of travelers to the capital city, but also boosted the integration of sport and tourism.
Li Wei was a community worker when Beijing won the bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2015.
For decades, Gui Xue has been a wooden craftsman in Jingxian county of Xuancheng in East China's Anhui province.
Among the People: Folk Art Exhibition of Pan Lusheng, sponsored by the National Museum of China, the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese Folk Artists Association, held a media open day last Wednesday.
The company has rolled out a variety of culture and performance pieces over the years. Its stage dramas featuring ethnic culture in Yunnan province, such as Ashima and Dream Tengchong, have packed in 1.2 million viewers annually. OCT has also developed multiple performances featuring the country’s revolutionary spirit this year.
In this interview, opera singer Wang Yifeng shares her experiences of performing modern Chinese operas for 17 years. As "The Story of Su San" is one of the best known Peking Opera plays in China, what challenges did her crew face in order to create a modern opera adaption of this classical play?
Wind Sweeps over the Earth, an exhibition held at the National Art Museum of China until Jan 3, shows more than 100 oil paintings Wang Jianguo, a painter in Changchun, Jilin province, created over the last two years.
Despite moderate box office gains since its opening on Dec. 17, Chinese animation comedy "I Am What I Am" continues to grab headlines and receive wide applause.
Shout is based on the Laoqiang Opera of NW China's Shaanxi province that preserves the powerful sounds formed thousands of years ago on the Yellow River.