The exhibition Chinese Lacquer Ware of the Qianlong Reign from The Palace Museum recently opened to the public at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing.
The works of Liu Xiaodong, the Chinese realistic painter, are now on show at UCCA Edge in Shanghai.
Art, involving as it does an expression of talent and awareness to be placed in full public view, can be a lonely occupation. For many artists, the struggle to create is worth it when the audience can get a glimpse into the artist's soul.
Before giving birth to her first child in 2012, Cai Yaling had no clue how tough being a mother would be, nor of the expectations society place upon women. A lot happened in a short space of time. In 2011, just a year or so previously, she had got married and then, after earning her master's degree in sculpture at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, fell pregnant. Cai didn't realize at the time that her career as an artist would face a two-year hiatus due to motherhood. When she did, depression and a sense of isolation set in.
A Chinese reproduction of US playwright Arthur Miller's stage play Death of a Salesman has a running time of nearly four hours but the exhausting experience is also empowering for lead actor Lyu Liang－it allows him to be completely immersed in the role of disillusioned salesman Willy Loman.
Jingxing wood carving is an intangible cultural heritage of Hebei Province. The technique began in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), mostly using the roots of trees growing on Taihang Mountain as raw materials. The works mainly portray characters, landscapes, flowers and birds, and the production processes include material selection, conception, drawing and polishing.
With major scenes shot in Guizhou province's Shuanghe Cave, the longest of its kind in Asia, the disaster film Cloudy Mountain is set to open across domestic theaters on Sept 17.
The 42-year-old designer Cheng Hao fell in love with the Miao people’s wax dyeing the first time he saw it.
The Beijing Sport University Press has recently published the simplified Chinese character edition of Ba Duan Jin Exercise for Children (Shao Er Ba Duan Jin).
Creators of cuisine documentaries have moved into a new stage where the origin of food is highlighted.
In China, there has always been a fine line between language and calligraphy. From the oracle bone inscriptions to the scripts that are widely adopted today, the transformation of Chinese characters and that of calligraphy seem to closely interact with one another.
Teens from Pingqiu village, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Guizhou province discovered the charm of Dong embroidery during their summer break.
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