A black backdrop, several stools, script in hand-this is probably the most minimalist mise-en-scene that ever existed. Yet with minimum expenditure, the crew was able to stage the play while displaying the same intensity to lure the audience into the story.
It might not be the biggest cinema jamboree in China, but the influence of Pingyao's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon festival is growing, Xu Fan reports.
A bookstore chain has opened its fourth rural branch matching the vernacular of the local architecture in a bid to revive grassroots culture, Fang Aiqing reports.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent, (Chinese: 霜降), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct 24 and ends on Nov 7.
The number of Chinese border ports that allow eligible international travelers to transit within 144 hours without a visa will increase to 27 from Dec 1, said the National Immigration Administration (NIA) Wednesday.
Hu Xianxu, a 19-year-old actor best known for the popular TV series A Love for Separation, was appointed by the United Nations Population Fund as a "China Youth Champion" in Beijing on Monday.
Works by emerging artists from the world's leading art and design schools are on show at Beijing's Today Art Museum.
The Art Display and Decoration Committee of China and the Today Art Museum in Beijing will hold Dunhuang Humanities Design Week from Thursday to Monday.
The fast development of AI (artificial intelligence) has given an even greater boost to the convergence of art and science.
An exhibition will be open on Oct 30 in Beijing to pay tribute to this extensive community's all-encompassing efforts to promote the national independence and development of their country of origin.
Fourteen Walks Past the Yellow River, first published in 1993 by Han Sheng magazine and again in 2018 by Guangxi Normal University Press Group, catalogs different forms of folk art.
Works by painters from across the country are on show to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao Special Administrative Region.