A book named after the popular China Central Television's literary talkshow "The Readers Ⅱ" was launched at a press conference at the National Museum of China recently.
Bringing together both Chinese and Western music classics for Chinese New Year, conductor Tan Dun and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra will tour European countries including Switzerland and Belgium.
After a long break, actress Bai Baihe returns to limelight for the upcoming romantic comedy A Boyfriend for My Girlfriend, which will open on Feb 5.
Known for always being tight-tipped about his new releases, Stephen Chow released a new poster to unveil E Jingwen as the female lead of his upcoming release The New King of Comedy on Wednesday.
A cultural event themed "Perspective of Life: the Poetic Nature and Tastes of the Chinese" was held recently in Beijing to discuss topics including whether poetry, which is generally marked by its slow-paced nature, can comfortably fit into fast-paced modern life.
Northeastern Liaoning province's Xingcheng city has launched a winter tourism festival. Ten themed programs, including a New Year lantern fair, folk embroidery, calligraphy and photography exhibitions, as well as hot spring and winter swimming experiences, will be staged in the city until February 2
A new research center has just been set up at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing to boost studies on Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is touring Asia from Jan 19 to Feb 4, featuring a diverse set of works, including symphonies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral showpiece Sheherazade, as well as Verdi's Requiem.
Veteran actress to restage masterpiece Pan Jinlian
At another part of the Shanghai International Hobbycraft Expo, Ma Jiqiu's booth containing an eclectic range of items such as lamps, wall hooks and objects that he made from old fans, telephones, machinery parts and thermos drew a horde of curious visitors.
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) poet and scholar Yuan Mei's 1792 manual of gastronomy, Suiyuan Shidan, or Recipes from the Garden of Contentment, will soon have an English edition.
The increasing popularity of the annual Hobbycraft Expo shows that people are relishing the chance to get hands on and craft their own works of art.