The works of a legendary French-born and American-raised artist who is widely recognized for her monumental sculptures are currently on show in Beijing for the first time. And this is probably in keeping with the way she felt.
To mark International Women's Day, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra will stage a concert at the Forbidden City Concert Hall (inside Zhongshan Park) on Friday under the baton of conductor Chen Lin, featuring repertories by female composers or inspired by female roles.
Throughout his life, Zhou Haiying (1929-2011) lived with both the honor and the pressure of being the only child of eminent writer, critic, translator and social activist of 20th-century China, Zhou Shuren (1881-1936), who is perhaps better known by his pen name, Lu Xun.
President Xi Jinping called on the country’s writers, artists and theorists to boost cultural confidence and create good works for the people on Monday.
President Xi Jinping on Monday called on writers, artists and theorists to strengthen cultural confidence, serve the people with fine works, and guide the public with high moral standards.
China Record Group and 13 Month Cultural Communication have launched a project to revive traditional Chinese folk music by inviting Chinese folk musicians and contemporary international musicians to rearrange classic Chinese folk music pieces.
Two recent nights of dazzling light shows at the Palace Museum in Beijing has fetched the former imperial seat of government a lot of media attention.
The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) emperor, Qianlong, ate hotpot more than 200 times in one particular year, according to the imperial dining archives.
The Palace Museum in Beijing is working with universities to build China's first "medical school of cultural relics" and develop talent to protect and restore national treasures, says Song Jirong, national political adviser and deputy director of the museum.
In the 720,000-square-meter Forbidden City - the former imperial palace in the heart of Beijing officially known as the Palace Museum - there is a courtyard with a distinctively exotic appearance.
The role of museums as cultural heritage institutions tasked with securing and preserving cultural relics cannot be weakened, an official said.
China's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, will stage a series of exhibitions featuring famous cultural relics as the former imperial compound turns 600 next year.
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