TICKET SALES FOR NE ZHA, a recently released domestic animation film, had reached 4.24 billion yuan ($599 million) by Wednesday, exceeding that of Avengers: Endgame. Indeed, all the Top 3 performers at the Chinese box office are domestic films.
Thirty authors, poets and scholars from 10 countries and regions participated in Shanghai International Literary Week this year, appearing at dialogues, workshops, book launches and other events from Aug 13 to Monday.
Smaller, more specialized brick-and-mortar outlets are helping to boost sales for China's bookselling industry, Zhang Kun reports.
An exhibition at the Shanghai Book Fair showcased the history of Cihai, one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in China.
An embossed sand painting was finished last week at Mingsha Mount, a tourist destination in Dunhuang of Northwest China's Gansu province, posing a sharp contrast to the surrounding desert.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sep 8.
Yang Xiaotong, fourth-generation inheritor of the Manchu embroidery, which is on the list of the national intangible cultural heritage, won the first prize at the selection contest of the north division of the Chinese Women's Handicraft Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition.
Yang Xiaotong, fourth-generation inheritor of the Manchu embroidery, which is on the list of the national intangible cultural heritage, won the first prize at the selection contest of the north division of the Chinese Women's Handicraft Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition hosted by the All-C
More than 70 students from 23 countries have embarked on a cultural trip in China, as a special project, Experience China: 2019 China Cultural Center Students Award Tour, kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday. It will end on Aug 27.
The 26th Beijing International Book Fair opened Wednesday with a focus on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
A children's book about Liangzhu, a Chinese cultural site newly inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, was welcomed by foreign publishers at the 26th Beijing International Book Fair that opened Wednesday.
A series of cultural events marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Mongolia will be held here on Sept.2-6, organizers said Wednesday.