When Rao Zijun was recruited to direct the documentary Hidden Land in Northern Tibet, she was still a fourth-grade student majoring in movie and television editing at Beijing's Central Academy of Drama.
A special exhibition of four years' preparation, "Empresses of China's Forbidden City: The art and life of the empresses of Qing Dynasty", is on display at the Peabody Essex Museum in Boston, US, covering the archetypes of historical characters in the popular Chinese TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace".
Colors blazed across the stage of the plush Luckman Theater at California State University, Los Angeles, as a dramatic night of original dance unfolded, inspired by Chinese traditional and ethnic folk dances presented by nearly 100 US-born Chinese teenagers.
DALLAS, TEXAS - It may be challenging for Americans to teach Chinese students English online, but the experience of learning and sharing cultures with Chinese families is much more fulfilling.
Beijing-based British entrepreneur, Sarah Keenlyside, has tailored thousands of trips for celebrities, senior business managers and other international visitors to China.
At a forum during the recent Shanghai International Film Festival, Jiang Wen, the director of Hidden Man, introduced Zhang Qi, his film editor, saying: "All my recent films' trailers are done by Zhang.
The organizers behind the first graded tests for amateur pianists in Shanghai say they were searching for the people who took the test in 1988, the first year it was held in China.
While learning to play the piano remains as popular as ever among Chinese children, the reasons for doing so are continually evolving, Zhou Wenting reports in Shanghai.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled the lineup for the 2018 masters programme on Tuesday, consisting of 11 daring new films, which reflect on history, focus on personal introspection and critically look at society.
The fifth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo will be held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, from Sept 13 to 17, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
China is home to a variety of handicrafts on as many mediums as one can imagine. And although some of them have died out, many remain alive thanks to innovations initiated by of artisans.
Jilin-born ink painter Liu Guang, 49, has produced almost works in almost all genres of classic Chinese painting. His birds and flowers, painted in the meticulous gongbi style on a circular piece of paper, recreate the grace of Song Dynasty (960-1279) art. And his landscapes and figure paintings convey a feeling of remoteness, and conform to the strict rules of painting. Liu’s paintings are now shown at a solo exhibition, titled The Sound of Mountains and Waters, at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing through Wednesday. The exhibition then will move to Shandong province, Hong Kong and Xiamen in Fujian province.
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