Rich history, UNESCO sites, strong cross-Straits ties give Fujian global renown, Cao Yingying reports.
Fujian province, a core area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, has launched a range of overseas shows and art exhibitions in recent years to promote Chinese culture along the ancient trade route.
As one of the country's two official performing troupes, the Xiamen Nanyue Orchestra has performed and trained young people to carry on Nanyin, a music-performance art form based on the local culture in southern Fujian province.
In a two-day extravaganza last weekend, the NEU Future Festival convened more than 30 speakers from both China and abroad to exchange ideas on topics ranging from art and music to film-making, science and technology – to explore the opportunities and challenges of our near and far future.
The images of the most authoritative statues of Niulang the cowherd and Zhinyu the weaver girl in Chinese folklore set off heated discussion recently, with netizens complaining they are disappointed by their appearance.
Four Chinese virtual reality films have been nominated for the 74th Venice International Film Festival, and will compete with their foreign rivals for three major prizes.
Tubbat rises with the sun and hops on his motorbike to ride 30 kilometers to tend to a saxual forest that was once desert.
Confucius once asked his students: "What is your ideal life?" Some said they wanted to help run the country. Others said they wanted to educate people on morality.
An English-language version of Jia Pingwa's work, Happy Dreams, has just been published in both print and electronic formats. It looks at the lives of scrappers against the backdrop of big social changes.
With the ninth BRICS Summit to open in Xiamen, Fujian province, Where Has Time Gone?, the first movie coproduced by five BRICS countries, will be showcased at the summit, giving an insight of cinematic cultures and customs.
The first Global Kunqu Opera Digital Museum opened at Cambridge University in the UK on August 25.
An exhibition featuring about 100 oil paintings themed "Sound of Nature" was held at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing from Aug 24 to 31.