With lunges and squats and open arms, US teenager Makenna Kelpman was ready to "take off" in Beijing. When members of the martial arts team of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports (CUPES) pulled quickly on wires, Kelpman rose into the air and experienced the feeling of being a "chivalrous woman" in a kung fu movie.
As an annual event bridging filmmakers in China and abroad, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival will be held from April 18-26, with submissions for its top honor, the Tiantan Award, reaching a new high.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Clear and Bright,(the 5th solar term, starts this year on Apr 4 and ends on Apr 18.
The ongoing recovery in China's outbound tourism sector is expected to pick up steam during the upcoming Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, thanks to eased visa policies for Chinese visitors and the resumption of international flights, according to Airbnb.
A birthday surprise is not easy to come by for 90-year-old Wong, having lived through the majority of the length and breadth of human experience, but dressing up in traditional Chinese hanfu this year came as a welcome treat.
Memories of home, the smell of the sea lingering in the town he was born and raised in Zanzibar, and the sea horizon as seen from there, remain with Abdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel literature laureate.
Standing in front of a canvas in an art gallery in the heart of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, 50-year-old artist Dawit Muluneh is fully absorbed in the painting of ancient Chinese characters.
In 1979, Thomas Keller was just another cook working for a French chef, not yet dreaming of becoming a professional chef himself. That changed one day when his boss asked him a simple question: "Why do cooks cook?"
Xue Tingzhe can still recall his first piano lesson with his Japanese teacher when he was 6, after he had moved to Japan with his parents, who were pursuing medical degrees. The teacher, Osmi Emi, in Tokyo, had Xue listen to three pieces of music and asked him to choose his favorite. Then, she gave him a piece of paper and a pencil, and asked him to draw the pictures he saw after listening to it.
The Orchestra de Opera Royal du Chateau de Versailles (Royal Opera of the Chateau de Versailles) will make its debut performance in Shanghai, featuring countertenor singers and their signature interpretation of Baroque music.
Renowned figures from politics, business and academia gathered on Saturday in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, for the 3rd Oriental Civilization Summit Dialogue, to exchange views on how the world can draw from the wisdom of ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius (372-289 BC) to build a shared future for mankind.
Seven students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater took the stage in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, presenting their yearlong training results in a Chinese play Plaza Suite.
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