Strolling in Wuzhen's Nanzha, one will come across private museums displaying articles for daily life that local people used in older times.
It all started eight years ago, when 24-year-old Qian Huaili was reading "father of Japanese folk arts and craft" Sooetsu Yanagi's book Culture of Industrial Craft and Handicrafts. Qian was a sophomore studying industrial design at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology.
Yu Qiucheng's ongoing exhibition in Beijing, titled The Re-painterly Nature of Found Objects, showcases how he recycles factory waste into sculpture-paintings, installations and mixed-media works.
French director Luc Besson's latest film The Warriors Gate will open in China on Nov 18.
Hosted by China's Ministry of Culture, and organized by China Daily Website and the China Arts and Entertainment Group, the 3rd World Internet Conference (WIC) Internet Culture Forum was held in the Wuzhen Internet International Conference and Exhibition Center on November 17.
After a three-year gap, Taiwan singer-songwriter Faith Yang is back with her latest album, Centrifugal Force.
Chen Shizeng (1876-1923) is recognized as the pioneer of modern Chinese art for his comprehensive achievements as a painter, calligrapher, poet and educator, as well as his uniting with cultural figures of early-20th century China to progress Chinese painting.
On a rainy fall day, when the small water town of Shimen is filled with the sweet fragrance of Osmanthus flowers, it is exhilarating to take a walk in the quiet area, where famous writer, cartoonist and artist Feng Zikai once lived.
More than 1,000 volunteers are working at the third World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, which continues through Friday.
While the internet has transformed Wuzhen from a once tranquil water town to a magnet for technology tycoons, it has also helped to upgrade and transform the traditional industries in the city.
The ongoing 38th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) held "China Night" on Wednesday, with China as its guest of honor.
French impressionist Claude Monet's Haystacks sold for more than $81 million at a Christie's sale in New York on Wednesday, setting the highest auction record for the artist.
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