It's a tradition in China for people to gather with their families to watch star-studded Spring Festival television galas.
For 700 years, Yongle Palace, a Taoist temple in Ruicheng, Shanxi province, stood near the Yellow River, where it witnessed the seasons wax and wane.
The original theatrical production, The Peony Pavilion, which combines chamber music with Kunqu Opera, will be staged at China Cultural Center in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan 24.
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in China's entertainment industry, the micro-drama market, exceeded 50 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) in revenue last year, outpacing the sluggish film and television industries.
From Rene Magritte, the mastermind of surrealism, to Luc Tuymans whose paintings show the power of images, Belgium has kept nourishing generations of gifted artists since the 20th century.
The first group exhibition of Wind H Art Center's "wind Young Project", titled windYoung: Rolling Stone, draws inspiration from the Greek legend of Sisyphus. He was the king of Corinth who was condemned to roll a boulder, after he died, up a hill for eternity. The boulder would always roll back down before he could reach the top.
Some 30 middle and primary school students from Shenzhen, Guangdong province, visited the embassy of El Salvador in Beijing on Jan 16.
Recently, an ethnic music concert titled From Yellow River to Yangtze River, featuring performers from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater, and students from the Guoluo Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, was successfully staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Major Cold (Chinese: 大寒), the 24th solar term, begins this year on Jan 20 and ends on Feb 2.
At The Rise of Vertebrates, an ongoing exhibition at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, visitors can follow fossil evidence to trace the origins of vertebrates and their journey out of the water to dominate land, sea and air.
"I will ask everyone to sit still, and let me tell you a story about the fierce wind in my hometown," says He Lianshan, sitting in the center of the stage, holding his sanxian, a long-necked, plucked string instrument.
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