In 1965, renowned writer Wang Meng went to the Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for work. He ate and lived with the farmers, learning to use iron tools, mastering the Uygur language, and deeply adapted to the Uygur way of life.
Erhu (a two-stringed fiddle) player Li Ting embarked on a trip to Lima, capital of Peru, in September. After a flight of around 30 hours, she arrived at her destination: the Colegio Peruano Chino Juan XXIII school.
ROME — An Italian conservatory plans to stage Turandot by the renowned Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini in China with Italian singers and stage artists alongside Chinese orchestras, revealed Giorgio Albiani, the internationalization delegate of the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Florence.
The winners of 21 awards at the 37th China Film Golden Rooster Awards, one of the most prestigious industry honors in the country, were announced on Saturday night in Xiamen in East China's Fujian province.
After 68 years, the China National Peking Opera Company has returned to Latin America with four shows, a workshop and an array of cultural exchange programs in Brazil to promote the rich legacy of a traditional Chinese art form that boasts a history of more than 200 years.
The lush oasis valley seems strangely at odds with the common perception of Saudi Arabia. Make no mistake, the desert is here, but so too are enchanting vistas. Over millions of years, sun, wind and water have shaped the sandstone around here into striking rock formations. This is a landscape where the imagination can run free. Even the area's spelling is unusual and enchanting — AlUla. This part of northwestern Saudi Arabia was once home to powerful ancient kingdoms and civilizations.
The documentary film De la Gran Muralla a Machu Picchu (From the Great Wall to Machu Picchu), produced by China Global Television Network and filmed by China Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio (Group) premiered in Peru on Nov 16.
Manolo Blahnik, hailed as royalty in luxury footwear, has finally made its debut in the Chinese mainland in Shanghai, after entering the Asian market in 1990 with the launch of a boutique store in Hong Kong.
Luc Tuymans: The Past, at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, investigates the approach to painting and attitude toward history of the Belgian painter, who attended the opening.
Keqiao, a district in Zhejiang province's Shaoxing city, rolled out a series of local folk opera, landscape and gourmet food tours in Beijing on Nov 14 aimed at attracting Beijing residents during the upcoming Spring Festival in late January.
Broadway classic Chicago was staged in Beijing on Nov 14, with shows running till Nov 24.
Held every five years since 1949, the National Exhibition of Fine Arts is a glimpse of artistic developments across the country, including the work of artists based in Macao.