China's international import expo brings diverse fresh products to consumers, Wang Ying reports in Shanghai.
From immersive experiences to merchandise inspired by popular IP to innovative interpretations of intangible cultural heritage and recreational vehicles, the Sixth Yangtze River Delta International Cultural Industries Expo showcased the rapid growth of China's cultural and tourism sectors from Nov 20 to 22.
Although glass objects have been made and used in China since the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), glass as a creative medium was not included in the education system of fine art until 2000, when the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, established its Glass Art Program.
Scholar and historian is hailed for his original works that have been lost over time, but researchers are dedicated to breathing new life into his legacy, Wang Xin reports.
Emerging designers reinterpret cultural heritage through innovative projects, Yang Feiyue reports.
China showcased three major innovations in imaging technology at a sci-tech event hosted by the National Communication Center for Science and Technology in Beijing on Tuesday.
An exhibition now on at the Jinxiu Art Gallery, on the southwestern outskirts of Beijing, celebrates the fruits of a close collaboration between the Communication University of China and China National Academy of Painting in rejuvenating Chinese ink tradition.
Yangliuqing Woodblock New Year Paintings have become a reliable crowd-puller at public events in Tianjin. Visitors queue to ink pear woodblocks, press sheets of Xuan paper, and watch colorful New Year-painting figures appear almost instantly.
The heroic endeavors of Jean Augustin Bussiere, a French doctor who once cycled 40 kilometers to deliver medicine to the Eighth Route Army, are retold in the micro-drama Bussiere Garden.
Growing up in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, ink artist Wang Yiya says her childhood was filled with relaxation and the warmth of visiting historical pavilions, temples, pagodas and garden residences in her hometown.
A new rendition of the classic Chinese dance drama, Railway Guerrillas, premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Wednesday, with shows running through Sunday.