Chinese cinephiles can take a time-erasing trip down memory lane as 30 years after Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with director Robert Zemeckis in his new movie made using technology that allows them to "magically "appear as their younger selves on-screen.
Ten years ago, Joey McKneely, two-time Tony-nominated Broadway choreographer and international director, came to China to work with a Chinese team on the musical, Ah! Kuliang, which is based on a real story set in Guling (Kuliang), an ancient town nestled in the mountainous area in Fuzhou, Fujian province.
In recent years, musical theater has developed a burgeoning following in China with both domestic and international productions, attracting growing interest. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday.
On a recent Sunday, Li Mingchun had dinner with two of his friends, and one of them bought him two bottles of milk tea because "nothing is more compatible with a nice meal than sweet milk tea".
Walking along Dongsiling Street in the renovated Taoyangli historical and cultural district in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi province, one is immediately struck by the alternating blend of blackened red bricks and yellowing white plaster on the walls, which exudes a strong sense of history.
One of the most popular literary activities last month was a dialogue between four Asian women writers — Gong Ji-yeong from South Korea, Li Zishu from Malaysia, and Qiao Ye and Liao Jing from China.
A Chinese emperor loved jade so much that he commissioned numerous jade objets d'art from the finest craftsmen, composed more than 800 poems about both ancient and contemporary jade pieces, researched its history, and named 14 of his 17 sons with characters associated with jade.
Jade, deeply rooted in culture, continues to fascinate as it embodies myth and reality, Zhao Xu reports.
An event showcasing Chinese films kicked off on Sunday at the Taj Mall Cinema in the Jordanian capital of Amman attracting hundreds of cinema enthusiasts and university students.
Espionage, justice, state security officers, plain appearances, foreign agencies — plot twists abound in popular series, Xu Fan reports.
Reading China, an exhibition by the China Cultural Centre in Malta at the 45th Malta Book Festival between Nov 6 and 10 at the Malta Fairs & Conventions Centre, was a kaleidoscope of culture and society.
Zheng Guomin, an inheritor of the local oilcloth umbrella craftsmanship in Jingxian county, Xuancheng, Anhui province, displays the craft to students who came to research the art, on Nov 13.
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