Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave its mark on human imagination. Perhaps it's the rearing cobra, poised on the golden mask of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun, a symbol of protection and divine authority. Or it might be the head of Medusa, the Gorgon whose hair of writhing snakes and petrifying gaze have haunted myth and art alike.
As the lights dim and the familiar hum of anticipation fills the air, moviegoers in Beijing are in for a surprise — an art exhibition brought to the CBD branch of the Wanda cinema chain.
The film crew of the documentary series Life in the Fields traveled through China, driving a car with the title painted on it, visiting around 100 villages.
Pure and Infinite, an exhibition at Hebei Museum, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, running until April 13, is a collaboration between the National Museum of China and Hebei Museum, gathering selected examples of white porcelains in the collections of the two museums and other cultural institutions.
To celebrate the Year of the Snake, the Shanghai Museum holds the annual Zodiac Spring Festival exhibition with pieces related to snake culture and snake worship. The collections curated demonstrate how snakes have represented different cultural meanings in China and around the world. Click the video and find more.
Dozens of lawyers, law professors, and college students from diverse backgrounds gathered at a seminar on the legal protection of cultural heritage on Saturday at the Beijing Jingshi Law Firm in Beijing.
Rice noodles play a crucial role in the daily lives of people in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in China, and Southeast Asia.
Staff members display the first-day cover of the postage stamps for the Year of the Snake from the Eastern Calendar series in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday.
International travel bloggers experience the making of rouyan, a local delicacy, in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Monday.
A school of large fish thrashed about in a mile-long fish seine (a type of fishing net which hangs vertically in the water with floats at the top and weights at the bottom), hauled from the frozen Chagan Lake in Northeast China, as cheering crowds watched.
Government officials, scholars and experts exchanged notes on ways of stimulating cultural innovation and creative vitality at the Forum on International Cultural Industries in Beijing on Saturday.
An exhibition opened at the China Art Museum, Shanghai (Shanghai Art Museum) on New Year's Eve to commemorate the 180th anniversary of Wu Changshuo's birth.
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