Hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry (ICCI), an international visiting art scholar event, part of the eighth ICCI Art Valley, started in Shanghai on Friday, bringing together renowned artists, scholars, and industry leaders from France, Poland, China, and Italy.
The brilliance of Quanzhou puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage that originated in Quanzhou, Fujian province, lies in the dexterity of the performers' fingers in manipulating their puppets by pulling threads.
Professor Yu Hongmei, president of the Central Conservatory of Music, led a delegation to Germany for a series of musical exchanges on Thursday. The tour, aimed at deepening cultural ties between China and Germany, included a major concert, academic lectures and institutional collaborations.
Landscapes in View: Exploring the Beauty of Heritage, an academic symposium held on Nov 24 in Beijing, made a strong case for the importance of architectural photography in both protecting and promoting 20th-century architectural heritage.
IMAX China announced on Monday that Disney's Zootopia 2 opened to a roaring box office of $20.5 million in IMAX theaters during its five-day debut in China.
A concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China was held on Sunday at Beijing Concert Hall, featuring a collaboration between the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and 11 musicians from the China National Symphony Orchestra.
The China Tourism Academy and tourism platform Mafengwo recently jointly released a report about China's cultural specialties, which were categorized into five areas, festival customs, intangible cultural heritage, local cuisine, folk art and cultural intellectual properties.
Ji Yali, a Beijing artist who has dedicated herself to helping stray animals for 16 years, recently launched a solo exhibition in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. The show will run until next month.
STOKE-ON-TRENT, Britain — Charity shops scattered along the streets of Stoke-on-Trent display stacks of plates painted with delicate willows, arching bridges, and Chinese-style pavilions. For many locals, these motifs borrowed from traditional Chinese paintings are as familiar as the smell of kiln smoke that once hung over the town.
Gathering writers, scholars and lovers of language under one roof, the 17th Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award celebrated three voices who bring French thought and literature into Chinese. On Nov 22, Huang Hong, Wang Su and Zhao Tianshu were honored in the categories of literature, social sciences and young talent at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum.
Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai's writing carries a Kafkaesque aura, influenced by Russian culture. This fusion, according to Gao Xing, an expert on Eastern European literature, gives his novels a unique narrative charm at the geopolitical and cultural crossroads.
With the last note fading out at the recent The Magic of Tomorrowland music festival in Shanghai, 21-year-old American Tram Ngo's dream came true in China — being part of the united global community that shares a love and passion for electronic music.