Artworks by youngsters on environmental issues are exuberant with creativity and senses of social responsibility.
Back in the late 1980s, Zhu Yuebing, a scholar from Shaoxing in Zhejiang province with a passion for Tang Dynasty (618-907) poetry, started a research movement dubbed "the trail of Tang poems", in which he and others interested in the topic spent time studying places the ancient poets had visited in Zhejiang, a region of mighty mountains and rivers, and the poems they composed en route. It was a thought-provoking look at the literary brilliance of the Tang empire from the perspective of the environment, history and the cultural heritage of Zhejiang, and especially of its eastern region, from where Zhu hailed.
Lu Xun (1881-1936), a prominent scholar and writer in 20th-century China, is known for his critical viewpoints of society and human nature. He was also a keen collector of traditional Chinese arts and crafts, as well as Western art.
On an unseasonably warm October afternoon, Japanese director Yojiro Takita was being interviewed in a hotel in the Wangjing area of Beijing as part of a tightly packed schedule. Just a few hours later, his first Chinese film, Silence of Smoke, was due to premiere.
On Oct 26, the second Sanlian City for Humanity Forum was held in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
As a country with a rich history and splendid civilization, China has witnessed the passing down of numerous forms of intangible cultural heritage which continue to flourish today.
BDA Dance Forum, an annual three-day event, was first launched by the Beijing Dance Academy in 2019. This year, the event has been expanded to a month, bringing together more than 300 performers, scholars and educators from around the world, under the theme of "Dance Culture: Inheritance and Development".
Giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their male cub Xiao Qi Ji, who had been residing in the United States for several years, arrived at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Sichuan province late on Thursday.
Lose to Win, a comedy hit during the National Day holiday, has proved a successful remake of Spain's highest-grossing movie of 2018, its creators and industry insiders said at a symposium in Beijing on Nov 9.
Lang Lang will release his latest recording, Lang Lang — Saint-Saens, under the Deutsche Grammophon label on March 1.