It is not rare for young actors, mostly idols, to be mocked and criticized for their poor, often embarrassing acting skills.
ointly compiled by Beijing History, Geography and Folklore Society and Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Planning and Design Institute, the book is a collection of northern China's folk customs, which covers ten categories, namely seasonal divisions, weddings and funerals, folk entertainment, cultural taboos, as well as folk customs on traffic, residence, business, opera, clothing and diet.
Pipa virtuoso Wu Man is one of three recipients of the Asia Society's Asia Arts Game Changer Awards, which she received at a ceremony held in New York on March 8.
Zaozhuang city has launched a wide range of cultural activities to spice up public life.
For Yang Yuni, a 27-year-old member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, teaching Hani kids the dance and songs of their ancestors is a fun, sustainable way to protect the millennia-old Hani rice terraces, a UNESCO world heritage site, in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China’s Yunnan province.
Po Xiao Dong Fang (Dawn in the East), a popular TV series that revisits Shanghai in the first year after its liberation in May 1949, has filled a gap in the market for revolutionary-themed movies and television shows, according to some experts and insiders at a recent symposium held in Beijing.
Yao — Chinese Folktales, an overwhelmingly popular animated series, has employed various traditional instruments like the zhongruan, biliand pipa, as well as Western elements to create a distinctive effect, said Su Da, head of Shanghai Animation Film Studio at a recent symposium held in Beijing.
A State-owned tourism company in Northwest China's Gansu province aims to step up efforts in integrating culture, tourism, rural vitalization and new urbanization.
Many people, when asked to picture a woman of the Tibetan ethnic group, will conjure up images based on tradition. These could involve a weaver, a shepherdess or someone who performs folk dancing in music videos. However, Zeren Zhima does not conform to any of these stereotypes.