Recognizing the rising popularity of traditional Chinese music, which has been winning over a growing number of fans, especially young people, in 2022, the China National Traditional Orchestra and the National Centre for the Performing Arts launched a festival titled Spring of Traditional Chinese Music.
Titian's Flora, one of the most iconic paintings by the Italian Renaissance master, is among 49 on display at the new exhibition at the Bund One Art Museum in Shanghai.
Is there a link between Ming-style furniture and the sedan car? The idea is improbable, or so it may seem at first.
The Wuxi Chinese Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Sun Peng, delivered a captivating performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on April 10, as part of the ongoing second Spring of Traditional Chinese Music. The concert featured original music pieces that celebrated the rich local culture of Wuxi, including compositions such as The Grand Canal by Chen Si'ang, Tone Poem of Liangxi by Kong Zhixuan, and Charm of Plum Blossom by Xu Jianqiang.
The directors of Galaxy Writer, a film honored at the 17th FIRST International Film Festival, have shared that renowned comedian Shen Teng agreed to a cameo role as a delivery man in the final scene during the film's promotional events.
As a Chinese-German student at Tsinghua University, I thought I had a good grasp of both Chinese culture and modernization.
More than 10 international youths gathered in Jiangsu to explore the province and its culture from March 28 to 30.
Every day, we consume food, but do these meals merely fill us up or truly nourish us? Renowned French gastronome Nicolas Kenedi prompts us to ponder this question.
In 1973, the Philadelphia Orchestra became the first orchestra from the United States to perform in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Tan Dun, then a teenager living in the countryside of Hunan province, heard broadcasts of these historic concerts — his first time listening to any orchestra — which changed his life.
With a history spanning thousands of years, it comes as very little surprise that China is home to a myriad of holidays and festivals, both old and new, sprinkled throughout the year. Most prominent of these is doubtless the Spring Festival holiday which is celebrated nationwide.
On a Norwegian seashore with steep cliffs, a violent storm rages. A giant ship, 12.8 meters long, 5.1 meters tall and 7.5 meters wide, rocks in a massive rogue wave.
For most Chinese, Dayu, or Yu the Great, is a household name. His feats blend myth and history, and range from taming raging Yellow River floods to starting the Xia Dynasty (c. 21st century-16th century BC).