Four rural villages in China were on Thursday named Best Tourism Villages 2023, an accolade by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) which recognizes villages that are leading the way in nurturing rural areas and preserving landscapes, cultural diversity, local values, and culinary traditions.
In his Complete Essays on Shanshui Paintings, 12th-century artist and theorist Han Zhuo wrote about how painters of classical Chinese landscapes could portray people's activities depending on the varying four seasons.
In Spring this year, producer Li Moxiao and director Han Xia engaged in a thought-provoking conversation at a cafe in Beijing. Savoring their cups of coffee, they brainstormed a question: How could a movie tackling the sensitive issue of sexual harassment become more relatable to its audience?
Authorized by Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut to enter space, the Beijing Science and Technology Press published the picture book First Man on Sunday, marking the 20th anniversary of the country's first manned space flight.
Xiang Yang feels her life has become more vibrant since a cultural center opened in September 2020.
Traveling far to experience the vastness of his world mattered a lot to modern art master Qi Baishi (1864-1957) during his long career.
Many Chinese are no strangers to the "nine-story tower haunted by ghosts", thanks mostly to an eponymous online novel that has, in turn, inspired popular screen adaptations.
Rows of small cottages with beautiful courtyards come into sight when one sets foot on Xiaopan village, Pan'an county of Zhejiang province. They were developed on local villagers' empty houses and are now used as shared homestays to boost tourism in the village.
The third Music Education Alliance Across the Silk Road conference, organized by the Central Conservatory of Music, took place in Beijing on Oct 15.
Du Fu, a play that tells the life story of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet of the same name, opened at Beijing's Capital Theater on Oct 17.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States on Sunday hosted a "Discover Beijing Opera" cultural event at its Public Diplomacy Center in Washington D.C., bringing the charm of the traditional Chinese stage art to nearly 100 people from all walks of life.
The Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award revealed this year’s ten finalists on Thursday at the French Culture Center. Selected from 46 French-to-Chinese works — 35 on social science and 11 on fiction — recommended by Chinese publishing houses, the shortlist comprises five volumes of each.