Stretching along the southern section of Beijing's Central Axis, a 2.07-square-kilometer cultural cluster comes alive with young playwrights drafting scripts in hutong (alleyway) studios, acrobatic troupes staging performances of intangible cultural heritage, and a major arts center hosting its annual musical theater festival.
HEFEI — China's museums are often defined by their porcelain, calligraphy and ritual vessels. But a new exhibition in Anhui province is turning the spotlight away from traditional treasures and toward scientific endeavors of the past, showcasing jade cosmological diagrams, celestial star charts and bronze globes crafted by astronomers centuries ago.
Everything ends. A song fades. A stage goes dark. The performers leave, the audience disperses, and eventually the room falls silent.
In the square, a mythical beast inspired by the ornaments that adorn Beijing's Central Axis architecture exchanged a fist bump with a round "corn friend".
The Splendid Realm of Diligence: Art of Guan Guangzhi, an ongoing exhibition at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy.
The Qixi Festival was celebrated amid cultural tours, immersive exhibitions and intangible cultural heritage experiences.
On Thursday, a sharing session and book signing for Eastward Travelogue: Masters, Warlords, the Swedish Crown Prince and China in the 1920s was held during the Shanghai Book Fair.
In early August, 20-year-old Liu Chang stood at the front of a classroom, feeling slightly nervous. It was her first experience as a volunteer teacher.
During the 79th Festival de Cannes, Suzi de Givenchy (Chinese name Huang Xianxi) joined a forum organized by The One International Women's Film Festival on narratives by Asian women in cinema. Around her were directors, writers and journalists. Suzi, however, was a fashion model.
Standing before a display case at a museum in Yudu county, Jiangxi province, 23-year-old Zeng Yan read a letter written by a Red Army soldier nearly a century ago.
When French artist Yann Colleu first encountered porcelain in 2014 as a contemporary art student in France, he had little idea that the material would eventually become central to his life.
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