Museums have a focus on the past. It's the main part of their raison d'etre. But that does not exclude acknowledging that they have a role to play in today's society.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival has shifted to a virtual format. From Feb 4, a wide array of photo and video exhibitions featuring winter sports and the festive Chinese New Year spirit are available online.
SYDNEY－With drums and cymbals playing, a lion dance troupe marched through Sydney's Chinatown, bringing joy to both businesses and passersby.
As one of the most recognized Chinese stars in the West, Zhang Ziyi has appeared in many critically acclaimed films, from the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) to Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). Zhang is now on television, the first such foray in her acting career of more than two decades.
An exhibition at the National Museum of China set to open on Tuesday will celebrate the upcoming Year of the Ox by showing a selection of ox-themed works from its immense collection. It will navigate the history of the close relationship between humans and oxen, as well as the folk culture, customs and beliefs based on the positive qualities of the ox.
A fifth-generation artisan from Hubei province is working hard to keep the craft of traditionally printed New Year paintings alive, Wang Kaihao reports.
Four concerts will be livestreamed to the countries of Greece, Ireland, Finland and Estonia, as part of the ongoing 2021 "Happy Chinese New Year", an annual global celebration with festivities and cultural events held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and China Media Group.
Panda and Rooster, co-produced by China and Portugal and also released by CCTV on Feb 3, is the newest animation in the project. The two leading characters -- a panda named Ho-ho (which sounds like "he", meaning harmony, in Chinese) and Rooster -- have adventures together in the 52-episode series.
Spring Festival is China's biggest extravaganza and a day for family reunion. Being around family members at the turn of the year is a vital ritual for the Chinese people.
The China National Traditional Orchestra and musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed a livestreamed virtual concert under the baton of conductor Liu Fengde on Feb 4 to mark the approach of the Year of the Ox, which begins on Feb 12.
About a week before Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, Sergii Kamyshev, the Ukrainian ambassador to China, paid a visit to The Vitality of Art, an ongoing Spring Festival-themed art exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, along with all staff members of the Ukrainian embassy in Beijing, on Feb 4.
The Book of Songs, also known as Shi Jing, is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry. It includes more than 300 works dating back from the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC) to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).
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