The 4th Maritime Silk Road International Arts Festival is scheduled to be held in the coastal Chinese city of Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province, from Nov 22 to 27.
The curtain was raised and lights dimmed. Dressed in a glamorous costume, the lead actress of Peking Opera masterpiece The Drunken Beauty and a male opera singer in a suit took centerstage at the newly renovated Guanghe Theater in Beijing’s Qianmen historical area, on the evening of Nov 1.
Songs, poems and modern mythology are all part of a growing catalogue of literary cross-border collaborations between writers, illustrators and China's leading publishers, Mei Jia reports.
A new arts festival seeks to raise awareness about people living with rare diseases and disabilities, Cheng Yuezhu reports.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, (Chinese: 立冬), the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 8 and ends on Nov 22.
Xiamei, a village at the foot of Wuyi Mountain Tourist Resort in Fujian province, has a history of more than 3,000 years and boasts more than 70 well-preserved buildings dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The Athens Philharmonic will make its Beijing debut on New Year's Eve with a concert under the baton of conductor Michalis Economou, the concert's organizer, Beijing Artists Management Corp Ltd, announced.
"Small theaters may not be the saviors of traditional Chinese opera, but are a way to give the old art forms new life".
The cultural administrations of China and France jointly released a declaration on Wednesday in Beijing to kick off a program of bilateral cooperation to rebuild the world-famous cathedral.
British artist Anish Kapoor's exhibition at CAFA Art Museum in Beijing features four monumental projects central to his recent practice, and a number of models of works chronicling his decades-long exploration.
This year marks the China-ASEAN Year of Media Exchange, and the second ASEAN Media Roundtable was held in Beijing on Oct 31 by CCTV Video News Agency and People's Television Network from the Philippines.
Art form steps into the spotlight as appreciation of its beauty spreads, Chen Nan reports.