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Outdoor music festivals, specially in the south

2018-04-21 16:16

There were 269 outdoor music festivals held across China in 2017, a 33.8 percent increase from 2016, according to a report released at the 2018 Small Antlers China Music Business Expo, which was held on April 12 and 13 in Beijing.

New label Pollux to promote world music in a big way

2018-04-21 16:10

Folk singer Sainkho Namtchylak from Tuva, in the Russian Federation, reggae musician Papa U-Gee from Japan and Mabang, a band from southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Letting simplicity take center stage

2018-04-21 15:18

Foodies around the world are getting increasingly tired of newfangled cooking techniques and exaggerated culinary showmanship. Foams and jellies that encapsulate a variety of flavors are now passé.

A sublime fusion of culture on a plate

2018-04-21 14:57

Some people say that the fastest way to kill your hobby is to turn it into work.

Beautiful vision

2018-04-21 14:25

When it comes to makeup Mao Geping is a legend. His magical technique transformed actress Liu Xiaoqing into the historical figure, Wu Zetian, in 1994. In the TV drama, Wu - played by Liu, then 40 - morphed from 15 to 82.

Scents & sensibility

2018-04-21 13:48

"Such was the continuity and wholeness of Chinese civilization that anything brought to it and considered foreign would ultimately be internalized once it was adopted," says Zhao Liya, a book editor turned historian who has just written for the catalog of an exhibition at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris titled the Perfumes of China - the Incense Culture of the Imperial Times. The exhibition is a joint effort of the French museum and the Shanghai Museum.

Scent of a woman and her time

2018-04-21 11:30

Imagine an aristocratic lady during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) more than a millennium ago. Exuberantly beautiful, a lush pile of hair spirals from the crown of her head like a pond snail. Dressed in a low-cut, bust-revealing gown with silken luster that accentuates her opulent beauty, she is glamorous and sensuous, and no doubt fully aware of her own allure.

From school to Spielberg and back

2018-04-21 02:36

After three weeks on the big screen, Steven Spielberg's latest hit movie Ready Player One has collected $192.8 million from the China box office. It's expected to cross the $200 million mark there this week.

How cosmetics were created in ancient China

2018-04-21 01:54

One of the most popular skincare products in the Western world over the past year is believed to have originated during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).

Veteran Chinese opera singer to perform in city

2018-04-21 00:21

One of the most acclaimed Chinese sopranos in the global music scene, Huang Ying will perform in a concert in her hometown of Shanghai at the Oriental Art Center on May 12.

Grain Rain: A final spring party with the peony, tea and rain

2018-04-20 16:28

Falling usually on or around April 20 every year, Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar.

Chinese New Year short film contest unveils winning entries

2018-04-20 13:16

The Sharing China - Happy Chinese New Year Short Film Contest 2018 unveiled its winning entries in Beijing on Tuesday.

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