When dusk falls over Qingyun Hutong (or alleyway), beside Sanlihe River Park in Beijing's Qianmen area, pushing open a weathered wooden door produces a subtle but decisive shift in time.
A cultural exchange event themed "Global Linking of Dunhuang Culture" was recently held in Ottawa.
How do you turn a story everyone already thinks they know into something that feels new — especially when that story is as familiar as Wukong Thrice Confronts Lady Whitebone, a classic episode of Journey to the West, and the form is comic opera, a genre that demands both musical rigor and theatrical wit?
Hotpot, neon lights, kung fu cinema, and high fashion are not the ingredients one would typically associate with classical ballet. Yet, the Hong Kong Ballet is blending them into an exuberant celebration of the city's cultural identity with the launch of its 2026/27 season, aptly titled Hong Kong Bling.
Silver needles flicker, colorful threads glide, and without a sketch or pattern, landscapes, flowers, birds and mythical creatures emerge stitch by stitch. Guided only by memory and imagination, women of the Huayao ethnic group transform plain cloth into richly detailed works of art.
Shan Se (Hues of Mountains), an ongoing exhibition at Shandong Art Museum, showcases the artwork of contemporary artists.
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