As one of the fastest-growing sectors in China's entertainment industry, the micro-drama market, exceeded 50 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) in revenue last year, outpacing the sluggish film and television industries.
The first group exhibition of Wind H Art Center's "wind Young Project", titled windYoung: Rolling Stone, draws inspiration from the Greek legend of Sisyphus. He was the king of Corinth who was condemned to roll a boulder, after he died, up a hill for eternity. The boulder would always roll back down before he could reach the top.
Recently, an ethnic music concert titled From Yellow River to Yangtze River, featuring performers from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater, and students from the Guoluo Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province, was successfully staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave its mark on human imagination. Perhaps it's the rearing cobra, poised on the golden mask of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun, a symbol of protection and divine authority. Or it might be the head of Medusa, the Gorgon whose hair of writhing snakes and petrifying gaze have haunted myth and art alike.
As the lights dim and the familiar hum of anticipation fills the air, moviegoers in Beijing are in for a surprise — an art exhibition brought to the CBD branch of the Wanda cinema chain.
The film crew of the documentary series Life in the Fields traveled through China, driving a car with the title painted on it, visiting around 100 villages.
Pure and Infinite, an exhibition at Hebei Museum, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, running until April 13, is a collaboration between the National Museum of China and Hebei Museum, gathering selected examples of white porcelains in the collections of the two museums and other cultural institutions.
Dozens of lawyers, law professors, and college students from diverse backgrounds gathered at a seminar on the legal protection of cultural heritage on Saturday at the Beijing Jingshi Law Firm in Beijing.
The costume drama Flourished Peony, currently airing on Mango TV and Hunan Satellite TV, tells a fictional story of a woman named He Weifang who, during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), runs a business cultivating peonies and managing a flower shop.
The appealing views and celestial atmosphere of the Luofu Mountain, situated in Boluo county, Huizhou, Guangdong province, have drawn intellectuals and practitioners of ancient Taoism alike through the ages.
Thresholds, Flaneur and Whirlpools, an ongoing exhibition at the Wind H Art Center in Beijing, examines the complicated relationship between humanity, society, and nature through individual perspectives, and by drawing on the history and particular situation of specific regions.
Riverside Code at Qingming Festival, a popular TV series inspired by one of China's most famous paintings, recently concluded its first run on China Central Television's CCTV-8. The last episode has also been updated on streaming sites Youku and Migu, attracting 144 million views online, according to the producers during a recent seminar held in Beijing.