Before Zhang Fan goes to work every morning, the last step in her makeup routine is to put on false eyelashes. "The brown ones are charming. They look like drooping sunflowers," she says.
China's capital city received 1.66 million inbound trips, an increase of 245.6 percent compared to the same period last year, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism reports.
One of the preeminent artists of 20th-century China, Jiang Zhaohe (1904-86) left an oeuvre that integrates the precision and dimensions of Western techniques with the shading and layering of classic Chinese painting. His work was realistic, with strong humanistic tendencies and allowed him to present a vivid profile of ordinary people, especially those suffering from hardship.
Zhang Gongque's (1924-2020) alma mater in Hangzhou, the National College of Art (today's China Academy of Art) was a gathering place for leading figures of modernism in early 20th-century China under whose guidance students like Zhang learned how to create with independence and to express with sincerity.
Lost in the Stars, a musical produced by Beijing-based musical theater company BCC Musical, hosted a media conference and premiere concert on July 22 where the cast performed 12 songs from the production.
Father Far Away, a film adapted from the life story of Jiang Wanfu, a Shanghai doctor dedicated to helping locals in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for over four decades, recently held a seminar in Beijing.
To promote the development of sports and tourism in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, host locations of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a 236.3-kilometer track named "The Joyful Road of Winter Olympics" will be built to link tourist attractions in the two cities with Olympic competition venues.
Strolling through the old town of Shantou, an area known as the Small Park historical area, one can almost hear history speaking.
Admirers of qilou buildings determined to prevent memories of old city's cosmopolitan architectural traditions from fading, Fang Aiqing reports in Shantou, Guangdong.
A concert featuring the works of composer Ma Jiuyue will be performed at the Poly Theater in Beijing on Aug 4.
On July 17, the Blue Man Group in Shanghai officially opened at A.F.A ROJO Art and Culture Space, kicking off its residency in Shanghai.
People don't usually expect to see a motor vehicle in an art exhibition, especially one of Chinese paintings. However, this is the case at a recent show by Huang Hongtao, an ink artist and teacher at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts who is, other than a painter, also a motor vehicle enthusiast.
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