As the May Day holiday approaches, the suspense thriller Vanishing Point is already generating buzz, rising to become the second-highest-grossing film on the country's box-office presale charts for May 1, just behind Hong Kong tentpole Cold War 1994.
China's holiday travel market is expected to surge, with both trips and spending projected to reach new highs, according to the online travel agency Trip.com Group.
Shortly after founding the Beijing Jin Shangyi Art Foundation, Jin Shangyi — a noted 92-year-old oil painter — launched the Young Teachers Support Program in 2017.
Cold War 1994 has topped China's presale box office on the first day of the May Day holiday, signaling strong demand for the 14-year-old Hong Kong police thriller franchise.
Tucked within the lively Qianmen district, Fayuan Architecture Museum offers an unexpected calm. Its centuries-old courtyard, now carefully restored, houses an evocative display of wooden components drawn from classical Chinese architecture across the country. The space bridges past and present — a fitting setting for an exhibition grounded in both memory and imagination.
The solo exhibition Sew the Weft and Warp Threads by embroidery artist Diao Juan, winner of last year's "Hand of Wisdom" award presented by the Sino-French crafts exchange program, opened on April 25 at Yishu 8 in Beijing.
Spring scenery and the fragrance of tea will set the tone for Beijing's May Day holiday. The 25th Badachu China Garden Tea Culture Week, held together with the Zherong High-Mountain White Tea (Jasmine Tea) Culture Week, will take place at Badachu Park from April 30 to May 5.
The China National Peking Opera Company will debut a new, innovative work titled Spring·Autumn, an artistic journey through the changing seasons of the year, inspired by classical Chinese poetry and the rhythms of traditional Peking Opera. This production, which marks a significant creative milestone for the company, will premiere on May 1 at Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing.
The China Coal Mine Art Troupe will present a musical work, titled Mountains and Rivers Evergreen, on May 5 at the Beijing Concert Hall.
With the May Day holiday approaching, a total of 18 films are gearing up to compete during the five-day break — a lucrative box-office period expected to help revive the sluggish market.
China's top 10 list of archaeological discoveries of 2025 — one of the highest honors for the country's archaeological projects — was released on Wednesday. Selected by top-tier scholars across the country, the list showcases outstanding examples of archaeological projects from last year.
In his watercolors, Wang Honghai returns again and again to the Yellow River — his enduring source of memory and meaning.
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