The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing was filled with the soft sounds of bamboo flutes and the elegant resonance of traditional Chinese instruments on Jan 18, as the "Poetic Homeland — Greater Bay Area Chinese Traditional Music Concert" by Yeung Wai-kit and Sha Jingshan unfolded.
To showcase the rich heritage and artistic vitality of Chinese literature to the world, the International Department of the China Writers Association and China Daily have jointly launched the Chinese Literature Special Section on the China Daily website.
In his nonfiction work Jiangnan Qiwu Zhi (A Chronicle of Jiangnan Artifacts), published in July by Yilin Press, writer Xu Feng tells a story of a carpenter in Qiyin town, a fictional location in Jiangnan, the region to the south of China's Yangtze River.
HEFEI — Civilizations rise and fall, yet some endure. At the Anhui Museum in eastern China, a recent exhibition of ancient gold and silver artifacts offered visitors an unusually intimate glimpse into how power, belief and daily life played out — not through texts, but through precious metals.
In 2004, a groundbreaking discovery shocked the public: archaeologists excavating the foundations of the Epang Palace site, in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, announced they had discovered that the legendary complex had never been completed. Furthermore, they concluded that the story that the palace had been torched by the late Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) warlord Xiang Yu was, in fact, false.
The music conference, themed "Connecting the World with Original Music", concluded in Beijing on Saturday.
Animated anthology returns, blending ancient stories and sharp visuals, Wang Xin reports in Shanghai.
Mark Brownlow, a veteran director known for the BBC's award-winning Frozen Planet II and Blue Planet II, has faced danger numerous times in his decades-long career as a wildlife filmmaker. Surprisingly, the creature that once filled him with more unease than any other was the horse.
Yearlong event celebrates international cuisine as the metropolis focuses on becoming the center of cultural intersections for diners, Zheng Zheng reports.
From mathematics to Chinese calligraphy and classical texts, and then back to math, German Sinologist Andrea Breard has forged a new path to reveal the logical and poetic beauty of Chinese mathematics, and the depth of Chinese culture.
Best known for his comic paintings, Feng Zikai was also a composer, whose influence is being rediscovered through concerts, exhibitions and new cultural institutions, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai.
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