Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Documentary Will Take TCM to an Artistic Level
Oct 29, 2015Despite its long and proud history, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has never been a popular topic for major Chinese TV programs, but a new documentary is set to change that. Bencao Zhongguo, which translates as 'materia medica of ...
Tags: Documentary, traditional Chinese medicine, TV programs
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China's He Ping receives honourable mention of Platform Director
Oct 29, 2015The Platform jury members at the just-concluded Toronto International Film Festival include China's Jia Zhangke, Holland's Agnieszka Holland and France's Claire Denis, all world-class auteurs. The three jurors were only supposed to choose ...
Tags: He Ping, honourable mention, Director
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Int'l Photography Festival Held in Ancient City of Pingyao
Oct 29, 2015The 15th China Pingyao International Photography Festival opened Saturday with the theme of "Home and Dream" in the ancient city of Pingyao, North China's Shanxi province, Sept 19, 2015. The festival featured 483 exhibitions, showcasing ...
Tags: Photography Festival, Pingyao, photographers
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Jersey Stamps Bloom with Chinese Flower Connection
Oct 29, 2015The island of Jersey in the English Channel is famous for the rich and creamy milk of its cows, but the autonomous dependency of the British crown hopes to make itself known this month in China through stamps. Six stamps, drawn by artist ...
Tags: Stamps, Chinese Flower, milk
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US Students on Life in China: Challenging, But No Regrets
Oct 29, 2015In Matt McFetridge's words, his two-and-half year stint in China was the "time of his life". The American student, a native of the Finger Lakes region, New York, became fascinated by the ancient country after meeting his first Chinese ...
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New Measures to Ease Crowd Pressure in Forbidden City
Oct 29, 2015Hundreds of guests gather outside of the ticket office since the exhibition kicked off earlier this month, with a staff member from the Palace Museum leading each group into the exhibition hall. Starting from Saturday, each of the ...
Tags: Palace Museum, exhibition
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China Faces a Reading Crisis
Oct 29, 2015China is facing a reading crisis, with more than 50 percent of people surveyed believing their reading is far from enough, and only 20 percent satisfied with themselves. According to Xu Shengguo, head of the Chinese Academy of Press and ...
Tags: Reading Crisis, children, reading quantity
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China Academy of Art's Folk Art Museum Opens
Oct 29, 2015A folk art museum, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has opened in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province on Sept. 20. The China Academy of Art project is committed to conserving, revitalizing and regenerating ...
Tags: folk art museum, Chinese arts, crafts
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Hunan Cultural Season Lights up Sydney
Oct 29, 2015A special animation exhibition opened in Sydney China Cultural Center on Friday, kicking off a two-month long Hunan Cultural Season in Australia. Themed Fantastic Hunan, the exhibition showcases the latest products and creations of ...
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Celebrating The 15th Anniversary of 'meet in Beijing' Arts Festival
Oct 29, 2015In the last 15 years, since the launch of the "Meet in Beijing" Arts Festival, there have been more than ten thousand artists, coming from hundreds of different countries in the world, who have participated by presenting their talents at ...
Tags: "Meet in Beijing", Arts Festival, artists
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Egg-Carving LED Light Show Held in Shanxi
Oct 29, 2015Photo taken on Sept 20 shows how LED light passes through a carved egg at an egg-caving show by artist Kong Bin in Linfen, North China's Shanxi province. Artist Kong Bin carves an egg in Linfen, North China's Shanxi province, Sept 20, ...
Tags: LED light, Egg-Carving
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Mother Show
Oct 29, 2015Beijing International Art Biennale opens on Thursday, drawing artists from China and abroad. The exhibition Memory and Dream will highlight the sixth Beijing International Art Biennale that begins on Thursday. Among the country's top ...
Tags: Beijing International Art Biennale, paintings, sculptures
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Sotheby's Tempts Collectors of Ancient Chinese Art Again
Oct 29, 2015Buyers of ancient Chinese art will reappear in Sotheby's salesroom in Hong Kong next month. The last time Sotheby's auctioned classical ink art in the city was some 15 years ago. More than 50 lots of ink paintings and works of ...
Tags: ink art, auction, Ancient Chinese Art
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Braille-Publication Exchange Has Specific Goals
Oct 29, 2015Government officials, publishers and library professionals in the US and China gathered on Monday in Seattle to launch a joint exhibit on Chinese braille publications. They also shared ideas on how the government and community could ...
Tags: braille publications, Exchange, the blind
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China and UK to Deepen Cooperation on Radio, Film and TV
Oct 29, 2015Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong says that China and UK will further deepen cooperation in the field of radio, film and television, so as to enhance the mutual acknowledgement and friendship between the two peoples. Liu Yandong, who has ...
Tags: cooperation, radio, film, television
