Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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Exquisite Ancient Chinese Glass Wares
Oct 28, 2015Glass, one of the oldest man-made materials, carries a history of more than 2000 years in China. The earliest glass ware in China was shaped as small ball, and was used only as a decoration on the sword of nobleman. Glass boomed in China ...
Tags: Glass Wares, ancient China, history
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Coins Issued to Mark 70th Anniversary of Wwii Victory
Oct 28, 2015People queued in front of a bank to obtain new commemorative coins in Beijing, Oct 12, 2015. A set of commemorative coins has been issued by People's Bank of China to mark the 70th anniversary of victory in the Chinese people's War of ...
Tags: Coins, 70th anniversary, Anti-Fascist War
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Lv Yitao to Direct 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala
Oct 28, 2015China Central Television has confirmed that director Lv Yitao will be the chief director of the 2016 Spring Festival Evening Gala. He is set to become the youngest chief director of the gala, ever. The annual Spring Festival Gala has ...
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The 4th Ethnic Groups Opera Show Kicks off in Beijing
Oct 28, 2015Starting from Monday, 15 operas that belongs to 11 ethnic groups of China will be shown during the 4th Chinese ethnic groups opera show. The event lasts till Oct. 26. Artists from Pengshui Miao-Tujia Autonomous County perform an opera of ...
Tags: The 4th Ethnic Groups Opera Show, traditional opera, Artists
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The 14th Asia Arts Festival Singles out Its Logo and Mascot
Oct 28, 2015The 14th Asia Arts Festival, which will formally kick off in November in Quanzhou, the largest city in southeastern Fujian province, unveiled its logo and mascot on Monday. Selected from 517 entries, the logo was co-designed by the Fine ...
Tags: The 14th Asia Arts Festiva, logo, mascot
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Actor Huang Bo Sings Theme Song of The Little Prince
Oct 28, 2015The upcoming animated film The Little Prince has released its Chinese theme song by actor Huang Bo, who's also the voice of the Aviator in the film. Besides Huang Bo, the voice cast also includes some 11 actors and actress such as Huang ...
Tags: The Little Prince, film, Huang Bo
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The 11th China International Gallery Exposition Kicks off
Oct 28, 2015With its allocation of free exhibition space to select galleries, the 11th China International Gallery Exposition in Beijing is championing contemporary art in general, and Chinese art in particular. With China being the second-largest art ...
Tags: China International Gallery Exposition, exhibition, Art
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Concert in Shanghai Features Mongolian Instruments
Oct 28, 2015A Shanghai shopping mall hosted an unusual outdoor concert over the weekend, with western cellos, as well as traditional Mongolian horse-head fiddles, the group "Mongolia Symptoms" provided shoppers with an avant-garde adventure. The ...
Tags: concert, Mongolian Instruments, music
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Enjoy Art of Van Gogh on Beijing Subway Train
Oct 28, 2015Passengers take a special train running on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway in Beijing on Monday. Featuring photos of Vincent van Gogh's famous paintings on the interior walls and floors of its carriages, the subway train made debut on October ...
Tags: Art, Van Gogh, paintings, Beijing Subway Train
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War Horse Reaches out to Audience with Backstage Fun
Oct 28, 2015Since its premiere at the National Theatre of China on Sep 4, the play War Horse has enjoyed popularity among local theatergoers. Many fans want to see Joey, "the horse", after watching the show, so the National Theater of China opens its ...
Tags: War Horse, National Theater, children
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Culture of Xinjiang Shines Through in Madrid
Oct 28, 2015Xinjiang Culture Week was staged at the Madrid China Cultural Center in the Spanish capital. With the theme "Charming China, Colorful Xinjiang", the occasion featured a series of events including a "Happy Xinjiang" performance, "Beautiful ...
Tags: Xinjiang Culture, Madrid, Dancers
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Dancers Find Exhilaration in Feeling 'blue'
Oct 28, 2015On a sleepless night in early spring of 2013, standing on the balcony of his New York apartment, choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung saw the sky begin to fill with a magical blue hue. For some 20 minutes, the sun was still below the horizon but ...
Tags: Dancers, Blue Hour, folk dancing
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Contemporary Music Feast in Store for Fans
Oct 28, 2015Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra will perform works by some of the most creative minds in contemporary Chinese music at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Beijing Music Festival. Commissioned by Hangzhou ...
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Chants of The Old
Oct 28, 2015When The Heaven & Earth Totem/China Beat concert opens on Oct 19 in Beijing's popular bar area of Sanlitun, the audience will experience something which is more like a shamanic ritual. "I hope our post-ancient rhythms can lead our ...
Tags: Liu Sola, musicians, classical music
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Palme D'or Winner Dheepan to Premiere in Beijing
Oct 28, 2015Dheepan, Palme d'Or winner at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will premiere at the Institut Français de Chine in Beijing on Friday. Directed by Frenchman Jacques Audiard, the film tells the story of three Tamil refugees who fled ...
Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Dheepan, movie
