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Painting Exhibition Celebrates Tibetan Culture

Dec 16, 2015

"Blue Sky and Pure Land" is a painting exhibition celebrating the diversity and evolution of Tibetan cultural traditions. The exhibition comprises works by a dozen Han and Tibetan painters based on their observation of Tibetan areas and ...

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Taiwan Teen Actress Starts New Chapter with Cello

Dec 16, 2015

Most audiences on the Chinese mainland know Ouyang Nana as the teenage Taiwan actress who played the role of a high-school student in last year's romantic comedy Beijing Love Story. In the past year, the actress has gained more ...

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Buddha Statue Still Not Returned to China

Dec 16, 2015

After eight months of patient, indirect and difficult contact with the Dutch collector, the villagers of Yangchun in south-east China's Fujian province failed to get back the mummy Buddha statue of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in ...

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Nobel Winner's Hometown to Hold Tu Youyou Exhibition

Dec 16, 2015

Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou, 84, speaks during a symposium in Beijing in Oct 2015. A special exhibition on Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou will open this Saturday in Tu's hometown of Ningbo, Zhejiang province. It was announced on 6 ...

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2,000-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in NW China

Dec 16, 2015

An tomb dating back some 2,000 years has been found in Northwest China's Qinghai province, local authorities said Thursday. The tomb was discovered by a construction team on Nov 23 in a village of Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county, ...

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Chinese National Ballet to Stage Classic 'Giselle'

Dec 16, 2015

The National Ballet of China re-rehearsed "Giselle" in late 2014. [File photo] The French ballet classic "Giselle" will be staged by the National Ballet of China (NBC) at the National Center for the Performing Arts from Dec.4 to 6. The ...

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'Second Child'up for 2015 Chinese Character,Word Awards

Dec 16, 2015

A participant writes Chinese character "biang" during a Writing "Biang" event held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 13, 2014. Voting for The Chinese Character and Chinese Word of the Year 2015 launched on Nov ...

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Vanishing Traditional Weaving Revived in Tibet

Dec 16, 2015

Tsethang serge, considered the finest of all Tibetan traditional fabrics, has reemerged decades after disappearing from the market. Traditionally reserved for lords and high-ranking monks, Tsethang serge has been a symbol of status in ...

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Hutong Theaters Revive Beijing's Drama Scene

Dec 16, 2015

Located in Chaoshou Hutong, Star Theater boasts five small performance spaces in its courtyard complex, with total capacity of no more than 1,000. Some of the spaces have stages surrounded by seats, while others don't even have a ...

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Summit Explores Ways to Preserve Traditional Villages

Dec 16, 2015

Qiandongnan's Xijiang village, the country's largest ethnic Miao community. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY It is like taking a walk back in time. Women from the Dong ethnic group in the 800-year-old Huanggang village are dyeing shiny traditional ...

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Workshops Bring Earthy Mongolian Arts to Life

Dec 16, 2015

Unir sings while playing the morin khuur, or horse-head fiddle, during a performance. [Photo provided to China Daily] As his fingers run over the strings, we hear a thunderstorm and rain. When he whistles, you hear the wind. Horses run ...

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Tai Chi Forum Preparing to Kick off

Dec 16, 2015

Master Tian Qiumao is performing Chen-style tai chi. Dozens of Chinese tai chi masters recently demonstrated different schools onstage at a news conference for the World Tai Chi Forum in Beijing. The four-day forum will kick off on ...

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China Cultural Center in Fiji Inaugurated

Dec 16, 2015

The China Cultural Center in Fiji was jointly inaugurated by senior Chinese and Fijian officials on Dec 15, 2015. The China Cultural Center in Fiji was jointly inaugurated by senior Chinese and Fijian officials on Tuesday, taking cultural ...

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Nanjing Show Highlights Academies' Art

Dec 16, 2015

Chen Ping, head of the school of Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine arts. [Photo provided to China Daily] A painting exhibition featuring leading professors from Chinese arts academies is running at the Yang Mo Tang Art ...

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Much Ado About Bamboo

Dec 16, 2015

China's pavilion at the Milan Expo, featuring a floating bamboo roof, wins an eco-friendly award from the expo's organizers. Photos provided to China Daily Qingdao will get a reconstruction of a Chinese trade pavilion that made waves in ...

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