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Han Meilin's Influence of Cultural Traditions

Jan 3, 2017

Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...

Tags: Fuwa, Han Meilin

China's Jilin Art Troupe Kicks off Culture Year

Jan 22, 2016

The sixth festival celebrating Chinese New Year was held on Jan 17 at the Bergara Theater in Viniar Delmar, a famous tourist destination in Chile. At the event, China's Jilin Art Troupe entertained audiences with ethnic dance, featuring ...

Tags: Jilin Art Troupe, China-Latin American Culture Year

Performances Launch Chinese New Year Celebrations

Jan 21, 2016

Chinese New Year celebrations in South Korea kicked off on Jun 17 in Seoul with a variety show. The event, themed Culture of China, Festival of Spring, featured Chinese ethnic charms such as dance, Peking opera, acrobatics, cross talk, ...

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Celebrating The Life of a Lama

Dec 11, 2015

Photo provided to China Daily A production by an ethnic music troupe, titled Tsangyang Gyatso, aims to shine the spotlight on a legendary spiritual leader. Chen Nan reports. The taste for romantic poems and love songs written by ...

Tags: Lama, Tibetan music, dance

Italians Appreciate Spring Festival as Way to Enhance Knowledge of Chinese Culture

Nov 3, 2015

Several events and celebrations have been planned in these days in Italy to mark the upcoming Chinese Year of the Goat. Through time, festivities for the Chinese New Year have become something Italians expect to take place in major cities ...

Tags: Spring Festival, Italians, Chinese Culture

Beijing Promotes Winter Olympics in Helsinki and Tallinn

Nov 3, 2015

A series of events for celebrating Chinese New Year and introducing Beijing's bid regarding 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Helsinki on February 18th. Yu Qingtai, China's ambassador to Finland; Jussi Pajunen, mayor of Helsinki; and Chen ...

Tags: Winter Olympics, photo exhibition, Performances

Migration of The Hani People to Yunnan Is Inspiration

Oct 28, 2015

After a successful debut at Honghe Grand Theater in Yunnan province, the music drama Muomaamei, which depicts the story of the Hani ethnic group's migration, will be staged in Beijing this weekend. The ethnic group is believed to have ...

Tags: music drama, Honghe Grand Theater, Hani ethnic group

Dancers Find Exhilaration in Feeling 'blue'

Oct 28, 2015

On 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

Chinese Art Troupe Presents Gala Performance in Albania

Oct 27, 2015

A Chinese gala performance presented by a visiting Chinese art troupe and Tirana University Confucius Institute was presented in Tirana on Saturday, bringing Chinese artistic shows to local audience. The artistic group from Changsha ...

Tags: Chinese art troupe, flutes, pipa, bamboo lutes

Western Dances Entering Chinese Fitness Routines

Aug 19, 2015

Western dances are increasingly slipping into Chinese fitness routines. Chen Nan gets a feel for the moves, once taboo in China. Belly dancing. Pole dancing. Salsa. Foreign dance styles are twirling into China with nimble steps, ...

Tags: Western dance, Latin dance

Tibetan Opera Attracts Both Young and Old

Aug 18, 2015

Holding a string of Buddhist prayer beads, 80-year-old Lhasa resident Doje sits in a park crooning in a crowd gathered for a performance of famous Tibetan opera Padma Obar. As the opera starts, the crowd falls silent in anticipation. ...

Tags: Tibetan Opera, cultural heritage

Shaman Dance Appeared on The Stage for The First Time

Jun 16, 2015

Aoluguya, a stage play about the life and culture of the Ewenki nationality, kicked off at the Hulun Buir Grand Theater recently. In the show, Shaman dance appeared on the stage for the first time, offering people a glimpse of the ancient ...

Tags: Shaman Dance, Aoluguya

An Exciting and Satisfying Form of Theater:Peking Opera

Jan 8, 2015

Peking Opera is an exciting and satisfying form of theater. As an art, it is well integrated, with story, singing, acting, gesture, costume, stagecraft, gymnastics and makeup all being very important. You couldn't get a job as a Peking ...

Tags: Peking Opera, Legend of White Snake

Belief in and Commemoration of Mazu

Oct 31, 2014

As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is at the centre of a host of beliefs and customs, including oral traditions, religious ceremonies and folk practices, throughout the country’s coastal areas. Mazu is believed ...

Tags: Mazu Belief, Mazu Customs

Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture

Mar 17, 2014

Even in this day and age Chinese Masks are used within two main elements of Chinese culture. The New Year masks which are worn by Chinese people to welcome the New Year throughout the world. And the Opera masks which are painted and drawn ...

Tags: New Year masks, opera masks, depict the moods and emotion

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