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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 ...

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Shanghai 'Big World' Stage Entertainment Landmark Set to Reopen Next Year After Decade-Long Closure

Dec 18, 2015

[Photo/Shanghai Daily] Shanghai's once most popular stage entertainment landmark, the Shanghai Dashijie, in Huangpu District will be reopened late next year to continue to display the city's cultural heritages after being closed for ...

Tags: Intangible Cultural Heritage, Shanghai'Big World'

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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Peking Opera Gets a New Look

Dec 15, 2015

Lots of Peking Opera characters like, from left, Sun Yujiao, Bao Zheng and Yang Yuhuan appear in the new animated movies. [Photo/Shanghai Daily] The Shanghai Institute of Visual Art has made 25 animated movies in a Chinese ink style about ...

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Peking Opera by The Book

Nov 26, 2015

Performances of Peking Opera, which originated in the mid-19th century, are still popular among Chinese audiences. [Photo provided to China Daily] Early last year, when Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, suggested establishing a ...

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Veteran Reinvents Classic Tale

Nov 26, 2015

Li Weikang, one of the country's most famous Peking Opera performers, wants to use her experience to keep the traditional theater form fresh. [Photos provided to China Daily] Like many ancient art forms in China, Peking Opera is ...

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Peking Opera Returns to The United Kingdom After a Decade

Nov 25, 2015

Liverpool City Councilor Gary Millar (center) takes a photo with leading performers Li Shengsu (left) and Yu Kuizhi of The Warrior Women of Yang in Liverpool on Nov 13. [Photo provided to China Daily] With star performers, lavish ...

Tags: Peking Opera, United Kingdom

And Lyrical Flow The Classical Notes

Oct 29, 2015

No matter what soothes your soul, the classic or beyond the mainstream, come and be spoiled for choice at the Beijing Music Festival, says Chen Jie. For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground ...

Tags: Beijing Music Festival, concert

The 18th BMF Opens with 'when East Meets West' Concert

Oct 28, 2015

Opening night of the 18th Beijing Music Festival (BMF) took place at Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Thursday with a concert under the baton of noted Chinese conductor Yu Long who stands as the founder and art director of BMF. ...

Tags: The 18th BMF, Yu Long, West'Concert

Festival Gift for Wagner Fans in China

Oct 28, 2015

Erl is a small village in the northern part of Tyrol, Austria, which is more renowned for its cows than for double bass. But every summer, opera lovers - especially fans of the German composer Richard Wagner - from all over the world flock ...

Tags: Wagner, festival, Music

Traditional Art Form Gets New Lease of Life

Oct 28, 2015

It's around 8 pm. The streets are quiet. For most of Heze, a city in East China's Shandong province, which has a population of around 8 million and is known as the main center for the cultivation of the national flower peony, it is the end ...

Tags: Traditional Art, Chinese folk operas, cultural activity center

The 4th Ethnic Groups Opera Show Kicks off in Beijing

Oct 28, 2015

Starting 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

Art Fest Hopes to Reach Audience of 4 Million

Oct 28, 2015

Shanghai's efforts to bring art to the people are paying off, as more than 4 million people are expected to participate in the ongoing China Shanghai International Arts Festival. The 17th annual festival runs through Nov 16, with 46 ...

Tags: Art Fest, Theater performances, Art Space

Bank Sees Value in Arts Sponsorship

Oct 28, 2015

Famed pianist Zhu Xiaomei gives a recital during the Beijing Music Festival and she plays one of Bach's major works, Goldberg Variations. An annual musical event not to be missed took place at Wangfujing Church on Oct 13. Since 2006, the ...

Tags: Bank, Arts Sponsorship, music activities

Spanish Tenor Raises Pitch for China Concerts

Oct 27, 2015

Sergi Carreras has recently fulfilled his longtime dream to perform in China. Sergi Carreras recalls his uncle, Jose Carreras, returning to Barcelona from his first visit to China in 1998 after attending the debut edition of the Beijing ...

Tags: Spanish tenor, classical music, Chinese culture

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