A new museum under construction at the Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, will review the basic art education at school over the past 120 years.[Photo provided to China Daily] A museum to give a review of the art education in the country is due to be constructed at the end o...
Jaap van Zweden will conduct the New York Philharmonic in two concerts at the MISA festival. CHINA DAILY Shanghai will host some big-name artists from all over the world at an upcoming music festival, with the premiere of new compositions and arrangements. Music in the Summer Air, or MISA, is a ...
It is a memory that will forever be etched in my mind. To the accompaniment of pulsating music amid a sea of color and movement, the global audience looked on in awe as China greeted the world at the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing with the welcoming and touching Confucian proverb, "Frie...
Shi Feng inspects the consistency of the fermented sorghum mash at a workshop of the Yellow Crane Tower Distillery in Wuhan, Hubei, on May 16.[Photo by Gao PengboFor China Daily] Shi Feng, a determined female distiller, challenges gender norms by mastering the craft of distillation and pro...
Students and teachers from the US explore Beijing on Wednesday during the two-week Chinese Bridge Flying Tigers Summer Camp. [Photo provided to China Daily] A unique summer camp program launched in Beijing this week aims to foster cultural exchange and historical understanding between youth fr...
Tourists from the Mein Schiff 5 cruise ship enjoy their visit to Shanghai on April 6. Visitors from European countries including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are allowed visa-free entry.CHEN AIPINGXINHUA Last month, senior tour operator Iain Bell traveled from the United Kingdom to China ...
Guo Qinliang, a farmer in Linquan county, Anhui province, irrigates his newly planted corn on Friday.ZHU LIXINCHINA DAILY As the temperature gauge hit 38 C in Linquan county, Anhui province, on Friday afternoon, farmer Guo Qinliang was more worried about his crops than the scorching heat. "I ...
An untitled painting by artist Alexander Basil [Photo courtesy of the artist and X Museum] A recent trip to the X Museum in Beijing, where two solos of Chinese artist Xing Wanli and German artist Alexander Basil are underway, provides visitors an experience seesawing between disarray and o...
A morin khuur created by Ulji features traditional patterns.[Photo by Ding GenhouFor China Daily] Nestled in the southwestern expanse of Ordos city in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region lies the Uxin Banner — a vast territory spanning approximately 11,600 square kilometers with a m...
Shen Guoxing, the sixth successor of Lao Feng Xiang's gold and silver craftsmanship, creates a gold wine cup. GAO ERQIANGCHINA DAILY Shen Guoxing is the sixth generation of Shanghai jewelry company Lao Feng Xiang to carry on its gold-and silver-processing craft, and has spent more than half hi...
A mechanical claw deftly picks up samples of underwater artifacts during an archaeological expedition in the South China Sea.[Photo provided to China Daily] Teams utilize state-of-the-art technology to examine and study underwater archaeological findings to bring them to the public, Chen Bowen...
Speaking of China's cultural heritage, the first thing that comes to your mind may be the Great Wall. Well, another great project is the Grand Canal. How long is it? What's its role in China's development both in ancient and modern times? Check out the video to find out.
Visitors chat at a rural bookstore at Weichang Manchu and Mongolian autonomous county in Hebei province in early June.[PhotoXinhua] XI'AN — Jiao Meining, 47, took a particular liking to a picture book titledThat Book Woman, based on the true story of female librarians traversing mountains to d...
The Shanghai Textiles Museum's ongoing exhibition Splendid Mamianqun.[Photo provided to China Daily] Mamianqun becomes trendy among younger generations as modern iterations reflect self-expression, Wang Xin reports. The mamianqun, translated as the "horse-face skirt", is a type of traditio...
Players receive their medals at an award ceremony after a soccer game at a village in the city of Parakou, Benin, on May 25. LI YAHUIXINHUA A Chinese company operating in Africa has brought the spirit of China's hugely popular Village Super League to the continent by building a community socce...