GYPSY PAINTING EXHIBITION UNVEILS FESTIVAL OF HUNGARY

“Remembering Dreams in Color： Gypsy Painting Exhibition”, the opening event of Hungary Culture Festival in China, was held in Beijing from September 2 to 16 in Boyi Gallery in Beijing.[第一段]     

Liu Haisu： Founder of Fine Arts of Modern China

<正>Liu Haisu was born in 1896 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province of southeast China. He learned Western painting in Shanghai in 1909 and went back to teach painting in his hometown in the next year. In 1912, he founded a private fine arts school     

Rong Tie and His Paintings

Rong Tie was educated in the Central Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in calligraphy, in 1996, he began his postgraduate study in calligraphy at Capital Normal University. He studied in the “elite class” at China Institution of Arts Studies in 2002 and became a visiting scholar at Peking University in 2003. His titles include: National First-Class Artist, academician of the China Artists Association, deputy secretarygeneral of the Traveling and Friendship Center of the China Artist Association,     

China Children’s Art Theatec

CHINA Chilren’s Art Thea-ter,located just off Wangfuj-ing Street in downtown Bei-jing,is the only state-level children’sart palace in China.It was built in1956.Kalimeris Flower,the first play toopen the theater,set a record for thelongest run in cnildren’s theater andbecame a milestone in the historyof moden children’s drama in newChina.Kalimeris Flower is a movingfairy tale of a boy living in the     

A Journey into Tropical Villages of Dai People

Nujiang River, rising in the Tanggula Mountains in west China, stretches southeast through Yunnan Province. Known as Salween River in its lower course, it flows into Myanmar in Dehong, a Chinese prefecture dwelled by Dai people, and finally joins the Indian Ocean in Myanmar.[第一段]     

MIAO PEOPLE CELEBRATES NEW YEAR BY OFFERING SACRIFICE TO TREES

Miao people is an ethnic group with a long history and mainly dwell in Asian countries like China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. China is the birthplace of Miao ethnic group. They originally dwelled in north China but later moved to the depth of mountains in southwest China in order to escape wars. Today Miao people are mostly distributed in mountainous areas in Hunan,     

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Xu Bing’s "The Phoenix Project" to Be Displayed in USA Xu Bing’s "The Phoenix Project" will be premiered in MASS MoCA in USA in the end of coming November. The project consists of two large-scale installations, which was on temporary short view in Today Art Museum in Beijing and     

JACQUES CHIRAC： FIRST FOREIGNER TO VISIT TERRA-COTTA WARRIORS

Terra-cotta warriors in the Mausoleum of First Emperor were first discovered in 1979. Thanks to hard work and successful excavation by archeologists, a magnificent museum was built in the site and opened to public in 1979. The mausoleum and warriors have been hailed as one of the greatest archeological findings in the 20th century and the site was included in the World Cultural Heritage list in 1987.[第一段]     

Beautiful Temples in Taiwan

<正>Chung Tai Buddhist Temple in Nantou County Chung Tai Buddhist Temple,located in Nantou County in central Taiwan,is the largest temple in Southeast Asia.Admir...     

Creative Industries in Shanghai

From “Made in Shanghai” to “Created in Shanghai” Creative industries have been given priority in strategies to upgrade national images and economic strength in many countries nowadays. China is no exception in this new surge of industrial restructuring. In particular, creative industry clusters have continued to be founded in Shanghai, turning it from a manufacturing city to a creative city. Since the first 18 creative industry clusters were officially named in April 2005, Shanghai now has 75 city-level clusters of creative industries.     

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Nanjing Cloud Brocade Displayed in Germany The Exhibition on Nanjing Cloud Brocades opened in the China Garden in Luisen Park in Mannheim, Germany. Luisen Park is generally recognized as one of the most beautiful parks in Germany. In 2001, China Garden was completed and opened to public in this park, symbolizing the twin-sister city relationship between Zheniiang, Jiangsu Province of China and Mannheim, Germany, The exhibition displays masterpieces of Nanjing cloud brocade,     

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and Korean Chuseok Festival

The word ＂mid-autumn＂ first appeared in the Rites of the Zhou in which it is suggested that digestible diets are recommended in the month of mid-outumn, It was a tradition in anc ent China that emperors offered sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn, Sacrifices to the moon Were offered on the 15th of the 8th lunar month and thus Was called ＂mid,autumn festivor＂.     

Filming the Margin of Society——Chengdu through the lens of independent filmmaker Chen Zhong

Regarded as the first independent filmmaker in Sichuan, Chen Zhong madeh is debut movie “Love Poems“ in his hometown, soon after receiving his MFA on film from Temple University in the United States. The love story, set in Chengdu, perfectly captures the lifestyle of urban poor in the margins of Chinese society.     

Let＇s Go and See the Outside World!

Two decades ago, traveling abroad was just a dream for most of Chinese people; only those with relatives living abroad could go abroad in the name of ＂visiting relatives＂. In 1988, Thailand became China＇ first outbound travel destination. Now, Chinese travelers appear at every corner of the world, wherever in Champs-Elysees in Paris, Colosseum in Rome, Pyramids in Egypt or the snow mountain in Swiss. I still recall that I was often asked if I were Japanese when I traveled abroad a dozen of years ago. But now even handsome boys sailing Gondola in Venice can greet me with ＂Ni Hao＂ （Hello in Chinese）.     

Campus Gyms Offer New Optio ins for Public Body Building

It was 5 pm on Friday and a niceweekend came again,Mr.Gao changedhis sports suit in his office in thedowntown area and headed forQinghua University in the northernsuburb.Gao,graduating from collegelast June,arranged wth his formerclassmates to swim and playbadminton in the gym in Qinghua.Gaocares about his health very much andtakes physical exercises on a regularbasis.He often plays billiards and goesswimming with his colleagues afterwork in a gym near his office.     

AGLIMPSE OF CHINESE MURALPAINTING

Mural painting enjoys a long history in China and numerous mural masterpieces .have been left over from ancient times.For example, Mogao Grotto Temples in Dunhuang house 492 caves with some 45000 square meters of mural painting. First built in 366 AD, Mogao Grotto Temples are the best-preserved grotto groups with the largest number of mural paintings in the world. In addition, there are more than 25,000 square meters of mural painting preserved in temples and tomb chambers in Shanxi Province. And mural paintings in Yongle Palace in Ruicheng, Shanxi and Fahai Temple in Beijing are considered classical masterpieces of Chinese mural art. The art of porcelain, lacquer, silk, cast copper, painted stone and brick in ancient China all have contributed to the diversity and excellence of mural painting skills. Since the 1970s, this art form has gained growing vitality, with a diversity of genres developed.[第一段]     

Let’s Go and See the Outside World!

Two decades ago, traveling abroadwas just a dream for most of Chinesepeople; only those with relatives livingabroad could go abroad in the name of“visiting relatives”. In 1988, Thailandbecame China’ first outbound traveldestination. Now, Chinese travelersappear at every corner of the world,wherever in Champs-Elysees in Paris,Colosseum in Rome, Pyramids in Egyptor the snow mountain in Swiss. I stillrecall that I was often asked if I wereJapanese when I traveled abroad a dozenof years a…     

Architecture through Movies

Architectures appear in almost all movies, at least those with human activities. Even in the movie Robinson Crusoe featuring an oceanic adventure in a desert island, the hero set up a shelter to keep himself away from wind and rain. Many directors highlight architectures in their movies and Zhang Yimou is a celebrated representative. In Raise the Red Lantern, the renowned Chinese director set the story in the Qiao Family Compound, a typical Chinese-style courtyard compound in Shanxi Prov…     

Stone Buildings in Guizhou Plateau

Inhabitants in Guizhou, in particular, local Buyi and Yilao people, dwell in stone buildings, as the region is a mountainous area full of rocks. Houses of Buyi people are diverse in styles and shapes, They are built at riverside, onmountain slopes or in caves. Building materials used also vary, including stone slates, thatches, rammed earth and wood and bamboo. Traditional houses in Guizhou Plateau usually have stone foundations and wooden or bamboo structures, which are cost-saving and look beautiful and elegant, Most stilted houses of Buyi people have stone steps in the front side, The ground floor is made of thick stone.     

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Chinese Version of Peer Gynt Premiered in Sydney Chinese TV stars Sun Haiying and Lu Liping returned to the stage, after 20 years, with lead roles in Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, as the first drama program for the Year of Chinese Culture in Australia. The five-act play written in verse and set in the late 19th century, is about an impoverished