Zhang Yimou Makes First Foray into Peking Opera“Allegiance under Heaven” debuts at the NationalCenter for the Performing Arts

Peking Opera Alleglan under Heaven is adapted from a story about a Chinese states- man＇s filial piety in the Spring and Autumn Period （770 BC - 476 BC）. The inspiration/or this on-stage performance comes from the Chinese classic Spring and Autumn Annals. It narrates the story that Lord Zheng throws away the past resentment and becomes reconciled to his moth- er, underlining the importance of ties of blood and affection and calling for social conscience and humanity. Its premiere has special and realistic implications, especially in the Chinese soci- ety today in which money worship is gaining the upper hand over traditional morality.     

A Bridge Across the Oceans——An Interview with the Beijing CPAA Cultural Entertainment Company

AWRITER once comparedSino-foreign cultural ex- changes to a lengthybridge across the oceans of theworld.The Beijing CPAA Cultur- al Entertainment Company,esta- blished in the spring of this year,undoubtedly comes to many peo- ple’s minds when contemplatingthis remark.The Beijing CPAA Cultural En- tertainment Company is a subsidi- ary of the China Performing ArtsAgency,directly under the Ministryof Culture.It is a self-managed statefirm specializing in international ex-     

Georges Braque-Father of Cubism’s First Exhibition in China

正When it comes to Cubism, one thinks of Picasso. But he was not the only founding father of Cubism. Georges Braque was the other equally important one. Georges ...     

Celadon of Yue Kiln

正Celadon of Yue Kiln comes from the famous ancient Chinese Yue kiln in Southern China. The earliest porcelain was successfully made in this very kiln in the Eas...     

Ancient Tea Mountains in Xishuangbanna

Pu＇er tea became famous as early as in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Famous tea mountains producing Pu＇er tea are Ioacated in Xishuangbanna, a subtropical area in the southern part of Yunnan Province, including Yiwu, Yibang, Jinuo, Gedeng, Manzhuan and Mansa. The tea produced from these six tea plantations have been widely drunk by herdsmen living in plateau areas in Tibet, Qinghai and Mongolia since the Tang Dynasty. For example, the butter tea popular among Tibetan people is made with tea bricks or cakes processed from tea leaves growing in Yunnan. And the reads for the transport of tea by horse caravans are well known as ＂ancient tea routes＂.     

A Photographic Review of Tian’anmen Square

Tian’anmen Square is a landmark symbolizing the spirit of Chinese people and witnessing their pursuit of self-reliance and national independence. It carries the collective memory of Chinese people and records the history of the People’s Republic of China. In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, the Capital Museum has recently launched the exhibition "100 Years of Tian’anmen Square: a     

Wuyutai＇s Retail Outlet Deals Honestly with Customers

Wang Xiaoqing and Bai Qiuxia are the couple who were born and grew up at the bank of Chaobai Riv- er in the eastern suburb of Beijing. In 1987, Wang was demobilized from the army and decided to start business in Shunyi, a suburban district of Beijing. In 1989, he got married with Bai who were born from the same place as him. The couple opened a grocery store and always dealt with customers honestly. After eight years of hard work, the couple had accumulated cer- tain savings and tried to further plan their business.     

Get It Louder： China＇s Most Influential and Closely-Watched Exhibition of Emerging Young Talents

Launched in 2005, Get It Loud- er Exhibition is the Chinese most influential and closely-watched exhibition of emerging young talents across creative disciplines. Following the 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012 sessions, the multi-venue event this year brings together nearly one hundred the most promising Chinese and international participants from nine different fields.     

ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING,THE LUXURY IN CHINANET GER 07-08Fur ＆ Lenther Fashion Show

At the night of September 19, 2007, the entire Beijing City was lit by the ＂stars＂ of the .international exhibition of top luxuries - TOPESSENCE. That was the first time that the real international top luxury brands occured in Beijing, such as NE＇TIGER, Hennessy, Christofle and Porsche, showing their luxurious aspects. The most important section was ＂The Charity Night for the Excellent Luxuries - the Grand Passion and Ceremony.＂ Many top luxury brands presented the gratefulness and fraternity under the cover of luxury. As the leader in the Chinese luxury industry, NE.TIGER showed the visitors the grace of Chinese luxury with its marvelous fashion show of 07-08 fur ＆ leather collection as No. 1 luxury brand of China.[第一段]     

Ancient Chinese Instrument Sheng and Yu

Among ancient Chinese music instruments, sheng and yu are both wind instruments consisting essentially of vertical tubes. They were different only in form-Yu is bigger and longer than sheng. Yu gradually evolved to appear very similar looking to sheng and thus few modern people have ever heard of yu. But records of yu can be found in many ancient documents. For instance, the Chinese idiom “be there just to make up the number““ comes from a Warring-State Period story about a yu ensemble.     

Zhang Lanlan: Devoting Youthful Years to Tea Industry

For a tea company, staff mem- bers of its purchase depart- ment are absolutely the busiestwhen spring tea comes to season. They travel from one tea plantation to another, purchasing fresh tea and managing quality control. Ms. Zhang Lanlan, purchasing manager of Bei- jing Wuyutai Co., Ltd., showed me a list of green tea that Wuyutai would purchase for its Beijing shops in the spring season, when she shared with me her experience and channels for tea purchase.     

Frankie and His Wine Club

In a newly-opened wine shop in Beijing, the manager was recommending to me a new fype of wine and said, ＂Frankie Favors this one.＂ Who was Frankie？ Did the manager assert that all wine connoisseurs should know about Frankie？     

PORCELAIN HOUSE：A Distinguished Museum

When we think about the city Tianjin, the ideas immediately striking our minds are commonly ＂Go Believe＂ restaurant,cross-talking art and the European style buildings which lie along the city streets. Tianjin, once as the semi-colonial dominion of France, USA, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia, is now becoming a ＂World City Museum＂. There then comes one guy, Zhang Lianzhi, who was a local citizen spending 7 years building up a splendid porcelain house showing off non-surpassing emittance among all alien constructions in the downtown area of Tianjin.     

THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF CHINA CONTEMPORARY ART

A 36-person delegation from the US President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanity paid an official visit to China from June 5 to 13 at the invitation of Chinese Cultural Ministry. On June 10, the delegation attended a seminar on the cultural identity of Chinese contemporary art chaired by Director Fan Di’an in the National Art Museum of China.     

Euro-Asia Economic Forum Highlights Public Cultural Service

Public cultural ser vice has gained increasing attention worldwide in recent years. It has become ever y government’s top priority to build a well-developed public cultural service system, provide diverse cultural products and promote cultural consumption by the public. In one-day disccusions of the Cultural Session, participants shared each other’s experience in public cultural service, in particular, concepts and practices of Xi’an City. Participants reached a consensus of increasing exchanges and cooperation in the sector of public culture in the future.     

Reform of China’s Cultural Undertakings

CHINA’S reform of culturalundertakings started in 1979,when the Communist Partyof China(CPC)proposed a generalreform and opening to the outsideworld and began China’s economicrestructuring.The key and difficultreform was in the operation of per-forming troupes.The reform under-went four stages.     

Art Information

Viewers’ Experience Areas Installed in the National Museum of China On September 3, six white-egg structures were installed in the National Museum of China, as visitors’ experience areas. Located on the second floor, visitors’ experience areas covers 1,500 square meters and provide over ten different types of experience and interaction activities in fine arts, drama, music,     

Qianling Mausoleum

The Qianling Mausoleum is located on Mount Liang, six kilometers west to the town of Qianling County, Shaanxi Province and near the city of Xi’an, formerly the Tang capital. This spectacular tomb complex is the best preserved and has never been looted among all the 18 tombs housing the remains of emperors of the Tang Dynasty. The Qianling Mausoleum is now protected as a key site under the state-level conservation.Mount Liang, 76 kilometers west to Xi’an, is a limestone structure. In ancient times, it was a strategically important place where Qin Dynasty     

Luxian＇s Dragon-shaped Bridges： Valuable Historic Legacies

The dragon is a Chinese totem symbolizing the emperor’s supreme power and the court’s dignity in ancient China. Dragon-related culture and traditions were also widely manifested in various dimensions of the Chinese society. Between 1368 and 1398, a great number of dragon-shaped bridges     

The Temple of the Deity of Wealth

<正>Louguantai, located at the foot of Mt. Zhongnan in Zhouzhi County in the suburb of Xi’an, is said to be the hometown of Zhao Gongming, the Taoist deity of we...