China's West Lake Added to World Heritage List

<正>The World Heritage Committee inscribed the West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou in southeast China on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. According to ICOMOS’s...     

Wuyutai Tea Store in Liaocheng

<正>The successful operation of Wuyutai’s tea stores in Liaocheng, Shandong Province is owed to the century-old brand’s pursuit of perfection in quality and serv...     

Famille Rose Porcelain by “Eight Friends of Zhushan”

<正>In dynastic China, Jingdezhen’s porcelain was produced in imperial kilns or private kilns. The empire’s best artisans and painters were recruited to work in imperial     

Beijing Holds Its First Ever International Film Festival

<正>106years ago,China’s first film"Dingjun Mountain"was produced in Beijing.Over the past century,as China’s political and culturalcenter,Beijing has establishe...     

Ten Most Important Painting Masterpieces of Ancient China（I）

<正>In the world history of art,master artists of the Western world have left over numerous masterpieces,such as Leonardo de Vinci’s "Mona Lisa",Raphael’s "Madon...     

Dong Xiaoming's Ink Art Displayed in Germany

<正>The exhibition"Lotus Pond:Dong Xiaoming’s Composite Ink Art"opened at Kunsthaus Hamburg,the city’s national art museum,in Hamburg,Germany on April11,2011.Chi...     

Hideo Mori： Illusions of Life and Concerns of Humanity

<正>The exhibition "Illusive Sky: Hideo Mori’s Painting Works" will be held in the National Art Museum of China in the spring of 2010. This exhibition aims to review the artist’s painting practices since 1970, in particular, his     

All the Tea in China...

TEA, coffee and cocoa com-prise three major beveragesin the world.Altogether 56countries grow tea and about 2 bil-lion people drink it.Although differ-ent countries have cultivated differ-ent tea cultures,including Japan’s teaceremony,Russia’s milk tea art andBritain’s afternoon tea service,theyare all closely linked to China’s longhistory and culture.     

Cooperation and Development：2011China Forum for Top 100 Travel Agencies Held in Xi＇an

<正>The 2011 China Forum for Top 100 Travel Agencies was held in the Tang Paradise’s Imperial Banquet Palace in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province from April 14 to 17, 2011...     

What I Want is a Sense of Distance——An Interview with Contemporary Artist Yin Qi

<正>Dogs’ faces, bottles, sofa and fish, they are all ordinary daily objects that are easy to identify. In Yin Qi’s paintings,however, they divorce from the cogn...     

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China’s First Law on Intangible Cultural Heritage Adopted On February 25,2011,China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee adopted a law on intangible cultural heritage(ICH) designed to preserve traditions considered to have historic,literary,     

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CoLLECTIoN & AUCTIoN Li Keran’s painting sets a record high auction price “Mountains Permeated with Maple Red”by renowned Chinese painter Li Keran was sold at HK$35,040,000 at Christie’sHong Kong, setting a record high auctionprice for painting works in the world. The painting work was created between 1962 and 1964, based on a famous verseline from Chairman Mao Zedong’s poem“Qinyuanchun (Changshan)”. 1     

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Animated Image of Confucius Unveiled in New York’s Times Square The animated portrait of Chinese ancient sage Confucius debutted in New York’s Times Square on October 1, delivering the Chinese culture     

Lost Memory: Library Collection of Tsinghua University Destroyed in Japanese Invasions

<正>Tsinghua University Library was established in 1911. Thanks to sufficient funding and support by the university’s leadership, the library significantly enric...     

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     

Beijing's West District Library Enhances International Cooperation

<正>The West District Library of Beijing is China’s first county/district-level public library granted with the member status of the International Federation of ...     

Wuyutai Ready to Open Its Flagship Restaurant in Hong Kong

<正>Wuyutai’s partnership with Hong Kong began four years ago when it signed a contract with a celebrated Hong Kong-based design company at the Beijing-HongKong ...     

Guzang Festival of Miao Ethnic Group

<正>Guzang Festival is one of the most ancient festivals celebrated by Miao ethnic group in southwest China’s Guizhou province.Different villages host the festiv...     

A Fruitful Year with a Successful Performance Season

<正>China’s National Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its third anniversary The year 2010 marked the third anniversary of the National Center for the Pe...