Revamped Street Recreates the Past of Beijing

Qianmen Street is the most historical street in the ancient capital of Beijing, surviving the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all the way to the contemporary area. Located in the city＇s axis line, it is know as the ＂Heavenly Street＂ or ＂Golden Street＂ in history,     

Innovation Brings New Life to Time-honored Brand

Qianmen Street was the most vibrant shopping and entertainment district in old times Beijing. Today, many time-honored brands still run business here, among which Wuyutai, a century-old tea brand, is an exemplar company. Its innovative store ＂Oriental Yutai＂, located at the west end of Qianmen Street, attracts hundreds of customers and tourists every day.     

Tianjin＇s Spring Festival Traditions Hog Global Spotlight

The city of Tianjin, with its history dating back to 600 years, sees a variety of folk arts and traditions. In recent years, tremendous efforts have been made by the government and private organizations alike to restore and revitalize those valuable folldores, such as revamping the Curio Street, building museums on folk arts and traditions, rebuilding the Drum Tower and more. Now during the Spring Festival （Chinese lunar New Year）, the May First seven-day break and the National Day holiday, showcases of time-honored traditions and folk arts, such as diabolo spinning, sugar painting making, flour doll maMng and tea soup shows, are presented in the Curio Street and the Drum Tower shopping street to attract tourists from home and abroad. The Curio Street is also classified as four-star national-level tourist destination. According to incomplete statistics, during the 2007 Spring Festival, the city of Tianjin received dozens of tourist groups from the US, Germany, France, lapan and more.[第一段]     

National Library of China

The forerunner of the National Library of China was the Capital Library, built in 1909 in the Guanghua Temple. It was later moved to Wenjin Street and became what was then the largest and most modern library in the country. Over the years a number of prominent scholars served as its     

YANG FENGCHEN： AN AMBITIOUS SCULPTOR

At the opening ceremony of the First National Exhibition on Professional Sculptors taking place in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,an old man with white hair and ruddy complexion drew special attention ot the aucllence. He was lang tel,gone,,, w, idl,H,,＊,, ,,~ .a..,~l, Sculpture Society. Yang was born of a famous family. His father, Yang Yingfeng devoted his lifetime to sculpting and is respected as the most prominent figure among the sculpture circle of Taiwan. Yang＇s exhibit at this exhibition, ＂Destiny Reverted＂, reinterprets the ancient Chinese philosophy and wisdom which emphasize on interaction between muscularity and feminism, the negative and the positive, and ceaseless vitality. ＂During mycreation process, I found with excitement that sculptures speak, epitomizing ideas, literature and even philosophy,＂ Yang explained with enthusiasm.[第一段]     

Conflict and Integration:A French's Life in China

West Street is the oldest in Yangshuo, a small town in Guilin, with towering karst peaks and surrounded by Li River. In this less- than-one-kilometer street, there are more than 100 cafes, bars, restaurants and hotels, all with both Chinese and English or French ads. Called "a foreigner street", West Street attracts tens of thousands of foreign tourists every year. Le De (happy), a French-styled restaurant, and Hong Fu (Big Fortune), a Chinese-styled hotel, are the most splendid     

Ancient Buddhist Sculpture Embodies Chinese and Tibetan Wisdom

On the occasion of the International Museum Day on May 18, the Ten Best Museum Exhibitions of the Year were released, a competition sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China and co-organized by Chinae Museum Association, Xi＇an Municipality and China Heritage News. The exhibition ＂Buddhist Sculpture Masterpieces of Ancient China＂ by the Capital Museum in Beijing won the ＂Best Production ＂ award.     

Conflict and Integration： A French＇s Life in China

West Street is the oldest in Yangshuo, a small town in Guilin, with towering karst peaks and surrounded by Li River. In this lessthan-one-kilometer street, there are more than 100 cafes, bars, restaurants and hotels, all with both Chinese and English or French ads. Called ＂a foreigner street＂, West Street attracts tens of thousands of foreign tourists every year. Le De （happy）, a French-styled restaurant, and Hong Fu （Big Fortune）, a Chinese-styled hotel, are the most splendid restaurant ＆ hotel in the street, which is situated in an old guild hall with the history of some 200 years and run by French twin brothers whose Chinese names are Wen Shuanefu and Wen Shuanelu.     

Life

In the hurly-burly of Jiqing Street,Lai Shuangyang, a pretty-looking,capable young woman, runs aprosperous restaurant named Jiu Jiu,meaning “everlasting” in Chinese. Sheis the backbone of her family. Hermother dies when she is young; hisfather gets married again and livesalone. It is she who has brought up     

Craftsman Breathes Life into Fishbones

The first time I went to Fan Da‘s house, I was amazed by the varieties of animals and insects on his bookshelves. Actually, they are not real critters, but fishbone sculptures created by the one-of-a-kind artist over the past decade or so.     

A Life of Red Sandalwood

If you drive along the Chang＇an Avenue eastward in Beijing and pass through skyscrapers in CBD, you will soon encounter a complex of ancient buildings of Ming and Qing styles - China Red Sandalwood Museum. Behind the immense door lies an ancient art palace. This is the world＇s largest museum of red sandalwood architectures and carvings and also the only private museum in China that has ＂China＂ in its name, which receives the most heads of states and foreign government officials.     

Traditional Art of Hawking Reappears in Tianjin

On October 1, a temple fair showcasing the traditional art of hawking took place in Traditional Culture Street of Tianjin. Vendors hawking cigarettes, tea syrup candies, goldfish, knife and scissor grinding and newspapers attracted many passers-by. Tianjin used to be a transportation hub of north China, which developed a unique folk culture featuring vendors hawking. In addition, its rickshaws, sweet painting, flour sculpture, all add to the traditional charm of the city which has a history …     

Communication Through Sculpture —Second China Sculpture Art Festival Held in Hui＇an

The Second China Sculpture Art Festival, held in Hui‘an of Fujian province from Aug. 22 through Sept. 1, 2002, focused on the theme of ““““““““““““““““traditional art and modern experimentation““““““““““““““““ to help bridge the vast differences between China‘s past and present artistic expressions.     

Chinese Sculpture as Public Art

Chinese arts have undergone tremendous changes thanks to the fast-growing modernization and urbanization process in China. One of the monumental changes is the emergence of “public art”, most notably, urban sculpture. This art is increasingly related to modern urban planning, architecture, and community building.     

WUYUTAI＇S TEA CUISINE

Guijie Street, a famous restaurant street in the downtown of Beijing, bustles in the evening with noise and excitement, with red lanterns hanging high as restaurant signage. Tasty duck neck, spicy little shrimps and tantalizing hot pots, all will make passers-by stop for an evening feast.     

Master Embroiderers Dedicated to Solitary Pursuit of Art

Hefang Street in Hangzhou, capital city of southeast Zhejiang Province, is full of hustle and bustle, with a multitude of shops and crowds of visitors. Walk around the street corner and you will get to a quiet alley named ＂Anrong Alley＂ where Chen Shuiqin＇s embroidery studio is based. In this two-storey building, I met Ms. Chen and her disciples Yu Zhiyin and Jin Jiahong. They were embroidering on cloth attentively. The small studio was almost occupied by embroidery screens. On the window side is a row of wooden embroidery frames. Several girls coming to learn embroidery skills from different places around the country were busy with their works.     

Sydney Fascinated by Chinese New Year Parade

Every year Sydney celebrates Chinese New Year, the most spectacular event outside Asia. The 2008 celebration lasted three weeks, attracting nearly one million visitors. On the morning of February 10, nearly 100,000 local residents and foreign tourists crowded along George Street in the downtown of Sydney, waiting with eagerness for the grand parade by performers from the northwest province of Shaanxi, China. Yang Zhangying, a 71 -year-old lady who emigrated from Shanghai more than ten years ago, dressed in a red mandarin gown, arrived at the City Hall in the early morning. She said with excitement, ＂I wear this dress only on grand and commemorative occasions.＂ At 11 a.m., Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney, in a red Tang-style dress,     

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     

LION STATUES IN BEIJING

The lion is an exotic animal that was brought into inland China as an imperial tribute in the Han Dynasty （206 BC - 220 AD） when Western influences began to be imported. As few Chinese had opportunities to see this non-indigenous species, lion-shaped artworks crafted by ancient Chinese mostly did not reflect the authentic imagc of the lion. The ferocious lion is not only the king of beasts but also closely related to life of mankind.