Chinese New Year Celebrated Abroad

<正>During the Spring Festival of 2010, or Chinese New Year, the Ministry of Culture of China launched a variety of events in celebration of this traditional festival of Chinese people.——From the editor     

Cultural Exchange Promotes Common Development

Apress conference on ＂African Cultures in Focus 2010＂was recently held in Beijing.This cultural event isjointly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Radio Film and TV, the General Administration of Press and Publication, the General Administration of Sport and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.     

“Under the Hawthorn Tree” Features Yang Caiqi

In August 2007, a romance novel entitled The Love of the Hawthorn Tree swept the country, and became a super-selling book with sales volume of four million, which was hailed as “the purest romance novel in history” by readers. Adapted into a movie of the same name in 2010, The Love of the Hawthorn Tree was directed by famous director Zhang Yimou. It set a new box office record for domestic romance movies in one ,fell swoop, which was the most sensational cultural event in 2010. In 2013, the production of drama Under the Hawthorn Tree was on the list of National Theatre of China. During July 8-16, 2014, its world tour of was unveiled at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.     

Split Masterpieces Reunited in Taiwan

<正>In March 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao voiced at a press conference his heartfelt hope of seeing the reunification of the two split sections of "Dwelling ...     

Capital Museum Holds Exhibitions to Celebrate Spring Festival

<正>The Capital Museum in Beijing presented a series of exhibitions to celebrate Chinese New Year in 2010, or the year of the tiger.     

Old Summer Palace in Ernst Ohlmer’s Photos (Part Ⅲ)

<正>The year 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the destruction of the Old Summer Palace (the Yuanmingyuan Garden). In order to commemorate this lamentable disaster, an exhibition on photographs of the Old Summer Palace shot by Ernst Ohlmer, a German tax official serving in China Custom in the late 19th     

Old Summer Palace in Ernst Ohlmer's Photos

The year 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the destruction of the Old Summer Palace (the Yuanmingyuan Garden). In order to commemorate this lamentable disaster, an exhibition on photographs of the Old Summer Palace shot by Ernst Ohlmer, a German tax official serving in China Custom in the late 19th     

SCO Ministers Vow to Increase Cultural Industry Cooperation

##正##The 7th Meeting of Cultural Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Sanya, a coastal city in the island province of Hainan, China on March 27, 2010. SCO Cultural Ministers' Meeting is an important mechanism under the framework of the organization's multilateral cultural cooperation. The     

Symphony Concert Held at Snow Mountain

On August 15, 2010, a symphony concert, entitled “Holy Snow Mountain： Dedicated to the Greatest Mountain of East”, was held at the foot of Peak Yuzhu of the Kunlun Mountain Range in Ge＇ermu, Qinghai Province. The concert was organized by the Publicity Department of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, the Department of Culture, Press and Publication of Qinghai Province, the Bureau of Radio and TV of Qinghai Province, the Tourism Bureau of Qinghai Province, the Information Office of Qinghai Provincial Government, the People＇s Government of Ge＇ermu Municipality, Qinghai TV and Qinghai Radio.The concert was presented by Beijing Symphony Orchestra and Kunlun Chorus and conducted by famous conductorTan Lihua.     

Wuyutai’s Tea Shop Opens in World Expo Park

<正>The year 2010 is a lucky year for Wuyutai, a century-old tea brand of China. In the beginning of the year, Wuyutai Tea Company was designated