BSod-lam-dban-mo：A Folk-song Singer from Tibet

The song"Golden Hometown",like the nature's sound,Makes your name known to everyone overnight.BSod-lam-dban-mo,you came over on the horseback from the Heavenly road,And with your spring-clear voice and pure heart,Represented the image of snow mountains and highland yaks,As well as pearl-like sheep herds.     

Gai Yikun： Dance in the Cloud

With the blue sky as the stage, You dance in the cloud. Under the spotlight of the moon, You dance in the beautiful movement. Isn 't Mermaid in the sea? Princess Wencheng was only on Tibetan Plateau. Han Dynasty concubines passed with history. But you reincarnate them on the dancing stage. With dance, you fulfilled a Chinese dream in Confucius's hometown. With dance, you intoxicated French audience in Champs-Elysees. With the blue sky as the stage, You dance in the cloud. Dance is endl…     

Oriental Magic Glass On the History and Artistic Charm of the Chinese Export Porcelain

When mentioning porcelain, people will always associate it with China.The colorful porcelain in various kinds, suffused with pearl-like luster, has witnessed the glory and splendor of the history of the Chinese porcelain production.The integration of clay and fire gives birth to the unique, charming and legendary art treasure - porcelain. When you touch it, its tender texture and crystal-clear luster will make you feel so grateful for God for bringing this magical gift to China     

Ren Jie：Born to Be Chinese Harp Musician

In the cold winter, you resisted bitter coldness with Gu Zheng （Chinese harp）. You plucked strings with slim fingers and melodious sounds retreated the coldness The snow melted into clean spring water to moisten the green dreamland. You were born to be a Chinese harp musician. You opened the door of arts with the key of jouth. In the sky of music, you fly as a free bird, showing angel-like charms. Behind the brilliant music you play, however, there are not only smiles but also tears.     

Russian Laser Music Show Ignites Beijing

After a string of stirring art events in the ongoing Year of Russia in China such as the grand exhibition reviewing Russia＇s oil art in the pastthree centuries and the marvelous performance by Little Birch Song ＆ Dance Ensemble, Beijing embraced the largest and most grandiose show ever held in the country.On June 10, some 100 Russian and Chinese artists jointly presented a laser music show, setting the summer skyline in Beijing ablaze and stirring up the audience with modem technical and artistic novelties of light, sound and electricity.     

Enjoy Spring Festival Fairs in Beijing

Strolling around temple fairs, enjoying New Year !Eve dinners and watching CCTV Spring Festival Gala are the three routine activities that Beiiingers do during the Spring Festival celebration. And in particular, attending one of Beijing＇s many temple fairs during the Spring Festival will bring you a lot of fun outdoors.     

Chinese Doucai Porcelain

Doucai is a variety of decorative porcelain formed by the combination of underglaze blue-and-white and overglaze decoration. Before firing, the contour of the pattern should be sketched on the base with blue-and-white, and some paffs should be filled with blue-and- white too. Then the painted base should be sent into the kiln and fired into blue-and- white porcelain, on which the blank of the previously-sketched pattern should be filled with paints of various colors. And then it should be fired again in the low-temperature kiln with oxiding flame about 800 degrees Celsius. As the underglaze blue-and-white and the overglaze decoration seem to contend for beauty, it is called ＂Doucai＂ （literally, compete for color）.     

Art Finance Makes New Business

“Art has never been so close with money as it is today. Over the past several decades, art has become a global business. If you want to learn about what changes have taken place in the art world and the relationship between people and art, you must be aware of the power of finance involved,” Noah Horowitz wrote in his book “Art of the Deal： Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market”.     

Magazine Review

Interpreting a Beautiful Dream with Camera Lens： Dialogue with Photographer Li Ying
Li Ying： ＂For me, photography is a hobby but very helpful to my work. Photography is a practical art bringing mental pleasure and peace to you and recording the life of your families and friends. Moreover, a photographer also takes important social responsibility, because photos record history, reflect truth and move forward the progress of human civilization. It is a heavenly-endowed honor to cast the image of the earth with camera lens and experience the sophisticated world with peaceful mind. Photography has become part of my life. Hardship and risk have become pleasure and joy for me.＂     

The Legend of Bixi

Bixi is a reptile-like creature that resembles the tortoise. You can find it mostly at the entrances of temples and tombs. People believe that it can travel long distance with a huge stone on his back and enjoy long life. That is why so many ancient stone tablets were carved in the form of Bixi. It is said that Bixi can bring you good luck if you touch it. As an old Chinese ballad goes, "If you touch Bixi's head, you will worry nothing. If you touch Bixi's back, you will avoid any troubles…     

Chinese Does Not Only Belong to China： the First World Chinese Conference

With China＇s growing economy and its more extensive exchange with the world in trade, culture and education, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese. It is in this context that the first World Chinese Conference, with the theme of “Chinese Development in the Context of Cultural Diversity”, opened on July 20 in Beijing, attracting some 600 participants from the globe.     

Guqin： an Ancient Instrument with Aesthetic

＂You must know about guqin if you want to collect it. It is not just an object with seven strings and a skeleton. Rather, it is a miraculous musical instrument through which the player expresses his feeling. When you listen to the sound of guqin, you will have an untold feeling which is deep and profound,＂ said Zhao Jiazhen.     

ONE DAY in the Yangtze Delta

Located at the western coast of the Pacific Ocean and the south of the Yangtze River, the Yangtze Delta is composed of fifteen cities in China, such as Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. With neighboring areas, diverse cultures, mutually complementary economies, and close relationships among people, the region is descendedfrom the Wu and Yue Culture. The street scenes and peoples lives here reflect the unique customs and culture of the south of China. It is also a region with the densest po…     

Xiang Opera links People across the Taiwan Straits

Origin of Xiang Opera Xiang opera is one of the five major indigenous operatic forms of the southern province of Fujian and shares the same origin and tunes with Gezaixi, an opera genre popular in Taiwan. In the 17th century, Chinese general Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Island from Netherlands colonialists and established a regional regime on the island. As many of Zheng＇s soldiers were natives of southern Fujian and a large number of ordinary people from southern Fujian immigrated to Taiwan together with Zheng＇s troops, dialects, ballads, traditions and customs of southern Fujian formed the dominant culture of Taiwan. And Gezaixi is one of the local Taiwanese operas developed out of ballad singing in southern Fujian.     

THE BEAUTY OF THE OLD VILLAGE OF GUODONG

Guodong Village is located at the foot of the mountain of primitive jungles, 10 kilometers to the south of Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province. In the village, ancient architectures in the styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties are available everywhere. And with a combination of both artificial and natural sceneries, the village, like a retreat away from the world, is famous for its accomplishments in education and culture as well as numerous virtuous and talented figures emerging from the village…     

Ceramic Artist Gao Feng：In Pursuit of Glory of Life

In the beginning of his career, Gao Feng served as an apprentice in a ceramic workshop, doing errands for his masters. With several months of practicing and training, he acquainted himself with every process of ceramic making and developed interest in this profession dealing with clay and fire, One year later, he was transferred to the ceramic studio of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. At that time, except Jingdezhen and a few other ceramic sites in frontier areas, the technique of ceramic throwing had been generally replaced by machine molding and infilling.     

The Paintings of Guo Yizong:Nature at Its Purest

YOU feel little at first glancewhen looking at the paint-ings of Guo Yizong.but themore you look,the harder it be-comes to tear yourself away fromthem.His works seem to nourishthe mind,and in his paintings,weathered vines and idle flowers onthe banks of streams provide theviewer with a glimpse of pure na-     

Eiffel Tower Turns Red for china

With the coming of Chinese lunar year of monkey,the year-long grand cultual event“China Cultural Year“embraced its second climax in January 2004.The climax coincided with Chinese president Hu Jintao‘s state visit to France and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of China-France diplomatic relatios.     

Shaoxing East Lake： A Miniature Landscape

The East Lake is situated five kilometers to the east of the historic city of Shaoxing. With a wonderful combination of a hill, grottoes and stone bridges, it might pass for a miniature landscape. On a par with the West Lake in Hangzhou and the South Lake in Jiaxing, it is one of the three most famous lakes in southeast Zhejiang Province. Although it is quite small, its delicacy and elegance rank it among the best resorts in Shaoxing.