Liao Xiaoyi： Happy Life as Non-mainstreamer

March of 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of Global Village of Beijing, an environmental non-profit NGO founded by Liao Xiaoyi. Over the past ten years, Liao has released papers and articles totaling some 400,000 words, produced more than 100 TV feature programs on environment protection, given 100 lectures nationwide and established a training base. She has planned and organized a series of forums themed on ＂green life＂ and environment protection campaigns for general public, such as pilot projects to categorize wastes, construction of green communities, ＂Day of Earth 2006： China Action＂ and 26℃ air conditioning campaign...     

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...     

Roofs in the Forbidden City:a Cultural Perspective

<正>Speaking of the ancient palaces in China, one would naturally think of the Forbidden City in Beijing, particularly the yellow glazed roof tops of those palac...     

Ntho-ling Monastery:a Tibetan Monument on Buddhist Art

<正>Ntho-ling Monastery is located in Zanda County of Ngari in the western part of Tibetan Autonomous Region,about 60 kilometers west to the site of the ancient ...     

Qujiang Culture and Tourism Academy:a Think Tank of Local Cultural Industries

<正>Qujiang Culture and Tourism Academy is located in the Qujiang New Area in the southern suburb of Xi’an, one of the four ancient capitals of the world. It is ...     

Ocean World: Exploring Harmony between City and Nature

<正>Qujiang Ocean and Polar Park is the only aquarium in northwest China. Located in the vicinity of the Tang Paradise in Xi’an of Shaanxi province, this theme p...     

Jade Culture of Cishan

<正>The Site of Cishan, located in a yellow earth terrace at the bank of Ming River in Wu’an, Hebei Province, is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization     

The Geological Museum of China

The Geological Museum of China, first built in 1916, is the largest of its kind in Asia and currently collects 200,000 samples, some of which are the mostvaluable in the world, such as the Shandong Dinosaur fossil, the world＇s tallest, most well-preserved fossil of duck-billed dinosaur; the Oriental Shenzhou Dinosaur fossil, the world＇s only extant coelurosaur fossil; teeth fossils of Yuanmou Ape Man, China＇s oldest human fossils ever found： the world＇s largest single crystal; the world＇s largest yellow arsenic crystal; huge cands and more,     

Beijing’s Tianqiaole Teahouse

SINCE the Tianqiaole Tea-house opened In a small,out-of-the-way lane in the south-ern part of Beijing last October,anumber of overseas tourists,bus-inessmen and diplomats living inBeijing have frequented the newestablishment.Hundreds of foreignstudents in Beijing often come tospend their weekends;CEOs frommany joint venture enterprises holdtheir banquets here;the“MadameAmbassadors Federation”of the for-eign diplomatic corps in Beijing alsouses the spot to hold their socials.InApril of this year Richard Nixon,the former US president,visited the     

The Bookworm：One of the World＇s Ten Greatest Bookshops

<正>Among the Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2011, the Bookworm in Sanlitun, a recreation and cultural destination of downtown Beijing, was listed as one of the ...     

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     

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.     

Cultural Festival of China Launched in Russia

<正>From September 3 to 10, the Cultural Festival of China 2010 was launched in Moscow, Samara and Tolyatti in Russia. It was an important event within the framework of the Chinese Language Year in Russia, including a variety of exhibitions and performances such as painted lantern showcases, poster displays,     

Yuexi Puppet Show

<正>Yuexi County is located in the depth of the Dabie Mountain in the southwest boundary of central China’s Anhui province. The county enjoys beautiful mountains...     

Wuyutai's Dragon Well Tea Plantation at the West Lake

<正>Hangzhou is known as one of the seven ancient capitals of China.The Dragon Well Tea Plantation,surrounded by hills in its three sides at the West Lake in the...     

Tribute Bricks from Linqing

<正>Linqing is a county-level city located in the northwest part of Shandong Province.Linqing has played an important role in the history of China.It was one of ...     

The Age of Great Prosperity in the Qing Dynasty（Part I）--The Exhibition on Artifacts of Shenyang Imperial Palace Held in the History Museum of Taiwan

<正>The Exhibition"Age of Great Prosperity in the Qing Dynasty:Artifacts of Shenyang Imperial Palace",on show in the History Museum of Taiwan from January 29 to ...     

Exhibition of Ma Shulin’s Ink-wash Opera Figures简

<正>Both as the quintessence of China,Peking opera and traditional Chinese painting in the form of ink-wash drawing are equally delicate in that they both repres...     

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     

Chinese Peasants Celebrate Their Arts Gala

<正>The 1st China Arts Festival for Peasants, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Culture and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, opened in the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing on June 16. In his opening speech,