Collecting memories
2011-01-26 09:13:17
Tucked in the basement of a gift shop at Yandaixiejie Street is a special festival treat, a small exhibition of Chinese New Year paintings. The exhibition, entitled The Beautiful Folk Art, is a personal collection of New Year paintings, which are called nianhua in Chinese.
The fairs are coming to town
2011-01-26 09:09:27
No Spring Festival would be complete without a trip to a booming Spring Festival temple fair.
Pointing toward the ups and downs of the past
2011-01-26 07:57:53
When Albert Einstein was a boy, he saw a ray of light and it made him wonder if it was possible that a person could dance on such a lovely bright thing.
Green light for car sharing and pooling
2011-01-26 07:57:53
Beijinger Wang Yong's efforts to get the authorities to legalize car sharing by strangers have finally hit the mark.
China highlighted at Los Angeles Art Show
2011-01-24 10:00:05
China is being highlighted at the Los Angeles Art Show in the US.
'Let the Bullets Fly', one China's pay-per-view on-line film
2011-01-24 10:05:35
Comedy "Let the Bullets Fly" was the big winner of the year end film frenzy.
Training session for Egyptian Chinese language teachers launched in Cairo
2011-01-24 09:58:13
The session will concentrate on the exchange of experiences in teaching the Chinese language in Egypt.
Rabbit-shaped lanterns prepared for Chinese Lunar New Year
2011-01-24 10:14:16
A craftsman adjusts the illumination of rabbit-shaped lanterns in a lantern factory in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 23, 2011.
Kazak film premieres
2011-01-21 11:26:28
The first Chinese-made Kazak language film with synchronous sound recording, Eternal Lamb, premiered in Beijing recently.
Faces that are worth a thousand words
2011-01-21 11:20:13
After three decades abroad, artist Ling Jian discovers his cultural roots in fairy tales about the moon maiden. Chen Nan reports.When artist Ling Jian returned to China from Europe in 2003, and decided to locate his studio in a 400-square-meter, two-floor house in Caochangdi, in the outskirts of Beijing's northeast, all he was seeking was an environment conducive to his work.
Tapping the dance market
2011-01-21 11:19:30
After River Dance first performed in Beijing, in 2003, Chinese audiences fell in love with Irish tap dance and many more similar shows toured the country, culminating in 2009's CCTV New Year Gala.Caution: Men at Work-Tap is based out of Los Angeles and was directed and choreographed by Alfred Desio, in 1999, and will appear in the capital after a nationwide tour.
Call for tai chi to gain UN status
2011-01-21 11:18:58
Tai chi deserves the same popularity as China's Shaolin kungfu because it is another representation of unique Chinese culture, Lu Xiaopin, member of the Henan provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told China News Service on Wednesday.
