Fruits of his labor
2011-04-06 06:32:46
Artist Tian Hongbo from Weifang, Shandong province, shows one of his peach-stone carvings on April 4, 2011.
Asian art market sizzles
2011-04-04 07:59:29
Record purchases by Chinese collectors keeps market humming with activity and cash registers ringing. Kelly Chung Dawson reports from New York.
Tribute to a grassroots leader
2011-04-02 07:51:35
Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival, on April 5, is when Chinese pay tribute to their ancestors by visiting and cleaning their gravesites.
Out with the old, in with the new
2011-04-02 07:51:35
With modernity blazing through the city like an out of control steamroller, they argued, what will be left of China's past?
A crowd-pleasing act
2011-04-01 07:58:36
NCPA has stepped into the gap left by the China National Opera House, satisfying Beijing's thirst for opera.
Mountains and parks prepare for Qingming
2011-03-31 07:58:54
Here's a few suggestions on enjoying Qingming Festival while learning more about it at the same time.
Spencer's rare work to be exhibited
2011-03-30 19:03:46
Sotheby’s Hong Kong will display a rare work by renowned British artist Stanley Spencer.
Good luck comes with flying colors
2011-03-30 07:55:00
Kite master Hao Deli makes works of art out of bamboo, paper and silk.
An encyclopedic account of Qing society
2011-03-30 07:52:50
Almost every Chinese person has his or her own image of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu, the two main protagonists of A Dream of Red Mansions.
A mirror of the Chinese mind
2011-03-30 07:52:50
The classics survive and thrive partly because they lend themselves to reinterpretation and new mediums of expression.
Completing the dream
2011-03-30 07:52:50
An army of scholars has attempted to bring the destinies of the characters in Cao Xueqin's mid-18th century novel A Dream of Red Mansions, to a closure.
It's highly tea time
2011-03-29 15:24:52
Every year in early April, around the time of the Tomb Sweeping Festival (April 5th), it is regarded the best time to pick and enjoy spring tea.