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China's biggest purple clay teapot completed |
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Yixing is a small city in east China renowned for a unique type of clay, used for creating fine pottery. Artist Cheng Miaogen has just completed China's biggest Zisha teapot. |
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Tomb find delights experts, grave robbers |
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The discovery near Xi'an of a Qin Dynasty tomb group, believed to be the largest in China, has delighted archeologists but also attracted the attentions of grave robbers. |
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When Marilyn Monroe meets Chinese master |
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Zhang Wei is a contemporary artist who has dabbled in many forms of media including graphic design and fiction writing. However, this show, curated by Jeremie Thircuir, focuses on a single series called "Qi Baishi vs. Marilyn," which juxtaposes the American sex icon with the master calligrapher and artist, Qi, who worked unrecognized well into his 60s. |
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Original drama on tourism market |
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Dancers perform Chu Shui Ba Shan, an original drama displays a panorama of ancient people at the Three Gorges area of China, during a public show in Yichang City, central China's Hubei province, March 17, 2008. Chu Shui Ba Shan is created and performed by the Yichang Song and Dance Ensemble. The drama has been condensed and put into the tourism market as a culture product, into which bilingual host has been added, to meet the market needs. |
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Cultural roots need deeper protection |
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The country's top official overseeing intangible cultural heritage has tangible reasons for redoubling protection efforts. Every time Vice-Minister of Culture Zhou Heping hears about a folklore artist or a master craftsman who passes away before passing down their arts, he feels "sorrowfully pitiable". |
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China's 'prodigy program' to mark 30th anniversary |
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China's first program for gifted youngsters is to celebrate its 30th birthday on Friday in east China's Anhui Province. |
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Shanghai to build 1st underground theater |
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Shanghai will renovate Culture Square in Xuhui District and turn it into the country's first underground theater before Shanghai Expo 2010, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. |
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Sotheby's HK to hold Chinese paintings Spring sale |
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More than 260 lots of Chinese paintings will be offered at Sotheby's Spring Sale 2008 Auction on April 8, announced Sotheby's Hong Kong on Tuesday. |
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Turkey to establish 2nd Confucius institute |
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China signed a cooperation agreement Tuesday on launching a Confucius Institute in Turkey's prestigious Bosphorus University, which would be the second in the country. |
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Respect for Art: The arts and two superpowers |
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The worldwide cultural fashion favouring Chinese artwork raises a new subject for consideration: arts administration. A textbook entitled, "Respect for Art: Visual Arts Administration and Management in China and the United States" launched in Beijing, Sunday. The book is a collaborative effort, by two professors in the field, one in Beijing, the other in New York City. |
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Survey finds Chinese names can reflect social themes |
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Average citizens are reflecting current themes in their newborns' names, a recent survey of Chinese names finds. |
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Noruz Festival celebrated in Xinjiang |
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Perfomers dance during the party held in Xinjiang opera house to welcome the Noruz Festival in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 17, 2008. Noruz Festival, which falls on March 21 every year, means the day of spring rain. Muslim in China always celebrate the festival by dancing and performing acrobatics. |
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Beijing Confucius temple holds 1st contemporary art exhibition |
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The Greek artist Sophia Vari began on Saturday to exhibit seven bronze sculptures and 15 oil paintings at the Confucius Temple in Beijing, the first time for the Confucius Temple to exhibit a foreign artist's work, the Beijing Times reported. |
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DPRK artists hold painting exhibition in NE China |
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Visitors view the paintings at the painting exhibition of artists from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China's Liaoning province, March 16, 2008. |
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Japanese tea ceremony performed in Nanjing |
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Japanese tea ceremony artists perform the art of tea making in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 16, 2008. A Japanese delegation dedicated to a project of planting 5,000 cherry trees in a garden in Nanjing is now in China for a visit. |
