- Closer to nature
China's first series of nature documentaries has won audience acclamation, although its makers faced a struggle due to lack of funds and knowledge.
- First international performance season opens at NCPA
Starting from December 22, 2007, the first international performance season was opened at the National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA), also known as the Grand National Theater. More than 180 performances, in the forms of opera, pantomime, concert, drama, or Chinese operas, would be staged. The performance season will last until April 6, 2008.
- Treasures that went down with ships continue to dazzle
Believe it or not, archeologists have located the sites of 2,000 ships that sank in China's territorial waters during the heyday of its marine trade.
- Chinese contemporary art scene reviews evolution
When Chinese art critic Fei Dawei arrived in France in 1986 with 1,200 slides of Chinese contemporary art works, he did not expect that he would prompt such a profound change in Westerners' views of the Chinese art scene.
- Religious ritual of living Buddha reincarnation
The reincarnation of the Living Buddha is a succession system that distinguishes Tibetan Buddhism from other religions or other forms of Buddhism.
- China's Eunuch Museum
Chinese history has witnessed a powerful group of castrated males, deprived of their right to marry and have descendants.
- Ancient bamboo slips reveal tomb owner's identity
On December 6 over 200 bamboo slips inscribed with ancient Chinese characters were discovered packed in a silk bag tucked into the Xiejiaqiao No.1 tomb in Hubei Province. The tomb is over 2,200 years old.
- Artists sought to decorate new Dunhuang grottoes
Starting next year, artists from home and abroad may apply for a chance to paint in newly-constructed caves near the world renowned Mogao Grottoes.
- New human fossil find rewrites China's history
Chinese archaeologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a primitive human species that lived about 2.04 million years ago in the Three Gorges Area of southwest China, the earliest ever found in the country.
- Beijing folk music gaining popularity
Five years ago, Beijing folk music was widely known yet earned little popularity. Folk songs at that time were mainly discovered by word of mouth, but recently folk singers have seen demand drastically rise for their appearance at concert performances.
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