"Sister" continues to lead China’s box office
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) — Domestic feature film “Sister” continued to lead Chinese mainland box office, with daily revenue of 30 million yuan (around 4.59...
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Cultural strengths
Laurence Brahm works with the film crew on his latest documentary, Searching for Kung Fu.[Photo provided to China Daily] US award-winning documentary filmmaker and development...
Chinese youth film "Better Days" earns Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film
File Photo LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese youth drama film “Better Days” has made the list of nominations for Best International Feature Film...
Songstresses dominate 63rd Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES, March 14 (Xinhua) — Women dominated the 63rd Grammy Awards here Sunday as Taylor Swift won her third career Album of the Year...
"I Can’t Breathe" by H.E.R. wins Song of the Year at 63rd Grammy Awards
A screenshot of the Twitter account of the Recording Academy/Grammys LOS ANGELES, March 14 (Xinhua) — “I Can’t Breathe” by American singer-songwriter Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson,...
China to improve second bachelor’s degree education
A student reads at a library of Southwest University in Chongqing, Feb 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s Ministry of Education has issued a notice to improve...
Shanghai releases list of revolutionary cultural relics
SHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) — China’s Shanghai on Thursday announced the first batch of its revolutionary cultural relics of over 350 buildings and artifacts, as...
China’s cultural products grow more popular in overseas markets
In recent years, China’s cultural products, including online games, TV programs and series, and short video platforms, have gained increasing popularity in the overseas market....
Wonder women on screen: 9 movies you must see
In the long history of humans, women’s stories have often been overlooked. Yet as modern society has allowed women to speak for themselves, more and...
The sounds of eastern essence
Woman with pipa: Pipa virtuoso Wu Man.[Photo provided to China Daily] Pipa virtuoso Wu Man has made a new album with shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)...
China to air mini-documentaries on museum relics
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — A series of short videos documenting cultural relics from China’s major museums will be aired on the state broadcaster China...
Rapid-fire Douyin videos revive faded craft glory
Screenshots of douyin account of Oil-paper Master HANGZHOU – Wen Shishan, 57, wandered in a bamboo grove, holding a machete in search of ideal materials...
"Detective Chinatown 3" hits fifth on all-time China box office list
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — “Detective Chinatown 3,” the latest installment in Wanda Pictures’ well-received “Detective Chinatown” comedy film franchise, has overtaken the 2019 American...
China prepares for new college term amid epidemic control measures
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese college and university students will soon embrace a “normal, safe and staggered” opening of the spring semester amid coordinated...
PhD graduate of Yi ethnic group finds business opportunities in local culture
Yang Ding, a post-90s PhD graduate of the Yi ethnic group from Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, showcases a product she designed. Founder of a woodware...
“Learning Chinese, Broadening Horizons” online international winter camp opens
The “Learning Chinese, Broadening Horizons” online international winter camp, hosted by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of China’s Ministry of Education and organized...
Exhibition celebrates the ox’s role in Chinese culture
Laozi Goes Out of the Hangu Pass, a bronze sculpture by Wu Weishan, on display at the exhibition Lucky Ox at Beijing’s National Museum of...
Classical dance show on Tang Dynasty becomes cultural hit
Photo shows an image of the dance show Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace. (Photo courtesy of Zhengzhou Song and Dance Theater) A classical dance show...
Feeding the imagination
A series of picture books gives children and adults a taste of traditional culture by exploring the history and origin of popular Chinese dishes in...
Henan beauty
Dancers perform their acclaimed interpretation of A Tang Dynasty Banquetas part of Henan TV’s Spring Festival gala. [Photo/Xinhua] A dance production set in Tang era...
Refreshing beat of life
Advocate and practitioner of ba duan jin, Zhang Yan, and her team won the 2020 Gansu Provincial Ba Duan Jin Contest in November. The contest,...
China’s Spring Festival box office record spirals upward
A scene from Hi, Mom. [Photo/Mtime] The Spring Festival box office on the Chinese mainland has notched up another 1.6 billion yuan (around $248.4 million)....
Hollywood’s filmmakers aspire for fluid exchanges between U.S. and China
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — As the United States heads into its first month under President Joe Biden’s administration, Hollywood’s entertainment industry hopes that...
"Mind-written" couplets add technology to Spring Festival celebrations
TIANJIN, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) — Hanging the Chinese character “Fu” (“happiness” in English) on doors and walls is the most common and important custom when...
20 years on, Chinese master promotes tea culture in Singapore amid pandemic
SINGAPORE, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — Many of the Singaporean clients were amazed to find Chinese tea specialist Wang Yong travelled from China to Singapore to...
Advance box office sales for Spring Festival holiday top 46 mln USD
(Photo/CGTN) BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Advance box office sales during China’s upcoming week-long Spring Festival holiday totaled around 300 million yuan (46 million U.S....
H5N8 bird flu in Beijing under control after death of three black swans
(Photo/China News Service) The H5N8 bird flu in wild swans at Beijing’s Old Summer Palace has been brought under control, local animal disease prevention and...
Pre-sale box office tops 100 mln yuan for China’s Spring Festival movie-going season
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) — Advance sales for major films set for release during this year’s Spring Festival holiday exceeded 100 million yuan (about 15.5...
Documentary traces the colorful history of Xinjiang
A poster of “China’s Xinjiang: Unforgettable History.” (Photo/CMG) A documentary about the history of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was aired on Jan 25. It...
Making scents of history
Incense maker Lu Wen, 38, lights a stick of incense during a workshop in Lanzhou, Gansu province. She has so far re-created 108 kinds of...