Briefly

NCPA celebrates Beethoven's birth anniversary

Conductor Lyu Jia will lead the China NCPA Orchestra to perform a concert featuring pieces by Beethoven, including The Ruins of Athens, Symphony No 8 in F Major, Op 93, and Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 36. The concert celebrates the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Lyu was appointed as the chief conductor and artistic director of opera at the National Center for the Performing Arts in 2012.The China NCPA Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts, which was founded in 2010.

7:30 pm, Sept 4 and 5. Concert Hall of NCPA, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, Beijing.010-6655-0000.

Zhang Yimou's Peking Opera film to be screened

The Peking Opera film, You And Me, will be screened at the Opera House of the National Center for the Performing Arts.

Set against the backdrop of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), the production tells the story of Lord Zheng putting aside family differences to join forces with his mother.

Combing the techniques of traditional Peking Opera, a 200-year-old genre that incorporates different art forms like singing, dancing, acrobatics and martial arts, the film, directed by Zhang Yimou, also features multimedia design elements.

2 pm, Sept 5. Opera House of National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6655-0000.

Exhibition focuses on poverty alleviation

China has spent decades working to alleviate poverty－with incredible success. And generations of artists have created works that depict these efforts. Dozens of these pieces are on show at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing until Oct 11. Most come from its collection. More than 500 works created over seven decades are on display in the venue's 17 halls and outdoor spaces. Also on show are intangible cultural heritage items from remote and impoverished communities. The show reviews efforts to improve agricultural production, industrial construction, medical care, education and natural-disaster relief, as well as the recent fight to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the countryside

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays, through Oct 11. Online reservation needed. 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng district. Beijing. 010-6400-6326.

Folk art exhibition delivers nostalgia

Shandong province's long history as an agricultural hub has inspired art and culture, especially folk art, that continues to influence people's lives and aesthetics. Evoking Nostalgia, an exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, brings together hundreds of objects representing Shandong's diverse folk arts and dynamic handicrafts. Displays include farming implements, tableware, embroidery and children's toys. The exhibits convey the wisdom of building a harmonious relationship with nature.

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays. 16 East Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 010-6511-6400.

Portraits of piety

The late 20th-century author and scholar Shen Congwen developed an authority on the study of ancient Chinese attire. He once donated four vintage Tibetan thangka paintings from his own collection to the Central Academy of Arts and Design, which are now in the collection of the Tsinghua University Art Museum. They're currently on show at Auspicious Land, an exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist paintings and sculptures that's running through Oct 25. It displays 38 thangka paintings from the Tsinghua University Art Museum's roughly 13,000 works. The scrolls are displayed in juxtaposition with dozens of gilt-bronze Tibetan Buddhist statues on loan from the Capital Museum in Beijing.

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays, until Oct 25. Online reservation needed. Tsinghua University, 1 Qinghuayuan, Haidian district, Beijing.010-6278-5903.