As China celebrates 40 years since the Terracotta Warriors were unearthed, recent developments have deepened the mystique, as Zhao Xu and Lu Hongyan report from Xi'an.
Chinese pianist Lang Lang, who is also United Nations Messenger of Peace, will perform in a concert at the UN Headquarters Friday in celebration of UN Day.
Chinese water-ink painting, brighter Western watercolors and delicate porcelain are curiously integrated in the works of American artist Philip Read who started to learn Chinese water-ink painting 30 years ago.
Chinese paintings Figures Under the Pine Tree and Snow Landscape by Ming dynasty artists Qiu Ying and Yuan Ying sold for 690 million Japanese yen ($6.4 million) and 240 million yen respectively in Japan.
A concert hall is like an instrument for an orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel said after leading the debut performance at the new music hall of the Shanghai Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Chinese artists should vividly present socialist core values in their art to echo President Xi Jinping's speech, said a commentary to be carried by Sunday's People's Daily.
Well-known Chinese artists, including director Chen Kaige and singer Yin Xiumei, have echoed President Xi Jinping's speech on Oct 15 that art should serve the people.
Chinese archaeologists have discovered 34 new characters and glyphs from oracle bones housed in a museum in Lyushun, a city in northeast China's Liaoning province.
American sitcoms have long been popular on the mainland, leaving many to wonder why Chinese-produced shows continue to lag behind.
I am neither of the East nor the West, and Beijing brings home to me painfully how tiny Singapore is.
Colorful murals depicting carriages and figure paintings were found on the wall of a 4-meter-long x 4-meter-high x 1.5-meter-wide newly discovered ancient tomb in Qunyi village in Hunan province.
Peking Opera, like many other ancient art forms in China, is struggling to survive in the face of a fading fan base. An heir to the theater is trying to change that by giving it a more modern feel.
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