Chinese movie star Liu Xiaoqing will tour four major US cities, bringing her latest stage role in the play A Legend: Sai Jin Hua.
The Butterfly Lovers, the romantic story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, will be interpreted again by Yueju Opera, a 100-year-old traditional opera that originated in Zhejiang province. With its elegant and soft approach, the new version of The Butterfly Lovers will feature award-winning actors and actresses, who will portray the classic love story to the music of the famous violin concerto of the same name. The show is part of the ongoing NCPA Yueju Opera Week.
Stay-at-home mom Hu Beiyue, who formerly made pastry in a five-star hotel in Singapore, never expected that she would resume her old career by opening a baking class at her new home in Beijing.
Some young people refuse to take in their own elderly parents today, but Nyima Pantok chose to foster a helpless older woman for 17 years, and 10 years ago took in an abandoned girl as her own.
Beijing does not sparkle from the air. Instead, it emits a sort of dim glow like an exhausted firefly at the end of an arduous mating ritual.
In Xiaofei's new home in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, the newly-married engineer hangs on the wall a very special picture - a screenshot of the dialog between him and his wife Aibi in an online game five years ago.
The chandeliers were turned off, and the candles were lit. The champagne was bubbling, and the multi-layered cake towered on the trolley. The Rolls-Royce drove up, delivering 12 young ladies pampered in exquisite white gowns and high-bunned hair, ready to be "crowned", at the third Shanghai International Debutante Ball, held in mid-January in the Shanghai Peninsula Hotel.
The city reminds one to slow down. It's quaint architecture and scenic natural sites encourage a relaxed lifestyle. Sun Ye takes you there.
In China, when two strangers meet, a common question is "Where is your hometown?".
He painstakingly extracts colors from natural materials. His clients are painters who want their masterpieces to look as close to the real thing as possible. But the handicraft, which has been around since ancient times, faces the risk of extinction. Wu Ni reports.
Archaeologists have made important discoveries in the excavation of an ancient building dating back to the late Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC).
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