I often wonder if I was born an animal, what kind would I be? Then, while watching the news recently, I caught sight of the Angora rabbit, a furry creature that appears to be like a cushion or a brush.
Since its premiere at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1887, Swan Lake has become arguably the most popular ballet ever created. It's estimated that 1 in every 10 ballets performed in Russia are Swan Lake.
Musician JinR (Zhang Jinjie) opened her first teahouse in Beijing in 1997. Tucked away in Sanlitun, the city's diplomatic quarters and popular night life center, the 12-sq-m room was big enough for just three tables and her favorite instruments - the yangqin (dulcimer) and guzheng (seven-stringed plucked instrument similar to the zither).
If you had a choice, which era would you live in? I prefer Shanghai in the 1930s, because I love reading Qian Zhongshu's Besieged City.
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