He paints about everyday subjects. While some critics say Lao Shu's paintings have the same patterns as ancient masterpieces - with drawings, calligraphed poems and signature seals - his mastery of photography and graphics make his works seem alive. Mei Jia reports.
Dressed in lavish costumes, makeup and exquisite headdresses, two actresses from China National Peking Opera Company, Fu Jia and Zhou Jing, perform extracts from two well-known Peking Opera works, The Drunken Concubine (Gui Fei Zui Jiu) and The Jewelry Purse (Suo Lin Nang) at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on a recent afternoon.
You mentioned that, at first, there were voices saying you don't know how to paint?
An elderly Chinese couple has faced rockets, police and cheek-kisses to backpack the world. Xu Lin reports.
Hou Yingqian felt searing pain when she regained consciousness.
China prepares to move its feet to Latin music as a wide-ranging cultural program unfolds this year, Chen Nan reports.
The local Chinese community held a two-day street festival in the Italian capital over the weekend to mark the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 8 this year.
Wang Chong and his friends gathered at underground train stations in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan for a few days in January with the aim of getting noticed.
Wang Jin has been repairing antique timepieces at Beijing's Palace Museum for decades, in a job that keeps him close to some of the world's most unique collections. Wang Kaihao reports.
Fifteen years ago, a group of treasure hunters uncovered 24 spiralling, solid gold bracelets from the remains of Sarmizegetusa Regia, a site in Romania's central mountainous area that was the capital of Dacia, a once mighty kingdom until it was destroyed by the Romans in about AD 106.
A legendary silverware creator launches a fine-dining restaurant as part of a design lifestyle center. Mike Peters stops in for dinner and an eyeful.
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