When Irish novelist Dermot Bolger began writing his highly praised novel Tanglewood, the booming Celtic Tiger economy was still roaring its loudest.
If it is grand traditional Mongolian wedding ceremonies you want to see, there's one man you can count on.
How do artists see the world? Artists, both from home and abroad, present their views, especially through paintings, in an art show that opened on Saturday in Beijing.
Hangzhou is justly famous for its local cuisine, but it's not well-known as an outpost for foreign fare. So on a recent visit to Zhejiang's provincial capital, we were pleasantly surprised to discover La Pedrera - a Spanish restaurant with an impressive wine list tucked in a corner of a large Chinese hotel.
On a recent Sunday, there was a lot of spitting going on at one of Shanghai's most sophisticated restaurants. That's because the California Wine Institute had gathered some of China's most sophisticated palates to taste 26 top chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons.
Lamb lovers will have a field day soon - a field week, even - when the Chilean embassy sponsors its annual gastronomic week at a Beijing hotel.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives this week, mooncakes are now hot sellers, with some interesting trends. The big one: Though gift boxes are as popular as ever, more people are buying the sweet or savory pastries to eat themselves. That means more demand for fresh-made and healthier selections, such as the goodies from the 100-percent vegan and organic bakery Sweet Edition in Beijing. Made with nuts, almond, dates, figs, chia seeds, sesame, cacao butter, the festive treats are unbaked, and free of processed sugar, dairy and gluten. Available in chocolate and sweet-date flavors, a four-piece box (200g) runs 100 yuan ($15), while a six-piece box is 150 yuan.
Two decades ago, construction workers discovered a cache while digging a foundation for a school in Qingzhou city in East China's Shandong province.
Photography's purpose is to capture slices of life and freeze them for eternity on paper. And, with new technology, artists have moved beyond realistic depictions to monologues through photography.
Wu Biduan is holding his first retrospective exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where the 90-year-old taught for several decades until his retirement in 1988.
In 2010, Guo Degang and Cao Yunjin had a fallout. It took them six years to hang out the dirty laundry in public.
The new Shanghai International Dance Center will celebrate its opening on Oct 1, adding one more landmark to the city's cultural map.
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