The magnificent views surrounding Huangshan Mountain have been admired by Chinese poets, painters and calligraphers over the centuries. The scenic mountain range in East China's Anhui province, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was also a favorite of Liu Haisu (1896-1994). The prominent artist traveled there to paint on several occasions over the course of 70 years.
If you want to better understand an ink painter's personality, then albums and handscrolls are probably most revealing about an artist, because their intimate style was designed to be appreciated among friends.
Oil painter and educator Luo Erchun (1930-2015) always liked to visit the Canglang Pavilion whenever he returned to Suzhou, in East China's Jiangsu province.
BOSTON - Boston's art scene is getting a Dutch treat with a twist: a flurry of donated 17th-century masterpieces that experts say will change the city's museum landscape for decades to come.
For about 20 years, Zhou Ning has lived in the countryside in East China's Shandong province, dedicating himself to one thing - chiseling blocks of wood.
SANTA ANA, California - For more than a century she has been known as the woman behind the throne, the empress who through skill and circumstance rose from lowly imperial consort to iron-fisted ruler of China at a time and in a place when women were believed to have no power at all.
The parasol, golden fish, conch shell, lotus, vase, dharma wheel, victory banner and "eternal knots" are considered auspicious in Buddhism.
The beauty of classical Chinese poetry was enhanced with the guqin (a Chinese seven-string zither) as Fang Qiong, a renowned singer and professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, staged a concert in Beijing on Thursday.
LIVERPOOL - The British football city of Liverpool has set itself the goal of becoming a top cultural destination with the help of China's iconic Terracotta Warriors, in a move likely to boost visitor numbers to the city.
In 1978, the China National Opera House staged Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata, which was conducted by Zheng Xiaoying in Tianjin.
Chengdu is literally writing the literary legacy of acclaimed ancient poet Du Fu in stone. Tan Jihe and his wife, Qi Hehui, visit the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum in Sichuan province's Chengdu every month.
Winter is the time when the wealthy like to hit the slopes.
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