In 1991, Beijing-based musician Wang Wei went on a tour with China Oriental Performing Arts Group as bassist. During the tour, he became fascinated by the shakuhachi, a kind of Japanese bamboo flute. Later, he found out that the shakuhachi, which was called chi ba in Chinese, was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
SAN FRANCISCO - A dozen American high school students posed merrily for a group photo, each holding a painting or drawing to which they put a final touch minutes ago last Saturday in a contest on Chinese language and arts in western California.
Henry Ford said, "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right." It helps to have a positive attitude. Anyone who thinks he cannot make a contract will usually not be "disappointed."
Discerning beer drinkers, get ready for the big fizz. The Beijing Invitational Craft Beer Festival will be held at TRB Copper by Great Leap Brewing in Beijing from Mar 23 to 25. This is the fourth edition of an event the organizers say is the first of its kind in Beijing featuring international breweries that brings in beer fresh, a lot of it unavailable otherwise in China.
From Dec 25, 2016 to Jan 16, 2017, cellist Gabriel Schwabe did an extensive tour of China, comprising 16 cities, including Wuhan, Chongqing, Shanghai and Beijing. Together with Chinese pianist Zhao Yinyin and Robert Oberaigner, the principal clarinet at the Staatskapelle Dresden, he performed works by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms.
ISMAILIA, Egypt - Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, an engineer who works for a Chinese company operating in Egypt, was bursting with excitement when talking about the training program he has just joined at a Confucius Institute in Egypt's northeastern province of Ismailia.
ASWAN, Egypt - The Sun Festival of Abu Simbel temple in southern Egypt this year has brought Chinese festivity to the ancient land of Nubians, as Chinese puppetry show has joined the international celebration event for the first time. The Sun Festival, which attracted thousands of visitors worldwide to participate in the event on Feb 22, this year also coincided with the Chinese Spring Festival celebration week.
LOS ANGELES - The lush, flower-filled gardens, exotic Chinese pavilions and spacious performance areas of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens located in Los Angeles County, California, were packed last weekend with thousands of American visitors and tourists from other lands who all came to enjoy the exciting activities of the famed cultural institution's Chinese New Year Festival.
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