From the traditional bamboo flute of Japan and the drums of South Asia to the domra from Russia, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra presented a world music concert featuring more than 60 musical instruments from around the world at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations on May 18.
The realms of art and science are often considered polar opposites, but the boundaries between them are torn down whenever Shanghai artist Wang Xuyuan wields his brush.
Director Yu Xin recalls the first time she heard shakuhachi music when she was driving across a viaduct in Beijing three years ago. She was playing the album Sorae by Japanese musician Kinohachi, who began learning the instrument during childhood.
It is an old story, more than 4.5 billion years old.
Over the past three decades, Wu Weishan, 57, director of the National Art Museum of China and an eminent sculptor in his own right, has been profiling the soul of society by producing sculptures of people considered to be the greatest minds in Chinese history.
Qingdao, a popular coastal destination in East China's Shandong province, is due to welcome its first ocean-themed music festival, the Tsingtao International Music Festival, this summer.
BEIJING - Science fiction has an important mission to revive China's scientific spirit, a senior official with the China Association of Science and Technology has said.
What are doctors really like when you peel off the white gowns and masks? There is no script for The Doctors, a four-part documentary on Channel 4 of China Central Television that premiered on Monday, but reality is touching enough.
As dusk descends, the music of the night is about to start. Time for full makeup and a theatrical costume. Lines must be rehearsed. But these are not actors, at least not on the main stage. These are some of the fans who spare no effort in their offstage performance.
The singing competition reality show Super Vocal has hit the high notes with its ratings, has social media outlets singing its praises and, most importantly, it plays a key role in boosting the domestic musical theater industry.
To tumor patients, their bodies are a battlefield. In this scenario, the immune organs are the base camp and the innate immune cells are sentries and an advance force.
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