For aspiring actors and the schools they hope will launch them, spring is a season of infinite hope.
The lady, Ma Junzhen, 60, is "granny". For about 15 years, hundreds of aspiring applicants for the Central Academy of Drama have come to stay with her.
It is the kind of music you are likely to hear as you watch the sheriff's posse settle in for the night, warmed by the glowing embers of a campfire.
Fathiya Tahiri's family remembers that she was fascinated by shapes, and their potential to be put together or rearranged, as a small child.
Yang Xiaoting, 34, is recognized as a rising star of Han embroidery in Wuhan.
Museum curator Herb Tam uses art to explore the dynamic, variegated experience of Asians in the US. A museum of their own
Private museums spring up
Tenor Dai Yuqiang will present Singing for You - Dai Yuqiang and Future Stars on March 5 and 6 at the Poly Theater in Beijing.
Before Gaomi became famous as the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning author Mo Yan, the agrarian community was known for master Lunar New Year painter Lu Zhenli.Chinese New Year special
It was a social necessity for the rich and famous in Shanghai to have their portraits taken by Sam Sanzetti at his studio. Hand-delivered individuality
In a ground floor flat hidden inside the downtown Beijing Qiheyuan Diplomatic Compound, Japanese dancer Yamamoto Hideko claps her hands above her head while prancing around in red high heels.
Husband and wife art lovers realize their dream and take it to the public. Private museums spring up across China
Shedding light on storehouse secrets
Private museums, displaying everything from antique furniture to vouchers to stones, have sprung up across China in recent years.