A group of Chinese and Indian experts recently attended a forum in Beijing, organized by the Chinese National Academy of Arts, on "Tan Yunshan and Sino-Indian cultural exchanges in the 21st century".

Tan (1898-1983) was a renowned Chinese Indologist, educationist, social activist and expert on Buddhism. Invited by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, he went to teach at the renowned Santiniketan in 1928. Tan lived the rest of his life in India and was devoted to cultural exchanges between China and India.

The forum covered various topics, like Tan's heritage, Indian and Chinese films, and India's influence on Chinese theater.