It is the Lantern Festival, a time when people take to the streets at night to celebrate. But, as the capital faces an imminent enemy attack, the entire city depends on a criminal on death row to save the day.
NEW YORK - Film director Lulu Wang knew that her pitch for The Farewell was unconventional.
The yak kicked me. It was my fault. I'd disembarked from the wrong side. Turns out, at least in Qinghai province's Qumarleb county, you mount and dismount yaks from their left.
In 1987, Neil Schmid, then an undergraduate studying Chinese language at Georgetown University in Washington DC, traveled to Dunhuang, Gansu province, for the first time.
The print art of ex-libris - bookplates that express ownership or one's passion for reading and books - is somewhat niche, and to possess ex-libris represents the owner's high taste.
The first Deutsche Grammophon recording by the Chinese conductor Yu Long and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra enjoyed its worldwide release on June 28.
HANOI - A teenager on Hang Dau street in downtown Hanoi took out his phone and started to shoot a video of an old homeless woman who was sitting under the awning of a store with her small bundle of rugged blankets and bags.
A film aimed at recruiting fresh talent to Tsinghua University went viral online in June. It resonated with many students who had recently taken the gaokao, the national college entrance exam.
Yunnan cuisine's appearance is widely said to be "oily, dark and dirty". It doesn't employ elaborate plating or even decorative plates, for that matter.
Dunghuang's ancient art is iconic of the prosperous Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) and meets classical Western aesthetics in the decor of the newly opened restaurant, Tang by Meeting Someone.
As one of the world's most decorated chefs, Alain Ducasse is known for his forensic attention to detail - from thrice-ironed tablecloths to hand-picked decor and cutlery.
The Long Museum in Shanghai is currently presenting a showcase of modern Chinese art in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
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