The theater lights dim, leaving only the spotlight on the stage. The whispering crowd falls silent as they train their eyes on the artist, collectively holding their breath in anticipation.
Seventy years are just a blip in human history. But for the Derung people, they seem to have entered a different era with seven decades of New China. In the past 70 years they have bid farewell to seclusion and backwardness and have embraced modern civilization.
The city of Xi'an has a history in which it can well and truly revel. First, of course, the capital of Shaanxi province was the national capital during 13 dynasties, then there are the world famous Terracotta Warriors, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and the city wall, built more than 600 years ago.
The audiences who do not speak Hakka dialect may not understand the lyrics sung by Jiulian Zhenren, a three-piece rock band from Lianping county, Guangdong province, but that does not seem to stop them loving the group's music.
Many of today's authors write to encourage readers to believe in, and in some cases, even imitate the characters, plots and lifestyles laid out in their stories. However, Yang Hao, in her 30s, is not afraid to make them feel doubt and discomfort.
People spend a lot of time staring at digital devices nowadays, but is the eyewear propped on your nose suitable for the frequent switch between the real world and the artificial glow of your phone screen?
As a leading expert in her field, Xin Xiaoping quite literally has a natural passion for the grasslands of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and she loves nothing more than to travel out to the plains to take samples to study back at her laboratory.
Ding Xinghui plays the role of a starving warthog which is trying to flee a conflict area. A mouse accompanying her dies before she finally finds meat to eat, but has no idea that it's actually another warthog that she's devouring. This is a scene from Where Do We Come From, What Are We, Where Are We Going 2.0, the latest play by theater director Wang Chong.
Food documentary director Chen Xiaoqing thinks most delicacies come about because of the combination of different ingredients and seasonings, and each food is looking for its other half.
A California roll is an inside-out sushi roll which became popular throughout the United States in the 1980s. Born and raised in California, Alan Wong brought this Californian-style sushi to China in 2001 at his first Hatsune restaurant in Beijing.
Urban renewal projects have become commonplace in Shanghai over the past few years. But instead of seeing new glittering skyscrapers being introduced to the landscape, residents have been heartened to see that authorities are more eager to retain the integrity of the city's past.
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