Three-hundred die-hard Game of Thrones fans laughed, howled and moaned their way through the premiere of the hugely popular fantasy saga's last season in New York on Sunday.
It's the sound of music but also a chance to listen to the melodic echoes of culture, lovingly passed down through the generations. Dubbed "a living fossil of Chinese musical history", Nanyin was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Ten years on, its ancient sound is still winning over enthusiasts.
A few years ago Alec Su was a familiar name for Chinese audiences thanks to his many hit TV dramas including My Fair Princess, Romance in the Rain, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. And in recent years, the Taiwan A-lister has become more widely known as a filmmaker after his directorial debut The Left Ear earned him a nomination for best new director at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in 2015.
LOS ANGELES - Since ancient times in China, art forms involving ink and brushes such as calligraphy and paintings have been seen as highly desirable and have brought prestige to the artists who excelled at them.
AMMAN - Zeina Barhoum, a well-known Jordanian soprano, launched her new album Alcantara II - Zeina in China on April 5 at the Al Hussein Cultural Center in Amman.
Shanghai's three major tasks that focus on trade and finance will provide the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance with an opportunity to showcase its advanced teaching methods and practices in an international, market-oriented environment.
HEFEI - In a bid to find more teenage talent, basketball trials are being held at different locations in China this month, including middle school campuses around the country.
WINDHOEK - Young Namibians are embracing Chinese to seize the opportunities that come with the robust bilateral ties developing between Namibia and China.
Jin Shangyi, 85, is one of the most popular home-grown oil painters in China. And through the decades he has painted portraits from a wide social spectrum, including farmers, workers, teachers, singers and doctors.
Glowing bunny rabbits, meat-based meals grown in petri dishes and swarms of insects are all featured in an ongoing exhibition of "bio art" being held at Beijing's 798 Art Zone.
Three millennia ago, an ox, a donkey, a horse and a deer retreated to a woodland cavern to meditate. They snapped out of their contemplative state when a tyrannical king executed a just official.
A vivid depiction of mice at a wedding was recently unveiled in Fengning county of Chengde city in North China's Hebei province to a visiting UNESCO delegation.
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