Iconic auteur Chen Kaige clearly remembers the events of Oct 16, 1964, when he was walking home after school in downtown Beijing.
Wu Zhongfeng was impressed by mengxiang, or Mongolian-style craft of inlay, which "can turn metal into doughlike soft things" at the age of 16, when she started to learn the craft of making such work in metal and other materials from craftsman Kang Wensheng in Beijing in the 1970s.
Sunday saw the start of a feast of international music in Shenzhen, as the southern metropolis looks to boost cultural exchanges among the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Chinese poems have found a way to bloom in the hearts of people centuries after the lines were written. Their beauty, philosophy and wisdom can inspire generations to go beyond their daily routines and infuse them with a passion to help them overcome the slings and arrows of misfortune.
Despite claiming to not being "a fan of contests", Chen Geng, the reigning champion of the Chinese Classical Poetry Quiz Show, impressed the audience by participating in all four seasons since the show's debut in 2016.
Young Frenchman Robin Tallendier's love for Chinese watches started when, at the age of 14, he received a birthday gift of a Tianjin-made Seagull chronograph from his parents.
In 2013, Virginia Tan co-founded Lean In China, a platform that supports the goals and aspirations of Chinese women and boasts more than 100,000 members in 25 cities and 100 universities throughout the country.
The long summer and winter vacations during which teachers can recharge their batteries and prepare for a new semester is certainly a perk. But Wu Minglan, a primary school teacher in Liupanshui city, Guizhou province, has certainly not seen it that way for the past seven years.
MANILA - The first China book center in the Philippines was unveiled on March 18 at the University of the Philippines, with the aim of promoting cultural exchanges between the two countries. The center, located at the Asian center of the University of the Philippines Diliman, was jointly established by the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, the China International Publishing Group and the University of the Philippines.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Yale University on March 23 jointly launched an immune-metabolic institute in Shanghai that focuses on the research of the immune system's metabolism.
The National Ballet of China premiered its production of Ode to the Yimeng Mountains in Beijing in May 1973, as a tribute to the residents of Yinan county in East China's Shandong province who supported Communist troops during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the following civil war (1945-49).
NEW YORK - "Ping-pong diplomacy" is a well-known term in the history of US-China ties, but few may be aware that music also played an often overlooked part in thawing the frosty relations between the two countries.
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