Carmen is a timeless classic opera composed by the composer Georges Bizet, based on a novel by Prosper Mérimée, a French literary giant. Over the past two centuries since its premiere, more than 150 different versions of the opera have been staged worldwide, makingita veritable theatri...

Adapted from a masterpiece by Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux, a French detective story writer, the Granada Flamenco Show The Phantom of the Opera tells a “ghost story”that takes place in the magnificent Opéra de Paris, where a creepy, illusory male voice is often heard. Living in the undergroun...

In the vast world of detective stories, the grandmaster Conan Doyle’s works have long been introduced into China, taking the fancy of Chinese readers from generation to generation. The film and TV works based on his fictions are also attractive to a wide Chinese audience. In the world-renowned Adve...

As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse approaches, the exhibition Galloping Forward: The Year of the Horse Chinese New Year Cultural Exhibition is now open to the public at the National Museum of China. Hosted by the National Museum of China, the exhibition is supported by several renowned...

On 28 October 2025, Colorful Brushstrokes upon the Earth: The 2025 Chinese Farmers' Painting Exhibition jointly organized by the Department of Public Services of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Museum of China, opened at the National Museum of China.Farmers' painti...

The exhibition spans from the prehistoric era to the Classical period and the era of Alexander the Great, featuring 170 artifacts of high historical and aesthetic value— some of which are being presented outside Greece for the first time.The public will "travel" through the Geometri...

Since ancient times, gold has been treasured. By virtue of its rarity and permanence, it came to symbolize power, status, wealth, and sacredness in religion. Over thousands of years, the production, craftsmanship, use, and circulation of gold gave rise to objects of dazzling brilliance and manifold...

The Chinese Traditional Culture Museum unveiled a series of themed exhibitions for the Year of the Horse on Jan 20.The event focuses on the central themes of the upcoming Spring Festival, including the traditional Chinese calendar and the zodiac culture.It showcases over 100 representati...

Zeng Chenggang, a leading sculptor in China, is presenting a large-scale exhibition at Shanghai Art Museum.Running from Jan 22 to Apr 7, Between Heaven and Earth: Zeng Chenggang Sculpture Exhibition, marks the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist — encapsulating more than 40 years of h...

One reason the paintings of late artist Huang Yongyu (1924-2023) are loved by many is their humor, openness and optimism, qualities that guided both the artist and generations of viewers through life's hardships. Huang once said, "If you miss me, come to see my art." So Long, So Profou...

Forms of the People, now on at the Tsinghua University Art Museum, pays tribute to influential figures who taught at the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University and helped shape China's graphic and industrial design in the 20th century. Their work left a lasting imprint on the nation&#...

In Chinese mythology, the longma (dragon horse) is a legendary winged creature covered in dragon scales. Now, a massive 2.83-meter-tall woodcarving of this fabled beast has taken center stage at the 700-year-old Hong'en Temple in Beijing's Dongcheng district.The sculpture is the center...

The Jingpo Lake scenic area in Mudanjiang, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, recently held its annual winter ice fishing festival, alongside a competitive ice fishing contest.Jingpo, the magnificent volcanic lava barrier lake, boasts a pristine ecosystem and abundant aquatic resourc...

Dozens of paintings, prints, sculptures and watercolors by eminent artists teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing are currently on show at Old Masters, New Era, an exhibition at the gallery of the National Centre for the Performing Arts until March 31.The works are primarily f...

In his seminal work Wenfu (Essay on Literature), Lu Ji — a literary theorist of the third to fourth centuries — wrote that hidden jade causes a mountain to glow.Taking inspiration from this line, an exhibition now underway at the Tsinghua University Art Museum presents selected works from its coll...

Light of Wisdom, an exhibition on traditional Chinese medicine culture, has opened at the National Museum of China Hall at Xinjiang Museum, Urumqi. It reproduces an earlier namesake exhibition first held at the National Museum of China in Beijing years ago, showcasing hundreds of artifacts — archai...

How eccentric were the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a loosely associated group of artists active in 18th-century Yangzhou in Jiangsu province? Clues and answers can be found in an ongoing exhibition devoted to Jin Nong, the central figure of this group of painters, known for his uniquely unorthodox...

The beloved anthropomorphic bear siblings, the Boonie Bears, are set to return to theaters during the Spring Festival holiday, the country's most lucrative box-office season of the year.Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector marks the latest adventure in the long-running franchise, which has boasted...

Ancient Chinese people were among the earliest to extract raw lacquer from nature, refine it, and apply it for both preservation and decoration. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, lacquerware reached new heights of craftsmanship, synthesizing the techniques accumulated over...

An ongoing exhibition at the National Art Museum of China explores how contemporary craftsmanship is redefining lifestyle aesthetics by integrating creative approaches to traditional handicrafts, paying tribute to artisans who preserve ingenuity while embracing innovation rooted in folk culture.New...