This work by 19th-century painters Fei Yigeng and Zhang Xiong depicts Chang'e cuddling the jade rabbit amid flower-laden plum branches bathed in moonlight. CHINA DAILYThe moon shines brightly on ageless classicsIn 1076, Chinese poet and essayist Su Shi found himself in self-imposed exile hundred...

On Sept. 14, finalists of the 2023 "My Story of Chinese Hanzi" international competition visited Haihui Academy in Daqiao village, Beiliu township, Yangcheng county, north China's Shanxi Province, exploring the ancient academy that was a place of great renown during the Ming and Qing d...

At the forum, contemporary Chinese poet Ouyang Jianghe shares with us the relationship between poetry and poetry translation. He believes that poems that are closer to the human heart are more likely to achieve worldwide success, so that they could be widely understood in all languages.2023 Forum on...

Poets, artists, and scholars gather on Friday around a granite stone in Cambridge that memorializes Chinese poet Xu Zhimo. [Zheng Wanyin / China Daily]The ninth Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicked off on Friday at King's College, the University of Cambridge.Commemorating the Chines...

The Film Season For Diplomats event held on Saturday afternoon Photo: Courtesy of the organizerThe animated summer hit,Chang'an San Wan Li, or30,000 Miles from Chang'an, set a new record by reaching a total of more than 1.8 billion yuan ($249 million) in early September, which it...

Drinking beneath the blooming peach blossoms, gazing at the waterfall on Mount Lu and bathing in the Mid-Autumn Festival’s full moon…Welsh musician and songwriter, Gareth Bonello, shares the romantic poems of Li Bai with Western listeners through music. In 2011, Bonello took up a residency in Chen...

Shao Tianshuai, a national first-grade actor, and deputy director of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing said, "Since Kunqu has its own rhythms and tonal patterns with its own ups and downs in cadences and rhyme, it might better help children learn and memorize ancient poems." When...

Musical actor Zheng Yunlong will play the role of poet Li Bai in the Chinese musical,Qiang Jin Jiu.[Photo provided to China Daily]The legendary life of Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Li Bai will be told in an original Chinese musical,Qiang Jin Jiu(Invitation to Wine) which is na...