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An old Chinese adage says that a man's handwriting is a window into his personality and character.
For Chinese painter Li Xiaoke, Tibet is more than a vast land with amazing natural beauty. It is essentially the spiritual home of his art creation.
Performers showcase the beauty of Beijing Opera during a media preview at the textile museum in Shanghai on June 8, 2013.
Performers operate puppets during a Lingnan puppet show held by the Guangdong Provincial Puppet Art Theater at the Guangzhou Library to mark the 8th national Cultural Heritage Day.
Exhibition Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Money: Art after Social Media Era features many projects that were commissioned especially for the show.
The Beijing Opera will be performed for the first time in Tunisia, official TAP press agency reported on Friday.
A rare wooden cabinet that was part of the Chinese imperial collection has sold for over 90 million yuan at an auction in Beijing. The sale sets a new record for Chinese furniture.
It is widely accepted that traditional Chinese painting can be divided into two categories: gongbi, or fine brushwork with great attention to detail, and xieyi, a freehand style of brushwork that expresses meaning and spirit.
The realistic gongbi style of Chinese painting is considered to lack imagination and be less capable of expressing emotion than freehand brushwork.
BP Zoom is ready to make you laugh at the Guangzhou Opera House on June 7 and 8 with an imaginative show, which the duo created to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
"The Golden Dragon" has been translated into more than 20 languages and is playing at New York's New Ohio Theatre through this weekend.
Some exhibitions and art shows in Beijing during June 7-June 26.