'Acrobatic town' taps into proud heritage to boost tourism

1 week, 1 day ago

E. China county boosts distinctive-feature education to cultivate talents

By Han Jingyan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-16 17:30 Students play games at recess at a primary school in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, on Sept 5. "I have felt the warmth of the school's extended family," said Xing, noting the town's goal of "cultivating happy students, empowering happy teachers, and building happy families" has sowed good results, amid its bid …

Education School Happy Town Xing

3 months ago

Shandong set to host 13th Culture, Art Festival

China Daily

The 13th Shandong Culture and Art Festival is set to take place from Sept 29 to Oct 25 in five cities, including Jinan, Yantai, Linyi, Binzhou, and Heze. This prestigious event will showcase the innovative achievements, emerging talents, and vibrant new trends in Shandong's arts scene since 2021, playing a significant role in unlocking the contemporary value of Qilu culture. …

Art Shandong

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Poetic dance drama to enchant Huzhou audiences

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: Sep 5, 2024 A Chinese dance drama titled Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, is set to be staged at the Huzhou Grand Theatre in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Sept 20 and 21. The dance drama was inspired by A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains, a classic artwork created by artist Wang Ximeng during …

Wang Huzhou

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centuries-old Muqam art finds new vigor in Xinjiang’s Shache county

China Daily

Artists are performing the Muqam at the Muqam Heritage Center in Shache county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "The Muqam scores are intricate, posing great challenges for self-taught folk artists," he said, adding that the center became a big school and stage, filled daily with songs and dances. To ensure a sustainable lineage, the county has intensified efforts to …

Art Xinjiang Daily Performances Muqam Shache

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Study tours fire interest in rich Chinese culture

China Daily

Primary students learn about a variety of minerals and rocks at the Anhui Geological Museum on a guided study tour during their summer holiday. RUAN XUEFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY From historic sites to picturesque natural landscapes, from cutting-edge technology innovation hubs to traditional craft workshops, study tours and entertaining journeys are surging in various regions across China this summer, offering grownups …

Culture China Hong Kong Chinese Tour Study Macao

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Performing group showcases Zhejiang's vibrant culture in Beijing

China Daily

A scene from the dance drama, Wind Rises from Dachen Island. Zhejiang Performing Arts Group announced its 5th anniversary Beijing performance season on Tuesday. From September to November, performances from dance drama, acrobatic shows to traditional Chinese folk music, will be staged in Beijing. Highlights will include the dance drama, titled Wind Rises from Dachen Island, which revolves around the …

Beijing Zhejiang Dachen Island

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Performing group showcases Zhejiang's vibrant culture in Beijing

China Daily

A scene from the dance drama, Wind Rises from Dachen Island. Zhejiang Performing Arts Group announced its 5th anniversary Beijing performance season on Tuesday. From September to November, performances from dance drama, acrobatic shows to traditional Chinese folk music, will be staged in Beijing. Highlights will include the dance drama, titled Wind Rises from Dachen Island, which revolves around the …

Beijing Dachen Island Showcases Zhejiang

4 months ago

Walking the cultural tightrope

China Daily

Performers put on a show of hat tricks at a previous China Acrobatic Exhibition in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. YU JING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE The productions focus on acrobatic skills, including traditional acrobatic techniques, head balancing, bicycle tricks and aerial acrobatics. "In the past, performances were mostly based around a core of techniques, which allowed Chinese acrobatic shows to frequently …

Culture Performances Liaoning Acrobatic

4 months ago

Walking the cultural tightrope

China Daily

A scene from acrobatic drama Xiansheng, a production by the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp, which kick-starts the 12th China Acrobatic Exhibition in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Friday. Among troupes thinking this way is the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp from Liaoning province, which has merged acrobatics with storytelling in a drama titled Xiansheng. The other four acts and three …

China Liaoning Liaoning Province Troupes China Acrobatic Exhibition Shenyang Acrobatic

4 months ago

Walking the cultural tightrope

China Daily

A scene from acrobatic drama Xiansheng, a production by the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp, which kick-starts the 12th China Acrobatic Exhibition in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Friday. Among troupes thinking this way is the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp from Liaoning province, which has merged acrobatics with storytelling in a drama titled Xiansheng. The other four acts and three …

China Acrobatic Shenyang Liaoning Province Troupes China Acrobatic Exhibition

4 months ago

Walking the cultural tightrope

China Daily

Performers put on a show of hat tricks at a previous China Acrobatic Exhibition in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. YU JING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE The productions focus on acrobatic skills, including traditional acrobatic techniques, head balancing, bicycle tricks and aerial acrobatics. "In the past, performances were mostly based around a core of techniques, which allowed Chinese acrobatic shows to frequently …

Culture Performances Liaoning Acrobatic

4 months ago

Walking the cultural tightrope

China Daily

A scene from acrobatic drama Xiansheng, a production by the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp, which kick-starts the 12th China Acrobatic Exhibition in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Friday. Among troupes thinking this way is the Shenyang Acrobatic Performing Arts Corp from Liaoning province, which has merged acrobatics with storytelling in a drama titled Xiansheng. The other four acts and three …

China Acrobatic Shenyang Liaoning Province Troupes China Acrobatic Exhibition

6 months, 1 week ago

Maoqiang Opera stages a revival

China Daily

Wang Mu'er of the Wulian New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe prepares for a performance in Donghonghe village in Wulian county on May 14. Help at home Financial support from a local entrepreneur has also significantly helped the rapid development of Maoqiang Opera in recent years, Sun says. "Without Dong Yanping, there would be no New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe," she …

Era Dong Troupe Maoqiang Maoqiang Opera

6 months, 1 week ago

Maoqiang Opera stages a revival

China Daily

Sun Hongju and Shang Jinyang perform Maoqiang Opera Farewell at Rizhao City Square in July 2023. Audience enthusiasm Wang Jinxia, the 37-year-old deputy director of the Wulian New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe, started studying Maoqiang Opera under her cousin at 19 after graduating from high school. Beginning in the winter of 2006, she practiced at least an hour a day …

Art Opera Wang Era Perform Troupe Maoqiang

6 months, 1 week ago

Maoqiang Opera stages a revival

China Daily

Sun Hongju and Shang Jinyang perform Maoqiang Opera Farewell at Rizhao City Square in July 2023. Audience enthusiasm Wang Jinxia, the 37-year-old deputy director of the Wulian New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe, started studying Maoqiang Opera under her cousin at 19 after graduating from high school. Beginning in the winter of 2006, she practiced at least an hour a day …

Art Opera Wang Perform Maoqiang Maoqiang Opera Era Troupe

6 months, 1 week ago

Maoqiang Opera stages a revival

China Daily

Wang Mu'er of the Wulian New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe prepares for a performance in Donghonghe village in Wulian county on May 14. Help at home Financial support from a local entrepreneur has also significantly helped the rapid development of Maoqiang Opera in recent years, Sun says. "Without Dong Yanping, there would be no New Era Maoqiang Art Troupe," she …

Dong Maoqiang Opera Opera Troupe Maoqiang Opera Troupe

7 months, 1 week ago

Ningxia's acrobatic troupe winning global hearts

China Daily

The Yinchuan Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe from Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region is gaining wide attention from international audiences for its exceptional skills and unique charm of traditional culture. The acrobatic troupe recently won the "Young Star Award", the only special award at the 15th YOUNG STAGE International Circus Festival in Switzerland, for its original "Kicking Bowls on High …

Art Theater Yinchuan Ningxia Acrobatic Ningxia Hui Troupe

7 months, 1 week ago

Ningxia's acrobatic troupe winning global hearts

China Daily

The Yinchuan Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe from Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region is gaining wide attention from international audiences for its exceptional skills and unique charm of traditional culture. The acrobatic troupe recently won the "Young Star Award", the only special award at the 15th YOUNG STAGE International Circus Festival in Switzerland, for its original "Kicking Bowls on High …

Art Theater Yinchuan Ningxia Acrobatic Ningxia Hui Troupe

9 months ago

Young people drawn increasingly to cherished traditions

China Daily

By Zhao Ruinan in Nanchang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-18 06:31 A Yingge dance troupe from Shantou, Guangdong province, performs in the city on Feb 14. Her interest in traditional Chinese culture was kindled after she watched short videos featuring Yingge Dance, a folk dance with a 300-year history from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province. Performers undergo rigorous …

Culture Traditional Young Traditional Culture Young People Jiangxi Spring Festival

9 months ago

Young people drawn increasingly to cherished traditions

China Daily

A Yingge dance troupe from Shantou, Guangdong province, performs in the city on Feb 14. Her interest in traditional Chinese culture was kindled after she watched short videos featuring Yingge Dance, a folk dance with a 300-year history from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province. Performers undergo rigorous training from a young age, and during Spring Festival, performance teams in …

Culture Traditional Young Traditional Culture Young People Jiangxi Spring Festival

9 months, 1 week ago

Promoting heritage is a plum job

China Daily

A girl delivers a sword martial performance during the recent rural cultural and tourism festival in Shandong. A group of children, practicing plum blossom boxing, drew a great deal of attention at the Shandong rural cultural and tourism festival in the province's Guanxian county, Liaocheng in late February. "It was the intangible cultural heritage performance from the county's Gaosanli village …

Cultural

9 months, 1 week ago

Promoting heritage is a plum job

China Daily

A girl delivers a sword martial performance during the recent rural cultural and tourism festival in Shandong. A group of children, practicing plum blossom boxing, drew a great deal of attention at the Shandong rural cultural and tourism festival in the province's Guanxian county, Liaocheng in late February. "It was the intangible cultural heritage performance from the county's Gaosanli village …

Cultural

10 months ago

Shandong holds exciting events to celebrate upcoming Lantern Festival

China Daily

People celebrate the Spring Festival at a temple fair in Taierzhuang ancient town in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. As the Lantern Festival approaches, various regions in Shandong are preparing a rich array of folk activities, including lantern shows, temple fairs and intangible cultural heritage experiences. Lanterns festivals This year, Shandong has prepared lantern festivals in a number of locations: the ongoing …

Festival Shandong Lantern Lantern Festival

10 months ago

Shandong holds exciting events to celebrate upcoming Lantern Festival

China Daily

People celebrate the Spring Festival at a temple fair in Taierzhuang ancient town in Zaozhuang, Shandong province. As the Lantern Festival approaches, various regions in Shandong are preparing a rich array of folk activities, including lantern shows, temple fairs and intangible cultural heritage experiences. Lanterns festivals This year, Shandong has prepared lantern festivals in a number of locations: the ongoing …

Shandong Lantern Festival

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Weifang hosts Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival, anticipating New Year

China Daily

Weifang, a city in Shandong province, showcased its cultural vibrancy with the 2024 Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival, aiming to invigorate rural areas and foster cultural exchange. The festival offered a spectrum of experiences, from the new year paintings activity launch ceremony to an exhibition of fine painting art and dynamic showcases of other intangible cultural heritage performances. The event …

Festival Cultural New Year Weifang

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Weifang hosts Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival, anticipating New Year

China Daily

Weifang, a city in Shandong province, showcased its cultural vibrancy with the 2024 Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival, aiming to invigorate rural areas and foster cultural exchange. The festival offered a spectrum of experiences, from the new year paintings activity launch ceremony to an exhibition of fine painting art and dynamic showcases of other intangible cultural heritage performances. The event …

Festival Cultural New Year Weifang Hosts Rural

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shandong's Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival unveils vibrant charm

China Daily

Shandong province is set to dazzle visitors with its Spring Festival Rural Cultural and Tourism Festival, bridging tradition and modernity in the upcoming Year of the Dragon in 2024. From the resounding beats of the drum dances in Jinan to the graceful allure of traditional Hanfu costumes in Heze, Shandong's cultural diversity takes center stage. From bustling marketplaces to captivating …

Cultural Shandong Tourism Festival

11 months ago

Rural festival unveils celebrations

China Daily

The 2024 Shandong Rural Culture and Tourism Festival kicked off at Huanghe Tower Square in Gaoqing county, Zibo, marking the beginning of a cultural extravaganza. In Shanxian county, Heze, the festival seamlessly blended tradition with modern trends, showcasing local traditions such as the folk dance and intangible cultural heritage exhibitions. The festival also introduced innovative cultural products like bell-like chimes …

Folk Dance Festival Cultural

11 months ago

Acrobatics is more than poetry in motion in China

China Daily

Biju Dwarakanath Nearly 20 years ago, as a rookie copy editor working for a business daily in my hometown, Bangalore, I had occasion to go on an official trip to London, my first to a foreign land, courtesy of a British air carrier that had decided to take a few business journalists on a junket to mark its inaugural direct …

China Chinese Poet

11 months ago

A global village where the world's a stage

China Daily

Taiwan-based group U-Theatre performs at the opening of the Huichang Theater Village on Jan 5. A small settlement in Jiangxi province that's the ancestral home of big-name theater director Stan Lai is raising a curtain on its performing arts, Cheng Yuezhu and Tang Ying report. On Jan 5, Huichang county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, hosted an unprecedented scene when over …

Theater Taiwan Village Lai Huichang

11 months ago

A global village where the world's a stage

China Daily

Taiwan-based group U-Theatre performs at the opening of the Huichang Theater Village on Jan 5. A small settlement in Jiangxi province that's the ancestral home of big-name theater director Stan Lai is raising a curtain on its performing arts, Cheng Yuezhu and Tang Ying report. On Jan 5, Huichang county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, hosted an unprecedented scene when over …

Theater Taiwan Village Lai Huichang

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

What's on

China Daily

Colorful wind Having grown up in Changchun, Jilin province, oil artist Wang Jianguo centers his work around the distinctive landscapes and social life of northeastern China. An ongoing solo exhibition at the Yunnan Art Museum, Soft Wind on the Earth, brings dozens of Wang's oils to Kunming, in which he introduces people in the southwest to the changing views of …

Art Wang Guangdong His Work

1 year ago

Kenyans head over heels after trip to China

China Daily

Acrobats train under the guidance of Mathias Kavita in Nairobi. Bryson Wandabwa Wangilwa, who started training with the children's program at Sarakasi Dome, said he decided to take acrobatics seriously after being encouraged by Kavita. Even though Wangilwa had a different coach while training as a child, his performance has greatly improved since he joined Kavita's class last year. "I …

China Kenya Chinese Kavita Wangilwa

1 year ago

Art form widens its reach, sends cultural message

China Daily

Performers appear on stage at Zaifen Huangmei Opera Theatre in Anqing, Anhui province. On this single rostrum, a man and a woman, their voices resonating with pure, melodious beauty, perform a classic Huangmei Opera work, Tian Xian Pei, which translates as A Goddess' Marriage. Such scenes are frequent occurrences throughout Huaining, Anqing city, where Huangmei Opera, also known as caichaxi, …

Opera Form Stage Huangmei Huangmei Opera

1 year ago

Art form widens its reach, sends cultural message

China Daily

Performers appear on stage at Zaifen Huangmei Opera Theatre in Anqing, Anhui province. On this single rostrum, a man and a woman, their voices resonating with pure, melodious beauty, perform a classic Huangmei Opera work, Tian Xian Pei, which translates as A Goddess' Marriage. Such scenes are frequent occurrences throughout Huaining, Anqing city, where Huangmei Opera, also known as caichaxi, …

Opera Form Stage Huangmei Huangmei Opera

1 year ago

Kenyans head over heels after trip to China

China Daily

Acrobatics instructor’s experiences reflect deep ties of friendship Mathias Kavita little knew 40 years ago that a journey to China would dramatically transform his life. The then-13-year-old boy from Mombasa, Kenya, knew nothing about acrobatics until he and 23 other teenagers watched a film at the Chinese embassy in Nairobi, the African nation's capital. "Before traveling to China, we underwent …

China Kenya Chinese Kavita

1 year, 1 month ago

Traditional Chinese costumes boost rural vitalization in Caoxian

China Daily

The first Caoxian Hanfu Cultural Festival kicked off on Nov 11 in Caoxian county, Shandong province. The month-long event will feature a host of activities, including exhibitions, forums, sales promotions, traditional culture lectures, and performances, aimed at raising the profile of the local industry for traditional Chinese costumes, especially the hanfu. An exhibition hall of traditional Chinese costumes in Caoxian …

Traditional Chinese Costumes Boost Caoxian County Caoxian Hanfu Traditional Chinese Costumes

1 year, 4 months ago

Shandong acrobats wow in South Korea

China Daily

Artists from the Ningjin Acrobatics Troupe from Ningjin county, Dezhou, Shandong province perform at a theater in South Korea in July. Artists from the Ningjin Acrobatics Troupe from Ningjin county, Dezhou, Shandong province recently completed their run at a theater in South Korea, winning thunderous applause for acrobatic acts such as aerial silk and hoop diving. The acrobatics of Ningjin …

South Korea South County Korea Shandong Province Troupe Acrobatics

1 year, 5 months ago

What's on

China Daily

Master's teens The late artist Huang Yongyu left his native town in Fenghuang, Hunan province, in 1937, and reached Xiamen, Fujian province, to attend Jimei Middle School, where his uncle taught. He lived in southern Fujian for years which provided him a temporary shelter during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Huang wrote down his recollections of this period of …

Art Xiamen Fujian Huang

1 year, 5 months ago

What's on

China Daily

Master's teens The late artist Huang Yongyu left his native town in Fenghuang, Hunan province, in 1937, and reached Xiamen, Fujian province, to attend Jimei Middle School, where his uncle taught. He lived in southern Fujian for years which provided him a temporary shelter during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Huang wrote down his recollections of this period of …

Art Xiamen Fujian Huang

1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese acrobat falls to her death during mid-air performance with husband

CNN

CNN — A Chinese acrobat has fallen to her death during an aerial silks performance, sparking horror and outcry on social media over the lack of safety measures. How come there are no safety measures?” The acrobat couple are seen performing another set of aerial silks routine before the accident. The show was hosted by a local farm business owner, …

Safety Performance Chinese Her Husband Husband Safety Measures Acrobat

1 year, 8 months ago

Cultural tourism effort in Dongtou bears fruit

China Daily

Villagers perform the traditional She ethnic group folk art of baizilong and bamboo dancing in Huichang county, Jiangxi province. XING WEN/CHINA DAILY On a recent spring day, villagers dressed in traditional attire of the She ethnic group, danced briskly in a square surrounded by sprawling fields of blooming rapeseed flowers in Dongtou township of Huichang county in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi …

Bamboo Dongtou Huichang County

1 year, 8 months ago

Cultural tourism effort in Dongtou bears fruit

China Daily

Villagers perform the traditional She ethnic group folk art of baizilong and bamboo dancing in Huichang county, Jiangxi province. XING WEN/CHINA DAILY On a recent spring day, villagers dressed in traditional attire of the She ethnic group, danced briskly in a square surrounded by sprawling fields of blooming rapeseed flowers in Dongtou township of Huichang county in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi …

Bamboo Dongtou Huichang County

1 year, 9 months ago

National Acrobatics Show kicks off in Shandong

China Daily

The 11th edition of the National Acrobatics Show kicked off on March 16 in Jinan, capital of Shandong province. The 11th National Acrobatics Show kicks off on March 16 in Jinan, Shandong province. As a State-level acrobatics event, the National Acrobatics Show has produced a large number of outstanding acrobatic works and talents, playing an important role in promoting the …

National Shandong Acrobatic Jinan Acrobatics Liang Ben National Acrobatics Show

1 year, 9 months ago

Acrobatic feast set to kick off in Shandong

China Daily

The 11th China Acrobatic Exhibition will kick off in Shandong province on March 16, featuring a series of high-quality acrobatic performances and magic shows, according to a news conference held by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Beijing on March 9. From March 16 to 29, about 47 performances and magic shows as well as six plays starring acrobats …

Shandong Province Magic Shows Shandong Acrobatic

2 years ago

Art troupe performs for remote herdsmen

China Daily

Bayanbaatar was born and grew up in a small village of Wenquan county, Bortala Mongolian autonomous prefecture, in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The only Ulan Muqir troupe of Wenquan county, it consists of about 30 people, performs about 100 shows every year and keeps alive the tradition of performing in remote areas of the prefecture. Now, the conditions are …

Art Dance Miao Mongolian Troupe Ulan Muqir Ulan

2 years, 1 month ago

A deadly balancing act

China Daily

Award-winning show at the 11th China Acrobatics Golden Chrysanthemum Awards: acrobatic show Zhongfan by the Hebei Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School and Cangzhou Acrobatics Troupe. The show, Aerial Swing Trapeze Act, presented by the Henan Acrobatics Group and Puyang Acrobatic Art School, was named at the 11th China Acrobatics Golden Chrysanthemum Awards as one of the 10 best acrobatic shows. "We …

Art Act Zhu Acrobatics Acrobats Henan Acrobatics Group China Acrobatics Golden Chrysanthemum Awards