Front row, from left: Director Wang Yabin, Wei Lingzhi, secretary-general of the Cao Xueqin Society, composers Zhu Shaoyu and Wang Liping at the premiere of the concert, Jingyun Honglou in 2022. When producer Li Dong, composer Wang Liping and Wei Lingzhi, secretary-general of the Cao Xueqin Society, met at the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall in the China National Botanical Garden …
Experts and performers at the opening ceremony of the 13th Cao Xueqin Cultural and Art Festival in September. CHINA DAILY Fan Zhibin, a researcher at the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall in Beijing, says that Dream of the Red Chamber is more like an encyclopedia than a novel because it encapsulates the essence of traditional Chinese culture passed down for centuries. …