Artisan Hao Ruxiang demonstrates the making of lotus flowers, using the buhu painting craft, in Baoding, Hebei province. Flowers and birds bursting with color, vivid human figures and dramatic landscapes seem to jump out of the picture frames hanging on the walls of artisan Hao Ruxiang's workshop. "It originated from the traditional folk art of the Manchu ethnic people, who …
Part of the ancient city wall that has been renovated in Pingyao, Shanxi province. Timely preservation efforts of the government have helped safeguard shagexiren and the art form has been promoted through restoration, reproduction and video-recording, says Huo Wenzhong, director of Pingyao county's intangible cultural heritage protection center. Another Glance at Pingyao, an interactive play showcasing the business and cultural …
Chinese composer Hao Weiya is featured in the NCPA opera series broadcast by WFMT Radio Network in Chicago. The first opera will be Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka with a Chinese cast that includes Zhou Xiaolin in the title role; followed by Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow with Song Yuanming as Hanna Glawari; and then by the Chinese composer Hao Weiya's A …
The Hugo Award winner Hao Jingfang. A new novel by the Hugo Award winner Hao Jingfang, which was released at the recent 2021 Children's Science Fiction Conference in Southwest China's Chongqing, incorporates Chinese cultural elements and history into sci-fi narratives. "The new book embodies wuxia and ranger spirits," Hao said, adding she hopes to explore a sci-fi style with Chinese …