Generally speaking, I have a sense of what to expect at a show. But the sum total of my advance knowledge of Shen Yun was derived from the classical Chinese dance ensemble’s flashy advertisements, ...

Peng Jingxuan plays the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng in Paris, France. Photo: Courtesy of Peng Jingxuan Under the Eiffel Tower, beside the Arc de Triomphe, along the bustling streets of ...

BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A series of books on classical Chinese novels have been published by the People's Literature Publishing House, compiling 54 volumes of 25 classics that represent the ...

As a child in Tokyo, Mari Yoshihara shared her bedroom with a Yamaha upright. She began piano lessons at age 3. It was a typical middle-class Japanese girlhood, she says, recalling that she was ...

To many people's surprise, one of the most popular recent TV reality shows in China has been Chinese Poetry Conference, a classical Chinese poetry competition devoid of any TV stars. What makes the ...

Jane Kao remembers when there was no Classical Chinese Garden in Portland, before there was funding, land and the political will to get it built. But on Sunday, as the garden continued its 10-year ...

Classical guitarist Yang Xuefei, who was named one of the six best female classical guitarists in the world by BBC Music Magazine, shared the story of how she made her latest album, Sketches of China, ...

Although Suzhou women are not as straight-talking as women in north China, their easy-going and sweet personalities attracted the attentions of many classical Chinese poets. They are like water, soft ...

Sometimes opera gets a bad rap as having irrelevant plots or perpetuating antiquated stereotypes. But opera companies are producing contemporary works that tell true stories about our diverse ...