构筑开放大舞台 做大做强山西文化品牌——2003平遥国际摄影大展综述

The 2003 Pingyao International Photography Festival was successfully celebrated belween September 16 and 22. More than 190 exhibitions, totaling some 10,000 photos, from 14 countries were on public view. Other highlights included the opening ceremony featuring a gala concert “Let‘s Meet in Pingyao”; four photography forums; the unveiling of Pingyao International Photography Museum; the award-giving ceremonies sponsored by two multinationals; a temple fair and Shanxi pasta show. Totally, 128 foreign guests and 3,480 domestic visitors from 20 provinces and municipalities as well as Hong Kong attended the festival. The 2003 Pingyao International Photography Festival has once again played an exemplary role in opening Shanxi wider to the outside world, raising its profile, boosting its tourist industry, and pushing Shanxi further on the road to a culture-strong province.     

名家开坛 平遥论道——2003平遥国际摄影大展首次设立4个中国摄影论坛

During the festival, four forums, namely the architectural forum, photojournalism forum, portrait forum and scenery forum, were opened in order to facilitate the exchanges between Chinese and foreign photography worlds. It was also a good opportunily for amateurs or photography lovers to have a face-to-face interaction with professionals. The launching of these forums, a bright spot of this year‘s festival, has added luster to the Pingyao International Photography Festival and held a creative significance for the history of Chinese photography.     

聚焦平遥古城──“平遥国际摄影节”九月拉开帷幕

Under the initiative of China Artistic Photography Association and Shanxi Cultural Exchanges with Foreign Countries, Pingyao International Photo Festival will be held from September 20th to 30th this year at the ancient town of Pingyao, a county in Jinzhong Municipality of Shanxi Province. The International Photo Festival is the first worldwide photo trade fair ever held in China. Its main programs include photo stock trading, open－ air evening slide show, workshops and Ancient Ping…     

走遍三晋大地 摄尽山西精华──“平遥国际摄影节”创作采风线路精选

To liven up the atmosphere of Pingyao International Photo Festival and help foreign and domestic photographers with their creations and coverage in Shanxi, People's Photo and Shanxi Photographers' Association will arrange eight groups to go to different places of Shanxi for photo opportunities. The eight routes will cover separately Ancient City Pingyao, Courtyards of Shanxi's Merchants, the sacred Wutai Mountains, Datong area, Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, the rustic Ningwu an…     

古城新韵：醇香可口的平遥牛肉

“Pingyao‘s beef and Taigu‘s pancakes”——thus begins the opening line of the lyric of “In Praise of Local Produce” sung by Guo Lanying, a famous soprano. Thanks to this song, the fame of Pingyao beef has reached far and wide. Always the tender cut, Pingyao beef tastes juicy but not greasy, chewy but not dry, achieving the right balance. Usually wok-braised for over 12 hours, Pingyao beef makes a delighlfully tasty dish rich in nutrition. And along with the photo festival, more and more visitors will get to know Pingyao beef and more and more people will take a liking to it.     

中国摄影家协会加盟大展

Under the direct leadership of theprovincial CPC committee and theprovincial government, and through theconcerted efforts of the organizers,sponsors and supporters, thetwo-year-old Pingyao International Pho-tography Festival has greatly boostedthe development of photography, as wellas Sino-foreign cultural exchanges. Inorder to make the festival into an inter-national, professional event in our cultur-al exchange programs, to make full useof this world heritage, and to integrateharmoniously …     

开放：见证平遥古城的世界影响

Small as it is, Pingyao is more often than not mentioned by people with blue eyes, blond hairs and strong noses as Pingyao has become the haunt of foreigners. “Going out” and “Coming in” are the two “wings” of reform and opening, with either of which missing, it is impossible to fly. Now the people of Pingyao, a people of a magnanimous character and open mind, have flung open the city gate, welcoming photographers from all corners of the world and receiving their cultural achievement. At the same time these visiting photographers or exhibitors will bring their work out to the world and subsequently bring Pingyao and its fame to the outside world.     

中外摄影家再聚平遥交流大舞台又展风采

Approved by the Ministry of Culture, Pingyao International Photo Expo, 2002 will be held in Pingyao from September 20 to 27. There are seven special points in this year's Expo:First is to expand the scope of the exhibition with active participation from foreign and domestic big-name photo studios and well-known photographers. Governments from France, Spain and Russia showed interest in this event; New York-based International Center of Photography, and Swedish Photography Center expressed a     

摄影要融入社会——中国优秀摄影画册阿尔卡特大奖评委陈海汶谈平遥国际摄影大展参展参评作品

A photographer-turned-entrepreneur in Shanghai, Mr. then Haiwen has been pursuing the “photography can get a better development only if it involves in society” concept in both his business and photography practice. He is exploring a road, which is complementary, not conflicting, and also embraces photography, society, art and business. Since society is so large whereas photography is so esoteric, photography can not get a great leap forward, he thinks, unless it integrates into society. And it is true that any art form is of no value if it is divested of social moorings and photography must go to market if it wants to engage with society.     

文明·发展——2004年平遥国际摄影大展策划方案

Featuring the theme of"Civilizationa d Development" , the2004 Pingyao International Photography Festival(PIP)willcreatea rich and strong culturalclimatewhere there are dynamicinteractionsbetween the localandthe global, between individuality and commonness , reflecting openness and diversity. With an emphasis on findingand promoting new artistsand new work ,itwillgive prominence to new concepts, new perceptions, new skillsand more v…     

法国文化部举办近年中国摄影家作品收藏展

The first major exhibition of photographic works by Chinese pho-tographers and artists collected by the Culture Ministry of France in recent years was opened on May 27 at the Centre Photographique de'Ile-de-France (CPIF). The exhibited works were chosen mainly from among hundred or so photos by 13 Chinese photographers and artists who participated in the last two Pingyao International Photography Festival. The title of the exhibition is "An Edifying and Curious Walk".France, the birth…     

欧洲摄影界关注大展

A press conference on the upcom-ing Pingyao International Photography Festival (PIP), 2003 was held on the evening of May 20 at the auditorium of the European House of Photography in the City of Paris located on the bank of the Seine. 120 or so photographers, rep-resentatives and reporters from Paris-based photo agencies or news media attended the press release. All the attendees expressed their solicitude for the Chinese photographers and some of them raised doubts as to whether this ye…     

平遥国际摄影大展——中外文化交流的盛会——中共山西省委常委、宣传部长、2003平遥国际摄影大展组委会主任申维辰访谈录

Pingyao is a symbol of civilization in human history: Its city, listed as a World Heritage Site, is the best-preserved an-cient city of the Han ethnic group with its unique structure and historical landmarks packed with philosophical meanings and showing a brilliant civilization. The "Rishengchang" is where the first Qing money shop in China was located; the "Ming-Qing Street", still bustling today, is a showcase of the glory of Shanxi mer-chant culture in the golden days of yore.Pingyao p…     

Paddling in Music

The Ninth Beijing Music Festival and the Fourth Beijing International Symphony Season will be held October 2-29 in Beijing. In order to promote participation, the festival will host various types of interactive activities, making the festival a carnival for people and music fans. The Beijing Music Festival (BMF), established in 1998 and endorsed by the Ministry of Culture of China and the Beijing Municipal Government, has become one of the grandest and most significant annual cultural events in Asia and has attracted     

Cultural Gala Down Under

CULTURAL exchanges between China and Australia turned a new page in June with the start of Experience China:Year of Chinese Culture in Australia. It will run until June 2012,and during its yearlong stretch will present dozens of events,ranging through drama,opera,and music,to exhibitions and seminars. It is a multi-city program involving Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide,Perth and Canberra.     

Magnificent Jinling——The Nanjing Cultural and Art Festival

It is in a season with its air filled with the scent of golden osmanthus that ancient Nanjing, capital fo East China's Jiangsu Province, will see the Third Nanjing Cultural and Art Festival focusing on a theme of "magnificent Jinling."To carry forward the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Party, the festival will use various stage performances     

悠远的咏叹 珍贵的捕捉——感叹晋商老照片

Every viewer at the 2003 Pingyao International Photography Festival could find his or her delight and capture the joy in his or her hearl. Of all the photos on display, those of Shanxi merchants were of the highest appreciating value, the collecting value, and the historical value. It is precisely these yellowish photographs that captured the “instant moment”, which gave the festival an historical dimension that we could not otherwise get.     

Exchanging Culture Along the Silk Road

THE Year of Turldsh Culture in China （2013） was formally inaugurated in March after a curtain-raising gala in Beijing. Various cultural activities are on display or will be staged in different cities throughout China, ranging from opera, conceits and ballet to photo and painting exhibitions, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey.     

A Reminder of Our Roots

This will be my fourth Spring Festival on the Chinese mainland since I arrived in Beijing in 2017.Spring Festivals have always been exciting times and fascinating occasions.This festival connects the modern with the ancient,and teaches so much about the Chinese—their hopes and aspirations,culture and history,and the common bonds that bind them together.     

Uncle Paul's Family Christmas

<正>2015 Christmas Delicacy Festival of the Minzu Hotel From November 26 to December 25,Uncle Paul’s Family Christmas,a Christmas Delicacy Festival,will be held at the Coffee Mill of the Minzu Hotel.Our old friend,Paul,is an international chef with over 30 years of experience,and the traditional American delicacies prepared by him are loved by customers.The one-month-long Christmas Delicacy Festival will give you the chance to enjoy a merry Christmas reunion with your family every day!