The Art of Life

After a lifetime away, a legendary artist returns home to Beijing she's 84 and still wields a paintbrush with energy and vitality, proving the old adage that creativity knows no age barriers. Renowned Chinese-American artist Tseng Yuhe,     

The Art of Living

At the age of 66, Wang Jie is learning a new skill—papercutting. Every Monday and Thursday afternoon, she attends a class in her neighborhood in Beijing's suburban district of Changping, with her toolkit. The kit, once a medicine box, now holds two pairs of scissors, a paper cutter, a pair of glasses, pencils, a big eraser and a roll of tape, all necessary for her lesson.     

The Art of Film

正A producer's directorial debut wins international recognition By Wei Hongchen Knife in the Clear Water,a movie that revolves around a man's struggle to keep his beloved bull from being sacrificed for his dead wife's funeral rites,won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival(BIFF),which took place in South Korea in October.As one of Asia's most significant film festi-     

The Art of Persuasion

French President Emmanuel Macron has recently come under the spotlight. He chose to side with the U.S. and the UK on military action in Syria in April, a decision likely borne of his impulse to cling to America and keep alive his dream of reviving France as a great power. He also visited Washington, D.C. as Europe's envoy in the hope of persuading the U.S. not to forsake the Iran nuclear agreement and to extend Europe's exemption from Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. Of most concern to Macron at present is the reestablishment of France and Germany's central role in Europe, to push ahead with reform of the euro zone and to revitalize the European Union (EU).     

The Art of Reinventing

To the sound of a whistle, a row of peacocks march onto a narrow bridge behind a woman carrying a basket of food for them. As she walks, the woman sprinkles a bit of food from time to time while the peacocks peck and trail behind her, cackling loudly. The woman happens to be a staff member at the China Peacock Court, a large peacock farm in Jiayuguan, a city in northwest China's Gansu Province.     

The Art of Strategy

When I began teaching at the Armed Forces Engineering Institute of the People's Liberation Army of China in 2001,one of my subjects was The Art of War,a military treatise written by Sun Tzu(545-470 B.C.),a famous militarist and strategist in Chinese history.Since 2003,foreign officers from Asian and African countries began coming to the institute every year to study Chinese military enterprise and culture,and I taught them The Art of War.     

The Art of Bookbinding

Book designer brings a centuries-old technique back to life With a cup of pu’er tea and a burning sandalwood incense stick on the desk,Zhang Xiaodong begins a day’s work at his studio in Yizhuang in the southeastern suburb of Beijing.Zhang is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage known as Dragon Scale Binding.     

The Art of Accommodation

正I live in Mombasa,a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean and one of Kenya’s prime tourist destinations,but my second home will always be Tianjin,a municipality close to Beijing.Though I have lived in several Chinese cities,like Beijing,Shenzhen in Guangdong Province and a little-known city in Jiangsu Province,it was Tianjin where I stayed and studied for one year at the start of my six-year stint in China.     

The Art of Eating

The Chinese people are arguably the world＇s keenest gourmands. An unexpected visitor to any Chinese household is typically urged to stay for dinner, as it gives their hosts the chance to prepare and present the most delectable dishes.     

The Nomadic Art

正Traveling troupes bring culture and joy to the remote corners of China’s vast grasslands The people living on the grassland of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are born with a passion for art,ex-     

The Art of Translation

At 91,Lin Wusun is a staunch advocate of somersaults,that is,mental somersaults,his name for the act of translating An eminent communicator who spent his career explaining Chinese culture to foreigners and the Western way of thinking to Chinese,Lin donned a translators mantle after retirement became a foremost Chinese translator,and still keeps his hand in.     

The Art of Placement

THE Forbidden City is Beijing＇s hottest tourist attraction besides the Great Wall. Situated in the heart of the city, this sprawling complex served as the imperial palace of two dynasties. In front of the complex is the Golden Water River, while behind lies Jing-shan Hill （also known as Coal Hill）. This placement is far from accidental. Few visitors realize that the river and hill are in fact artificial, created in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui principles which require a “hill at the back and water in front.” Such a position is said to bring the inhabitants happiness and good luck. Although often dismissed as superstition in modern China, it has been shown that many fengshui principles do in fact have a basis in science, overlapping with nu- merous concepts found in modern environmental architecture.     

The Art Gallery of China

Now in its 15th year, the Red Gate was one of the first professional art galleries to have opened in Beijing. So far it has contracted more than 20 Chinese artists, many of them prominent figures in the nation's contemporary art world. The struggles of its founder, Brian Wallace, epitomize the fits-and-starts progress of China's artistic sector over the past two decades. Today, China's art is on the upbeat, as evidenced by growing government aid and public support and increased media coverage. Art exhibitions these days receive more visitors and generate greater revenue than ever before. Along with China's booming auction business, they contribute generously to its thriving art galleries. Yet art is still very much a nascent sector in China. Professional commercial galleries have emerged in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, but in small numbers. Chinese galleries have a long way to go as regards accessibility to all.     

The Art of Staying Relevant

正After thousands of years, Sun Tzu's military treatise is still used and embraced by readers and leaders alikeRiding the wave of success from the 3D release of Titanic in China,Hollywood director James Cameron recently signed on to the crew of The Art of War, China’s first 3D film. The film will be the first 3D film jointly produced by Chinese and U.S. directors.     

The Art of Chinese Calligraphy

Chinese 书法 （shu fa）, calligraphy, is the ancient art of Chinese handwriting. No publication on Chinese culture could ever omit mention of Chinese characters and calligraphy. For foreigners, 汉字 （han zi）, Chinese characters, are hard to master, and calligraphy is even more difficult.     

The Ancient Art of Woodcraft

IN 2004, archeologists discovered six tombs 10 meters underground in the walls of a loess ditch, 50-m-wide by 40-m-deep, north of Liangdai Village of excavation uncovered a 330.000-square-meter area of undisturbed tombs,     

The Poly Art Museum

THE Poly Art Museum isnear the Dongsi ShitiaoOverpass in Beijing.Since its opening inDecember 1999, the museumhas been active in its pursuit ofprecious cultural relics lost bothdomestically and abroad, fol-lowing the principle of "pursu-ing neither quantity nor diversi-ty, but rather exquisiteness,rari-ty and preciousness."In the spring of 2000, themuseum retrieved and housedthree treasures originating fromthe Yuan Ming Yuan (the OldSummer Palace)─ the bronzeheads of an ox, a tiger and …     

The Religious Art of China

CHINA has the longest continu- ous history of any country in the world; its civilization has been in existence for several thousand years. This miraculous vitality is rooted in the culture＇s impressive sense of inclusiveness. Over centuries, Chi- nese civilization has been absorbing and integrating the essence of exotic cultures, races or languages, no matter where they might be from. And foreign religion is no exception： Buddhism was introduced to China in the first century AD, Islam, circa the seventh century, and Nestorian- ism, an ancient Christian doctrine, shortly after. Since then,     

The Thought of Learning Art

For young artist Wang Tiantian, creating significant work means everything. The canvases on which she strives to reproduce her thoughts and feelings, testify to the depth of her imagination. Her studio is filled with oil paints, sketchpads, silks and butterflies, all of which she uses to create her artworks. She compares art to cooking, believing that it doesn't matter what seasonings are used as long as the food tastes good.Born in the 1970s, Wang Tiantian wants her work to     

The Art of Chinese Food

There is an old Chinese saying, ＂people take food as heaven.＂ It is an expression of people＇s love of food. A well prepared dish should have pleasing colour, aroma and flavour. Cooking has occupied a lofty position in Chinese culture throughout history. The great Chinese philosopher Lao Zi once said, ＂Governing a great nation is much like cooking a small fish.＂