工作生活

汤姆是一名记者，常年在世界各地采访。他接到总部的指令，赶往非洲西部的一个战乱国家，了解当地妇女的生存状况。     

Taijiquan： A Vehicle for Cultural Exchange

Recycled paper, pencils, and solar powered indoor lighting--such environment-friendly items were used by journalists at a .UK-China Climate Change Media Workshop, held in Beijing on June 17.     

Tree Bark and Fish-Skin Costumes in Joint Ethnic Display

“Woven by Nature Itself： Exhibition of Li Ethnic Group Bark Costumes and ttezhe Ethnic Group Fish-skin Costumes” opened on June 4 in Heilong.jiang Provincial Museum of Nationalities. Scheduled to run for seven months, the exhibition will move south to the Hainan Provincial Museum of Nationalities, the co-host of the exhibition. The exhibition, showcasing comnaon historical and cultural themes of China＇s northernmost and southernmost provinces, combines the distinct costume features of the different ethnic groups     

3iba Rice Cakes- a M iao Morsel

These photographs were taken in February 2013 in Huayuan County, Hunan Province, in the villages of Jinlong in Pailiao Township, Shanmu in Mao＇er Township, and Lixin in Malichang Township.     

Zhang Kun：Capturing the Beauty of Real Life

The first thing that strikes anyone looking at a figure painting by Zhang Kun is a strong sense of realism. Zhang never distorts his figures with exaggerated lines and shapes, nor does he blindly follow any particular fashion, instead concentrating on the depiction of real life. Not only does Zhang imitate nature, he simplifies and orders it so as to capture its essence, and any adjustment he attempts is in order to bring greater depth to such simplicity. His consummate skills contribute to the purity of his paintings, his poetic language being heard through his representation of ordinary life. His works present man and nature in a simple and harmonious relationship, the very thing that modem people yearn for,     

那顺巴图：色彩的暗示

Nasanbat, an ethnic Mongolian, was born in Ordos, Inner Mongolia in 1969. He graduated from the Art Department of Inner Mongolia Normal University in 1989. In 2000, he studied in Germany＇s Braunschweig University of Art under the guidance of Prof. Norbert Tadeusz and obtained a master＇s degree. In 2006, he studied in the master class of Braunschweig University of Art under the guidance of Prof.     

The Zhuang——Within the Na Cultural Circle

Professor Tadayo Watabe is a Japanese expert on the origin and development of rice culture. In his book The Rice Road, Professor Watabe argued that an arc-like area extending from South China to the Assam plain in India is likely to be thestarting point of ＂The Rice Road,＂ and the source of the world＇s rice civilizations. The area identified by Professor Watabe basically overlaps with a belt plotting the distribution of places having the word Na in their name. Wenshan, the home of more than one million Zhuang population in Yunnan Province also lies within this arc.     

The Second International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage：A FEAST OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE,A FESTIVAL FOR CHENGDU,A PARTY FOR THE WORLD

The Second International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, which is known as the ＂Land of Abundance＂ in China, from June 1 to June 13, 2009. Delegations from 40 countries and different cities, autonomous regions and provinces of China participated in the festival＇s various activities. This, together with the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Forum attended by the ambassadors to the UNESCO of over 30 countries, the Grand Parade at the opening ceremony and the promotional drives at the festival, turned the event into a true public cultural pageant.     

Xishuangbanna and an Artist Vision

Xishuangbanna lies in the southwestern province of Yunnan, which has the largest variety of minor ethnic groups in China. For the artist Zhang Guangzhi, Xishuangbanna is a magically beautiful place that inspires him to paint. There are other artists producing work with Xishuangbanna subjects, but Zhang has created a unique style that is all his own.