Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, runs from the last day of the year on the Chinese calendar to the 15th day of the first month. The Ministry of Culture has launched the sixth Happy Chinese New Year in 2015, when over 800 programs will be staged in 118 countries and regions.
A photo contest was held at the Beijing Tianqiao Theatre on Dec 28, 2014. A total of 189 entries by eight photographers capture the moments of ballet dancers performing in the first China International Ballet Season staged in Beijing in 2013.
A group of diplomats based in Beijing, the country’s capital, participated in a cultural discovery tour of the port city of Quanzhou in Fujian province from Nov 26-29, 2014.
The animation industry plays a key role in the development of entertainment, education and cross-culture communication. The new media animation based on network and the mobile phone has become a new growth point of China's animation industry.
October 22 this year marks the 120th birthday of Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern history, who established the Mei School of Peking Opera.
Confucianism, developed from thoughts by Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), is an ethical and philosophical system which has become an influential part of Chinese culture.
Thirty-eight young overseas Sinologists from over 25 countries and regions are invited to China during September 4 to 20 for the Visiting Program for Young Sinologists 2014.
The third Arabic Arts Festival was held in Beijing from August to October. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Forum on China-Abra Cooperation, the festival presented some new characters.
China and US are holding a number of cultural exchange activities this year.
A series of cultural programs that aims to boost Sino-French cultural exchanges will be presented in both countries during the year as the two countires ushered in their 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2014.
This year marks the beginning of the second decade for the strategic partnership between China and the ASEAN. The China-ASEAN relationship is standing at a new historical starting point.
Beijing has welcomed more than 10,000 transit passengers as of Oct 19, 2013 since it introduced a 72-hour visa-free policy at the start of the year.
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