Chinese culture and art

To kickstart the Chinese New Year, Chinese dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts and the city teamed up to put on an evening of music, color, and culture for the public in the City Hall Library on Wednesday night.

The Pfeiffers traveled 120 miles to attend Shen Yun Performing Arts’ matinee at the Detroit Opera House on Jan.27. The couple has made the journey to see the show annually.

Confucius is honoured as the “head teacher for 10,000 years” and the “teacher of all teachers” in China.

The exhibition, “Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan,” will run from Sept. 11 through Jan. 6, 2013.

Part of the New York Chamber Music Festival, acclaimed virtuoso violinist Gary Levinson and renowned pianist Daredjan Baya Kakouberi perform Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” sonata and Ravel’s “Tzigane.” Symphony space describes the Beethoven piece as majestic and the Ravel piece as fiery.

When foreign government officials visit China, disgruntled Chinese petitioners often try to slip through security. This situation took place when German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited.

Min Ziqian was a famous Confucian scholar and considered an exemplar of filial piety. This story tells of an incident in Ziqian’s youth in which he demonstrated his filial piety and in doing so helped bring harmony to his family. It has been passed down through the generations in China.

Councillors felt sorrow, hope, and determination to uphold human rights at a private viewing of The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition now open to the public at La Galleria on Pall Mall.

Taking a break from wire transactions and loans this weekend, some JP Morgan bankers pounded their paddles at the 22nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.

Mozi, a post-Confucius Chinese thinker and humanist, espoused a theory of universal love and non-violence.

Official Chinese propaganda has in recent years attempted to focus on arts and culture as a means of getting out the Communist Party’s official message.

Ms. Seron Chau is noted for outstanding expressiveness on stage. She highlights this strength in her dance competition appearances.

New research into Chinese surnames has revealed the impacts of historical migrations on the current population structure in China.

As ticket sales hot up for Shen Yun Performing Arts’ return to the London Coliseum in April, the Chinese Embassy wish to stop this display of traditional Chinese culture. Why?

Jan. 23 marks this year’s Chinese New Year. After a Rabbit year, the upcoming year stands under the sign of the Dragon. Unlike Western dragons, in the Chinese tradition, dragons have a good reputation.

In both the East and the West, the dragon is often associated with fantasy and mythical realms. Yet the outer appearances and common perceptions of the dragon differ greatly in these two parts of the world.