Studying contemporary art in China is not an exclusively aesthetic choice. In the context of an emerging market, art is as much a matter of cultural economy as of socio-politics. Thus art is not the product of an independent condition. In its imagination, as well as in its own diversity and its transformations, it encompasses and summarises the changes of a culture which is appropriating the schemes, images and notions inherited both from an age-old tradition and from the West (a West which i...

A performance of le qiang (乐腔, literally "joyful vocal tune"), formerly known as lao qiang (落腔), a rare genre of local Chinese opera (Chinese: difang xiqu, 地方戏曲) from Anyang (安阳市), northern Henan province (河南省), central China. The title of the play being performed here is "Jie Didi"《借髢髢》. The troupe is the Hua County Le Qiang Theater Troupe (Chinese: Hua Xian Le Qiang Jutuan, 滑县乐腔剧团), which is based in Hua County (滑县), Anyang (安阳市), northern Henan province (河南省), central China.

Hello friends! Previously we asked what kind of noodles you want to see. Some friends replied 'Chongqing Xiao Mian' (Chongqing Noodles), and here it comes!
This time Da Ye's apprentice, Huang Guohui, presents how to cook Chongqing Noodles.
With soft peas, aromatic sauce, al dente noodles, and incredibly fragrant chili pepper and Sichuan peppercorn oil, Da Ye and Er Bai enjoyed this dish so much. Though it's named 'Xiao Mian' (literally 'Small noodles'), never look down upon it!
At the end of this video, Da Ye will talk about his love story with Da Ma. If you are interested in how they knew each other, don't miss it!

En vietnamien, le mot « bánh » (orthographié 餅 en chinois, បាញ់ en khmer) est un terme générique qui désigne tous les aliments fabriqués à partir d’une farine quelconque (blé, riz, tapioca…). On tr…

Dans le chapitre VI de son Pèlerin d’Angkor, Pierre Loti, lorsqu’il décrit la forêt cambodgienne qu’il traverse en bateau avant d’atteindre Kampong Chhnang, évoque deux espèces d’oiseaux qu’il aper…

Research by Robert Barnett and others has found that China has been annexing Bhutanese territory in recent years.

Une rencontre-dédicace avec Lia Wei, spécialiste des sceaux chinois, pour en apprendre plus sur cet illustre art de gravure sur sceaux !