All too often when we think about traditional Chinese craftsmen, we imagine a man in his 50s - or at least 40s - with hoary hair and big glasses, who proudly presents his works with trembling yet dexterous hands.
Fan Xing hopes to provide more choice for the city's theater lovers.
An exhibition of photographs taken by an Estonian photographer during a recent two-month tour of China has opened to the public in the rear lobby of the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center.
Centuries ago, Chinese people were using gourds as ladles, splitting them lengthwise into two parts and taking out the core. But about 400 years ago, they thought of another use and began decorating them by burning them with heated tools.
In Beijing, a small but loyal and devoted following for reiki has popped up, and like any other small community, everyone seems to know each other. The group meets at least once a month for reiki Share, an evening of communal reiki and refreshments. Six to 12 reiki practitioners of various levels of attainment gather together to practice reiki on one another and discuss the ways that reiki has affected their lives. The energy and atmosphere is both friendly and meditative as participants take turns healing and being healed.
In a rapidly modernizing society where culture and tradition are frequently surrendered to development needs, Zhang Wei, founder of the non-profit cultural website, oldbeijing.net, says "only the poor love culture".
Shichahai is among the city's best-preserved historical sites. Over the past decade, the community and the people living in it have witnessed magnificent changes in the area: some good, some not so good.
Taking a potential sweetheart to dinner and a movie has been the go-to date for men since the dawn of restaurants and moving pictures.
Next week, China will see its documentary The Warriors of Qiugang compete in the 83rd Academy Awards, indicating a growing presence in the global movie scene.
It is a common trend that most festivals worldwide adapt to the times and they sometimes become thinner. While the opportunities for fun remain or even enhance, the associated history is often sacrificed.
Initiated by a newspaper and produced by local hipster Now Now, the newly-released album Tears for Children calls itself a "charity course".
From its roots in the UK rave scene and Jamaican dancehall music, drum and bass has grown to become one of the most widely recognized dance music genres worldwide. For the past five years, one man has been on a mission to bring it to China.
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