Turandot NCPA Opera

Turandot NCPA Opera

Dates： January 18-23， 2022

Venue： National Center for the

Performing Arts （NCPA）

Turandot depicts a love story full of mystery. The NCPA opera Turandot is the first Western opera the NCPA launched since its inauguration. Puccini Festival Foundation， as the specially invited partner in the NCPA’s production， has rendered full support from play creation to rehearsal. Hao Weiya， the young Chinese composer， entrusted by NCPA， became the third composer in the world and also the first Chinese artist to complete Puccini’s Turandot.

Swan Lake National Ballet of China

Dates： January 27-28， 2022

Venue： National Center for the

Performing Arts （NCPA）

The National Ballet of China was founded in 1959. All of the company’s outstanding artists come from professional academies. The company has never ceased enriching its solid Russian foundation with works of different schools and styles. By both performing Western ballets and creating works of its own with distinct national characteristics， the company has found a successful path for the development of Chinese ballet. It is fusing the classical and the modern， and cultures from all over the world.

Chinese， Italian Archaeologists Discuss Protection of Cultural Relics

2022 is set to be the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism. Archaeologists from China’s Sichuan Province and Italy’s Campania region began a two-day webinar on November 29 on the protection and utilization of cultural relics.

Lei Yu， a researcher with the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute， and Gabriel Johannes Zuchtriegel， director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park， briefed the participants on the latest discoveries at the Sanxingdui Ruins site and the site of the ancient city of Pompeii.

Nearly 10，000 pieces of relics have been unearthed since last March at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site， dazzling archaeologists with their historical value.

At the webinar， more than 20 experts from the two countries discussed a wide range of topics， including the protection， restoration and utilization of cultural heritage， talent training， and research on materials used in the protection of relics.

On Chinese Media

Qianhai：

New Development Engine in the Greater Bay Area

Insight China

Issue 32， 2021

Promoting economic development in Shenzhen’s Qianhai area is a major national opening-up initiative personally deployed by President Xi Jinping. On September 6， 2021， the Chinese government issued a plan for deepening the cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the field of modern services signifying new opportunities for the two regions and a new level of development in Qianhai. So far， Qianhai has taken innovative financial risk prevention and control measures by building up systems， enhancing supervision， applying new technology， and adopting new modes of investigation.

Silk Road Arts Exhibition Kicks off in Xi’an

A total of 120 intangible cultural heritage works and contemporary paintings and sculptures from 14 countries went on display as the Silk Road International Arts Exhibition kicked off in Xi’an， northwest China’s Shaanxi Province， on December 1.

As a significant part of the Seventh Silk Road International Arts Festival， the exhibition showcased shadow puppets and dough figurines from China， hand-painted ceramics from Turkey， Mosaic art from Jordan， egg carvings from Kuwait， and traditional Khon masks from Thailand.

The Seventh Silk Road International Arts Festival was held from December 1 to 6， 2021. The festival consisted of over 40 events， including opening and closing ceremonies， shows， exhibitions， and forums.

The Silk Road International Arts Festival， launched in 2014， is the first international arts festival on the theme of the Silk Road in China.

Chinese Tea Culture Traced Back to 400 BC

An archaeological team from Shandong University， in east China’s Shandong Province， has found the earliest known tea remains in the world， dating back about 2，400 years.

The discovery traced physical evidence of the origin of China’s tea culture back to the early stage of the Warring States Period （475-221 BC）， namely from 453 BC to 410 BC. It extends the age of the beverage， as suggested by previous studies， by more than 300 years.

The samples， which have proved to be the residue of brewed tea， were excavated from ancient tombs in Zoucheng， Shandong Province.

From August to December 2018， the team， led by professor Wang Qing from Shandong University， conducted archaeological excavations in the ruins of an ancient city， which was built during the Spring and Autumn Period （770-476 BC） and the subsequent Warring States Period.

According to the researchers， the stem-and-leaf-like carbonized residue found in an inverted porcelain bowl was later proven highly likely to be ancient tea.

Subsequent data showed that the content of caffeine and theanine in the residue was low or even absent. Since these two substances are easily soluble in water， the researchers concluded that the unearthed tea samples were the dregs left by the ancients after they boiled the tea.

The findings were published in the Chinese-language Journal of Archaeology and Cultural Relics.

Hi！ Robot

YiMagazine

Issue 11， 2021

Currently， a new wave of robotics applications has burst into the scene in contemporary society， which will completely change the world much like the smart phone. Due to the advancement of artificial intelligence， a robot can evolve through independent learning to become smarter and is able to adapt to various complex conditions.

The Future of “New Domestic Products”

Lifeweek

Issue 47， 2021

China’s per capita GDP reached US$11，300 in 2020， exceeding the bar of US$8，000 for the upper-middle tier of developed countries. New consumer goods companies and innovative products have emerged in the Chinese market. Among them， catalyzed by the Internet and social capital， “new domestic products”have experienced a breakneck pace of development.