CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION-SILK ROAD (CN)

CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION-SILK ROAD (CN)

(230709) -- XI'AN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view exhibits during an Italian contemporary art exhibition "Italian Contemporary Art and Artists on the Silk Road" at the Xi'an Art Museum in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Italian art exhibition tour along ancient Silk Road concludes in Xi'an" (Xinhua/Zhang Sijie)

CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION-SILK ROAD (CN)

CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION-SILK ROAD (CN)

(230709) -- XI'AN, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of an exhibit during an Italian contemporary art exhibition "Italian Contemporary Art and Artists on the Silk Road" at the Xi'an Art Museum in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, July 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Italian art exhibition tour along ancient Silk Road concludes in Xi'an" (Xinhua/Zhang Sijie)

Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Literary master Han Yu | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: MENGZHOU/CHAOZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): NIU JIN'GANG, Deputy director of Han Yu Research Institute in Mengzhou 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG YONGZHAO, Member, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG ZHIMIN, Deputy director of Han Yu Memorial Hall in Chaozhou 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZENG CHU'NAN, Counselor, Association of Literature in Tang Dynasty of China 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHEN SIJIE, Head of Mengzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: Han Yu was a Chinese literary master during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He was a strong proponent of the Classical Prose Movement, which advocated clarity and precision rather than the richly ornamented literary style. Han's story was shared by Chinese President Xi Jinping when addressing artists at a