"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

"Laowai" in China | French artistic director makes Chinese ancient town aglow with fireworks

(240606) -- WANZAI, June 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sophie Poirier walks in Wanzai ancient town in east China's Jiangxi Province, May 11, 2024. Sophie Poirier, a French artistic director of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company, has been obsessed with Chinese culture since she was a child. In her childhood, she often fantasized that she was a Chinese princess. In 1991, as a designer of ECA2, a well-known French large-scale event maker, Poirier went to the Beijing Amusement Park and brought her very first dreamlike laser water curtain film to the Chinese audience. She has also designed performances for many well-known tourist destinations. Though Poirier has extensive experience in performance design, she fell in love with the small stage of Wanzai, an ancient town with nearly a 1,400-year history of producing fireworks, following a collaboration invitation of Zeng Ming, general manager of Wanzai Kaleidoscope Culture and Tourism Company. Poirier teamed up with Zeng's company to develop fireworks dra

Domestic movies lead market recovery in summer in China

STORY: Domestic movies lead market recovery in summer in China DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people buying movie tickets and drinks 2. various of movies released this summer in China 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WEI ERGE, Moviegoer 4. various of people entering cinema 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU SHAN, General manager of Poly International Cinema Shenyang K11 store 6. various of crew roadshow of Kingdom of Storms STORYLINE: China has witnessed a movie frenzy this summer. And domestic movies are more popular among moviegoers across the country. During this summer movie season that started on June 1, more than 40 new movies have been released in theaters nationwide. As of August 11, the mainland's summer box-office haul had exceeded 16 billion yuan (about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars). The top three highest-grossing films are all domestic productions, including the suspense crime film Lost in the Stars, a true-story-adapted dra

(SP)CHINA-FUZHOU-DRAGON BOAT RACE(CN)

(SP)CHINA-FUZHOU-DRAGON BOAT RACE(CN)

(230624) -- FUZHOU, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People compete in a dragon boat race which has participants from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, in Xiamen of southeast China's Fujian Province, on June 3, 2023. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, traditionally falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The dragon boat competition, a traditional part of the festival, has gained popularity on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, bringing excitement to a wide range of people. Located on the southeastern coast of China, Fujian Province is ideal for water sports with its widely scattered rivers, lakes and the sea. On June 18, 2023, a friendly dragon boat race started with firecrackers bursting and crowds cheering in Lianjiang County of Fujian. Rowers from Matsu were invited to compete with Lianjiang local dragon boat teams, using a newly built dragon boat, which was a gift presented by the rowers in Lianjiang to the rowers from Matsu. The same tradition of racing dra

Director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure dra

Director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure dra

Director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama “Alexander,” starring Colin Farrell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION. Director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama Alexander, starring Colin Farrell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION. Director OLIVER STONE on the set of the action adventure drama Alexander, starring Colin Farrell and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, PUBLICITY OR REVIEWS OF THIS SPECIFIC MOTION PICTURE AND TO REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDIO. NOT FOR SALE OR REDISTRIBUTION.