"Fu Lei Meets Beethoven" concert held in Malta

STORY: "Fu Lei Meets Beethoven" concert held in Malta SHOOTING TIME: June 16, 2024 DATELINE: June 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the concert STORYLINE: A concert titled "Harmony in Translation: Fu Lei Meets Beethoven" was held on Sunday at the China Cultural Center in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. The concert offered the audience an opportunity to explore Beethoven's timeless masterpieces alongside the meticulous art of literary translation by Fu Lei, a noted Chinese translator. Fu Lei is renowned for his significant contributions to Chinese literature as a translator of French masterpieces, including works by Rolland, Balzac, Voltaire, and Hippolyte Taine. One of Fu's first translations was Rolland's "Beethoven," marking the beginning of his lifelong admiration for both Beethoven and Rolland. Three distinguished musicians, Niu Ruixin on the viola, Pierre-Henri Xuereb on the viola, and Pascal Mantin on the piano, performed Beethoven's musi

ChineseToday | Music classes bring inspirations to rural children in China's Heilongjiang

ChineseToday | Music classes bring inspirations to rural children in China's Heilongjiang

(240531) -- HARBIN, May 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Teacher Li Ping (L, back) and teacher Zhang Yu (C, back) watch the children go back to their classrooms after practicing chorus at the Zhongben Town Central Primary School in Anda City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, May 29, 2024. Li Ping and Zhang Yu, music teachers of the Renmin Town Central Primary School, set up a music class in the school in April 2019. They adapted popular songs for children, teaching them during lunch breaks and club activities. Li Ping also released the clips of the children's chorus on short video platforms, which have gained over 30 million likes. With the increasing popularity, the music class has got its own classroom in the school, equipped with guitar, ukulele, bass, African drum and other musical instruments. They also produced an original song of their own. This May, Li Ping and Zhang Yu started a new project, aiming to found musical classes of its kind in more schools. Under this project, a new musi

(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this combo photo, 6-year-old Chen Ping holding a pet dog stands in front of her house at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in 2008 (above, photo by Xiao Er), and 22-year-old Chen Ping holding a pet dog stands in front of her old house, which has been transformed into a vegetarian food store at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on April 21, 2024 (below). The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, musi

Cameroon looks to bright future in film productions

STORY: Cameroon looks to bright future in film productions DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:50 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views of Buea, capital city of the Southwest region of Cameroon 2. various of the film shooting of "Boss Daughters" by a group of young people 3. various of the director Jackson Stephanor talking with his colleagues 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JACKSON STEPHANOR, Director of "Boss Daughters" 5. various of workers discussing indoors about their film shooting 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MONTANA PETERS, Actor and producer 7. various of the film shooting of "Boss Daughters" 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): COACH OBI, Actor 9. various of the film shooting of "Boss Daughters" 10. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ANGEL NTUBE, Actress of "Boss Daughters" 11. various of editor working in his studio 12. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MUSI GAKEHMI, Film editor 13. various of street views of Buea 14. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): JOSIANE SHENGANG, Actress of "Boss Daughters" STORYLINE: "Sta