Taiwanese photographer Wu Yung-sen’s photograph of salmon migrating, with its unique shooting angle and vivid colors, stunned the judges and won first prize at the International Water Photography Competition World Shootout in the wide-angle category. During the Sony World Photography Contest, the same photograph of salmon migrating again took first prize. Wu became the first ...
After gaining complete control over Chinese society and censoring everything they don’t approve of, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is extending its censorship worldwide, with Australia as its number one victim. The Chinese regime is now reportedly censoring books by Australian publishers, refusing to print them if the books contain keywords identified as “controversial” by ...
It’s a major event when Hong Kong kicks off its annual Flower Show, which is organized by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department to promote horticulture and the awareness of greening. Every year, hundreds of thousands of local citizens and horticulture lovers all over the world flock to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to appreciate ...
With this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival set to begin in about a week, all eyes are on an event that celebrates Taiwanese writer, dancer, and choreographer Lin Hwai-min. He is also one of the top orchestral conductors in the world. A retrospective of Lin Hwai-min’s work will be held during the festival. Goodbye to ...
Rarely does a book release come at such an opportune time as Claws of the Panda. The topic it discusses is currently debated all across the world. In this aspect, the publisher of the book might consider themselves lucky. The book, written by Jonathan Manthorpe, who has almost four decades of international reporting experience, focuses ...
Sun Wukong, or the Monkey King, is a household name in Asia. Even a 3-year-old knows the story of this supernormal monkey being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha. Likewise, how he is later given a divine mission to accompany a Buddhist monk on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India. Journey to ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (the “Met”) in New York City is currently holding an exhibition of art in Chinese culture entitled Children to Immortals: Figural Representations in Chinese Art. More than 120 objects from Chinese history are up for display. “Conveying a person’s inner spirit (chuanshen) is the central aspect of figural representation in ...
Zhang Seng Yao was the high-ranking army general of Emperor Wu during the Southern dynasties. He was also a famous painter and experienced in figure painting, but he also painted dragons. Whenever Emperor Wu missed his sons, who were at various places within the kingdom, Zhang Seng Yao was ordered to sketch them. The portraits ...
Art plays an important role in shaping the culture of a society. While some say that the purpose of artists is to express the beauty of the world around them, others claim that real value of an art piece comes from its ability to express truth in a way that influences people for the better. ...
Hatch is an Art Gallery in Ivanhoe and I stepped into it finding a magnificent art exhibition about historic trees growing in the area of Banyule. As I admired each painting, I felt as if I met all of the six significant trees personally. A map has been drawn to show you where these trees ...
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