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• Block of Ages
At 81, Yang Luoshu takes great pride in his work. The farmer from Yangjiabu Village, Weifang City, East China's Shandong Province, was named "Master of Folk Arts" by UNESCO in 2001.
• Carving out His Reputation
All his life, Xu Zhuchu has been living up to the wish by reviving the family art of puppet carving. His efforts have won him the national honor of the Intangible Culture Heritage (ICH) inheritor.
• The Queen of Hearts
Shen Tiemei, who stars in the modern Chuanju Opera, has enjoyed great popularity thanks to the show. However rather than mentioning her success, the 41-year-old woman openly admits she almost gave up, because of the hardships in developing the local opera.
• Stand-up and Deliver
Dressed in a gray, traditional Chinese robe, and drumming up a click-clack beat of the Mandarin duck brass plates, or yuanyang ban, a young American speaks rapid Chinese to the delight of the crowd.
• Zhang Jingchu: China's Next Hollywood Starlet
Although the actress once said she didn't like being compared with popular Chinese star Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Jingchu, who starred in 2005 Berlin Film Festival winner Peacock, is heading for Hollywood in a way similar to her schoolmate.
• Godfather of Design
Alan Chan, the Hong Kong-based designer, has just had his first solo exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum. It was also probably the first exhibition for a designer who is known exclusively for his "commercial projects" at the museum.
• Statue Fit for a King
Art can be a business, a profession, and for Lei Yixin, it was a way to leave the mountains where he tilled the land as an "educated youth" three decades ago.
• Veteran Chinese Comedian Dies
Veteran Chinese comedian Wen Xingyu died of lung cancer in Beijing Monday morning, domestic news website Sohu.com reported. He was 66.
• "Ah Q" Master Cartoonist Dies
Cheng Shifa, a renowned master in Chinese ink paintings, most famous for depicting the character in The True Story of Ah Q, from Lu Xun's satirical novel, died of sickness at the age of 82 in Shanghai's Huadong Hospital on Tuesday.
• Craft Master Has Many Fans
Owning an exquisitely handmade folding fan, especially one featuring refined paintings and calligraphy by famed literati, was a status symbol in ancient times. Today, a small population of fan fanatics still cherishes this tradition. And members of this clique flood the home of 75-year-old fan-making master Xu Yilin, in the Taohuawu area of Suzhou, in East China's Jiangsu Province.
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