New Year Events in Major Chinese Cities

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New Year events in Beijing

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Leading Chinese actors will perform a poetry reading show at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. Entitled Love Brings Us Together, they will recite both Chinese and foreign poems and essays portraying the love between partners, family members, friends and strangers. Fang Ming, the famous veteran radio anchor, will host the show and the performers include Ding Jianhua, Wang Jianxin, Xu Huaishan, Qiao Zhen, Wu Jing'an, Yao Xijuan, Xiao Xiong, Ju Xue, Zhang Kaili and Yan Xiaopin.

It will also feature a chamber orchestra and video show.

7:30 pm, Jan 2

Inside the Zhongshan Park

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The Monkey King is one of the best-known Chinese legendary figures in the world. Based on Journey to the West, one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, the adventures of the monkey who accompanies the monk Xuanzang's pilgrimage to India have been adapted into various theatrical productions, movies and TV programs.

A brand-new stage adaptation of the legends, combining Chinese Kungfu , dance, acrobatics and drama, will be on.

The six-act "circus dance" show is directed by Chen Weiya, who assisted director Zhang Yimou at the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Chinese composer Xu Peidong scores the music while renowned choreographer Feng Shuangbai creates the dance numbers. Director Chen takes the pick of the episodes in the pilgrimage and put them into six breathtaking Acts: Birth of Monkey, Fight In Heaven, The White Skeleton Demon, The Spider Woman, Volcano City and Paradise.

7:30 pm, Jan 14-23

Beizhan Theater, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Xicheng district

5165-8609, 5165-8606

The Peony Pavilion, the classic Kunqu Opera, is on at the Imperial Granary, a perfect venue. The Imperial Granary was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago, exactly the time the Kunqu Opera was written.

6409-6477/6499

22 Dongsi Shitiao, Dongcheng district

380-1,980 yuan, including Royal Peking Roast Duck Buffet

The Chinese Acrobatics Group has toured more than 80 countries and helped foster friendships between other nations. Its performance includes traditional acrobatics, a circus show, magic, old Beijing folk plays and more. The show blends music, dance, local opera and martial arts.

7:30 pm, daily

Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, Chaoyang district

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CONCERT

The Vienna Orchestra celebrates the New Year in Beijing. Led by Hans Peter Manser, its program includes Johann Strauss's The Emperor Waltz and Blue Danube, Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Waltz, as well as Chinese folk music scores Jasmine Flower and Joyous News from Beijing Spreads to the Border.

7:30 pm, Dec 27

Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, Northwest of Tian'anmen Square

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EXHIBITIONS

In Yang Chengwen's paintings, the viewer can enjoy idealistic colors and compositions. Against the background of a starry night a girl rides on the back of a small white horse, using a bunch of flowers as a parachute; a child flies through a rainbow; on a sea of clouds floats a small boat carrying bunches of flowers.

With delicate brush-lines and warm tones, Yang recalls her childhood memories with dreamlike imagery.

10 am-5 pm, until Dec 28

Art Line Gallery, 9 Huizhong Lu, Asian Games Village, Chaoyang district

6496-6933

A group exhibition featuring 100 heavy-colored ink paintings and lithographs from Yunnan , ends tomorrow.

Created by 20 veteran artists, including Ding Shaoguang, Jiang Tiefeng, Chen Yongle, and Chen Chongping, these works reveal decades-long efforts to depict the rich and brilliant cultures of ethnic minorities in Yunnan, combining traditional gongbi (fine-brushed ink painting) skills and Western art ideas.

Yunnan province has 25 ethnic minority groups who have lived together harmoniously since ancient times, according to curator Jin Yunsong.

9 am-5 pm, until Dec 27

Beijing World Art Museum, China Millennium Monument, A9 Fuxinglu, Haidian district

6851-3322

New year events in  Shanghai

STAGE

The modern dramaI Love Lady Alpha is a Chinese version of New York's Sex and the City. The characters are all women with different personalities but similar life experiences.

The storyline follows the typical marital and social problems faced by many women in large cities.

7:15 pm, until Jan 7

Lyceum Theater, 57 S. Maoming Lu

021-6256-5544

CONCERT

Founded by legendary violinist and conductor Sarasate , the Navarra Royal Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest and most active orchestras in Spain, famous for playing scores by Sarasate and Falla. Their Shanghai debut also marks the 100th anniversary of Sarasate's death.

7:30 pm, Dec 29, 30

Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 E. Yan'an Lu

021-6386-9153

EXHIBITIONS

Joint show Jing features work by Chinese, Japanese and South Korean artists. Exhibits include various types of watercolor paintings, pencil paintings, pen paintings and installations.

10 am-6 pm, until Feb 16

Shun Art Gallery, Room 103/208 Building 3, 50 Moganshan Lu

021-5252-7198

Paintings by prominent Macao artist Mio Peng-fei and his wife Un Chi-lam are displayed in the exhibition Beyond Imagination. Discover their uniqueness and new vision in these modern paintings, a combination of traditional oriental art and western painting techniques.

10 am-6 pm, until Dec 30

Shang Gallery, Room 529, 1 Guangfu Lu

New year events in Guangzhou

Concerts

Tu Yuliang is known as a "piano prince" in Guangzhou and as a teacher at Xinghai Conservatory of Music.

Discover his outstanding technique at his solo concert in the Xinghai Concert Hall tonight, featuring Beethoven and Mozart classics.

8 pm, tonight

Chamber Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-2222

Play Music Together in the New Year is a children's concert and part of the Xinghai Art Education Series program.

Children will dance, sing, play the piano, violin and Guzheng as well as celebrate the upcoming New Year.

8 pm, Dec 27

Chamber Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-2222

The Xinghai Art Education Series program is also providing a stage for children to show their operatic talents. Operas featured include the famous fairytale, The Emperor's New Clothes.

Children will also perform topical operas written by themselves, like Little Torchbearer and Celebrate the Olympics.

8 pm, Dec 28

Chamber Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-2222

South Korean conductor Shinik Hahm holds center stage for Guangzhou's New Year's Day concert.

The musical director of the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra is one of two star turns - Wang Xiaojing, a prize winner in the 4th Shanghai World Marimba Competiton will play as well.

8 pm, Jan 1

Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8737-2222

Exhibitions

Wu Xinkun is a Guangzhou artist now living in the US.

Born in 1951, he graduated from the sculpture department at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in 1981. His work focuses on public projects, which he thinks can make people appreciate art. Therefore Wu describes his works as carriers that spread art in an artistic way.

9 am-5 pm, until Jan 11

Hall No 12, Guangdong Museum of Art, 38 Yanyu Lu, Ersha Island

020-8735-1078

The Third Guangdong Folk Craftwork Exhibition has its second session at the Ling Nan Hui exhibition Hall tomorrow.

On display are various local items, including paper cuttings, sculptures and ceramics. The exhibits, from Foshan, Zhongshan, Yangjiang and eight other cities will stay on show.

9 am-5 pm, Dec 27-Jan 4

Ling Nan Hui Exhibition Hall, 15 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

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