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-	Hamlet meets Peking Opera

-	Taiyuan celebrate Lantern Festival
	Residents of Jinci Town in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan perform traditional folk arts to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which falls on February 21 this year.
-	Pilot projects to teach kids Peking Opera
	China's education department will start pilot projects to teach students in primary and secondary schools how to perform Peking Opera, one of the nation's unique cultural treasures.
-	Writers depict heros fighting snow disaster
	Chinese poets and writers are producing new works depicting people who emerged as heroes fighting the snow and rain disaster that have affected many areas of the country since mid January.
-	Crossing the bridge of trumps and tricks
	Bridge is an age-old game with new-found fans, including here in Shanghai where a dedicated bunch of players, keen to test their mental skills, gather each month to do battle.
-	The marks of a masterpiece
	The local skill of making Lu'an inkpads has been listed as part of the nation's intangible cultural heritage.
-	Four city museums to offer free entry in March
	Four museums and memorial sites in Shanghai will start a trial next month to offer free entry, Oriental Morning Post reported today.
-	China to extend ban on foreign cartoons
	China will extend its ban on foreign cartoons during prime time by an hour, its latest initiative to "spur the domestic cartoon industry", said a circular by the country's TV watchdog.
-	Italian artist celebrated in Spain
	Inspiring works of more recent vintage go on display in Spain.
-	China appoints intangible cultural inheritors
	China's Ministry of Culture on Tuesday announced a list of 551 artists with the official responsibility of carrying forward the country's intangible cultural heritage, including Peking Opera and Mongolian Pastoral Song.
-	'Stuffy' NY philharmonic plays new tune
	Although the New York Philharmonic has recently been hailed by New York Magazine as "the most boring major orchestra in America," its Shanghai debut is warmly anticipated after the winter's dearth of first-class orchestras.
-	Firm to recreate Old Summer Palace
	A Chinese firm yesterday announced a plan to build a full-sized replica of Beijing's famed Yuanmingyuan Garden in Hengdian, Zhejiang Province this year.
-	Hamlet meets Peking Opera
	"Hamlet", one of the four classic tragedies by William Shakespeare, is known to people all over the world. It's been adapted numerous times onto screens both big and small, and has been translated into a considerable number of languages.
-	'Stuffy' NY Philharmonic plays new tune
	Although the New York Philharmonic has recently been hailed by New York Magazine as "the most boring major orchestra in America," its Shanghai debut is warmly anticipated after the winter's dearth of first-class orchestras
-	So much more to Kung Fu than kicks and fists
	Most foreigners get a kick out of kungfu, but most have a relatively superficial understanding of the ancient Chinese martial art form.

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