Culture & Literature

Welcome to the Golden July Music Festival Vienna 2025

The Golden July Music Festival Vienna, starting in 2019, has become one of the largest music festivals in Vienna, combining concerts and summer academies. The Festival continues the tradition of German and Austrian music while promoting the dissemination of early music, modern music, jazz and folk music, thus enhancing Vienna’s unique image as the world’s music capital. New stars are shaped here every day as shiny as gold on the way to the success at the international stage.  This summer, the Golden July Music Festival Vienna will be arranging, together with Articulus Opera, a concert belonging to the opening program…


The 2025 Chinese Opera Festival Grandly Opened in Vienna

On January 23, the grand opening ceremony of the 2025 Chinese Opera Festival in Europe was held in the University of Vienna. With huge curiosity, the Viennese from academic circle, media outlets, art and culture fields, business world as well as other professionals crowded into the auditorium, Hof 1 of the Altes AKH campus, located at Spitalgasse 2/Alser Straße 4, 1090 Vienna, to see the World Heritage Site of the Chinese Opera, and to experience the legendary charm embodied in it. While the concept of “Gesamtkunst” by Richard Wagner is more than familiar on the European opera stage, the comprehensive…



Tangquan’s Multi-Faceted Business Model: New Vitality of the Thousand-Year-Old Hot Springs in Linyi’s Hedong District

In recent years, Tangquan in Hedong District of Linyi has developed a variety of ideas on innovation concerning public service system and tourism. The area has been following an empowerment model with different businesses, a so-called “hot springs+” integration project which has rejuvenated the thousand-year-old hot springs there.  The business model combines the current situation in Tangtou town and the innovational concept of “traveling and living as one, guest and host as one”, thus integrating the residential community into the resort business. Tangquan is aiming at building the “City of China (Linyi) Hot Spring Culture and Health Tourism”. It is…


Linyi Flower Pancakes Blossom at Shandon’s International Photography Event

At the recently opened International Photography Season in Shandong Province focusing on “Opportunity China · Vitality Shandong”, the handmade flower pancakes, a local specialty handicraft from Linyi, caught the attention of many international photographers.  Crowds gathered at the display area of ​​the Linyi Flower Pancakes. Photographers stopped by and raised their cameras, marveling at the unique artform. As a traditional food in Yimeng Mountain area, flower pancakes give the fragrance of the flower ingredient while retaining the original deliciousness of flour pancakes. The ornamental beauty together with the taste is highly valued. On-site staff introduced the production process of flower…


International Photography Season Starts in Shandong Province with Linyi as a Focus

Recently, world-renowned photographers gathered in Jinan, presenting a colorful, vivid and truly fascinating Shandong with its natural beauty, the economic development and the urban lifestyle there captured by the professional lens. With this event, the international photography season began in Shandong Province under the theme of “Opportunity China · Vitality Shandong”. As one important part of this event, Linyi City also carried out a wonderful self-promotion. Zhang Xiaobin from Linyi’s Municipal Publicity Department came to the stage to tell the story of Linyi, and to send a spring invitation to the photography masters from around the world. Mr. Zhang introduced…


The 10th Plaza Dance Contest of Linyi Hedong District Held in Joy

The “Square Dance” has been a popular activity in China for years. With happy pace and beautiful movement, the lively dancing style is widely beloved. On November 5th, Linyi’s Hedong District kicked off the 10th Plaza Dance Contest.  The Tanghe Plaza in Tangtou Street became a hot venue for the more than 230 dancing participants in 14 teams.  It was a warm sunny day in early winter. With superb dancing skills, the dancers joyfully expressed their love of life and blessed their motherland in enthusiasm. The audience was enchanted by the charm and style of the dancers, and by the atmosphere,…


Peter Mahler Opened his Exhibition “Mahler Malt Malher” in Vienna

On 17th of October 2024, Peter Mahler opened his exhibition “Mahler Malt Mahler” in Grand Hotel in the heart of Vienna. Some meters away stands the Vienna State Opera House (Wiener Staatsoper), where the cousin of his grandfather Gustav Mahler led the classic music world to its new era.   (Photo: Karla Mahler) Born in New York, however, Peter Mahler knew nothing of this until he travelled to Europe as a young man. Neither his father nor his Jewish grandparents, who had to flee from Waldviertel in Lower Austria in 1938, wanted to be reminded of their Austrian past in the new…


The 28th “Runhua Award” Fashion Design Competition Successfully Held at Jiangxi Fashion Institute

On November 2, Nishang Palace saw the magnificent final show of the “Runhua Award” Belt and Road College Student Fashion Design and Skills Competition, and the awards ceremony of the 2024 Jiangxi Fashion Institute’s International Fashion Art Festival. The week-long fashion feast came to a celebrative end. The “Runhua Award” competition has been a series of events aiming to “integrate the past and the present, and to connect the East and the West”. There are high-end forums for the exchange of ideas, visual spectacles of art performances, and trend previews of new product launches. Dazzling feast and spirit-enlightening art revitalize…


Linyi Hedong: A Hotspot for Cultural Tourism during the Chinese National Day Vacation

The National Day Vacation in China is a so-called Golden Week in October for the Chinese. The scenic spots and performance venues in Hedong District of Linyi City were crowded with happy tourists, enjoying the tailored celebrating activities. Langya Ancient Town, Guantang Hot Spring, and Longyuan Garden were all very lively and attractive, having tourists from all over the world. Driving north along the east bank of the river, visitors enjoyed the sights and sounds on the way. The Langya Ancient Town Scenic Area saw the endless crowds ​​enchanted by the various theme activities like iron flower making, also fire pots,…