Xiamen, the host city of the ninth BRICS Summit earlier this month, is holding a week-long cultural festival to celebrate BRICS cultural diversity and cultural exchange.
If you know anything about the BRICS bloc and its activities, you may be under the impression that it's all about dry economics and politics.
The BRICS Cultural Festival and Photo Exhibition was launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping and other BRICS leaders in Xiamen on Sept 4, 2017.
An evening gala Sail to the Future for leaders and representatives attending the 9th BRICS Summit was held at the Banlam Grand Theater in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province on Sept 4, 2017.
Xiamen is a coastal city in Southeast China's Fujian province and is renowned for its agreeable climate, island tourism, Hokkien culture, as well as a variety of leisure options.
Nanyin, which has a history of some 1,000 years, is one of the oldest forms of Chinese music preserved in its original state. It was listed in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009, bringing it international attention.
While the leaders of BRICS countries pledged increased cooperation at the annual summit in China's Xiamen, Fujian province, their Belgian embassies echoed the commitment by launching a film festival on Monday in Brussels.
Where Has Time Gone, a feature-length co-production, was the opening film at the upcoming 2nd BRICS Film Festival, held in Chengdu June 23-27.
China's Gulangyu Island was issued a certificate of the world heritage site by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova on Monday, making the nation possess the most world heritage sites worldwide.
A cultural festival designed to enhance multilateral communication under the BRICS framework will get underway later this month.
The second BRICS Film Festival, held in late June in Chengdu, showcased excellent films from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, promoting cultural exchanges among representatives.
Fujian province, in cooperation with Hatten Group, a leading Malaysian property developer, launched an overseas cultural station in Malacca, Malaysia, on Aug 23 in a bid to help to spread the word about traditional Chinese culture in foreign countries.