The Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. One of the most famous depictions of themonkey is the Monkey King in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Festive parades, fruit-laden tables and fancy new temples are what Chinese worshipers of the Monkey King are preparing for the upcoming Year of the Monkey.
Preservation of the masterpiece of ancient Tibetan culture, The Epic of King Gesar, is facing challenges on two fronts: The region's wizened storytellers are taking their treasures to the grave even as the younger generation is focused on contemporary entertainment.
For CCTV's Lunar New Year's eve gala that heralds the Year of the Monkey, one "monkey" is widely considered by Chinese to be indispensable. He is Zhang Jinlai, better known by his stage name, Liu Xiao Ling Tong, meaning The Little Six-Year-Old, which marks the age he made his stage debut some 51 years ago.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong recently directed a commercial for PepsiCo's annual celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Cambodia marks 11th anniversary of King's coronation
President Xi Jinping and visiting Dutch King Willem-Alexander agreed on Monday to boost cooperation in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
"Monkey King: Hero is Back," the 3D animated adaption of the classical epic "A Journey to the West," has reaped around 500 million yuan (about 80 million U.S. dollars) since opening on July 10, becoming the most successful Chinese animation in history.
King Abdullah II of Jordan called on Muslims Tuesday to join the fight against the so-called Islamic State during a speech at the European Parliament (EP).
The tense relations between Egypt and Qatar have been escalating regardless of reconciliatory efforts led by late Saudi King Abdullah and amid uncertain position of his successor King Salman.
Thai yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid, sentenced to eight years in jail by a Cambodian court on espionage charges in 2010, flew home on Wednesday after Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni granted him a royal pardon.
Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbon y Grecia was proclaimed King of Spain on Thursday at the Spanish parliament in a solemn ceremony.
The future King of Spain Felipe VI will assign new tasks to the King of Spain Juan Carlos I, his father, sources of the Spanish Royal House reported on Thursday.
Two parades were held in the fourth largest U.S. city of Houston Monday to honor the life and legacy of the country's late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr..
Cambodia on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the death of the nation's most revered King Father Norodom Sihanouk by paying homage to his newly-built statue and an elaborate Buddhist ceremony.
The United States on Friday expressed disappointment at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s canceled invitation for a special American envoy, who has focused his upcoming visit on securing the release of an American citizen.
Tens of thousands of marchers on Wednesday gathered in misty rains on Washington's National Mall to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech given 50 years ago.
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