Beijing Normal University Movies

The Xibe ethnic group crossed China from east to west to defend the western frontier in the 18th century. Their main weapons were bows and arrows....

In Xinjiang, in northwest China, an underground river brings life to the desert for the Uyghur people. An ancient construction whose waters flow from...

In China’s Northeast, there is the Fuzhou Folk Music, a country music played with suona, big suona, double pipe, Zheng and percussion...

A short documentary about the tradition of making lacquer baskets in Longshui Village. Longshui's lacquer basket making technique was included in the...

Thousands of years ago, a special ceremony of dance and music was created for Confucius, one of the most important thinkers in China and the world....

In the midst of a breathtaking landscape of mountains and lakes in China lies a hidden Taoist temple dedicated to Xiwangmu, a deity capable of...

The spiritual power behind China's national anthem.

The process of making the lacquer sticks, cutting the wood and bringing the food to people's mouths.

At four points in his life, meet Mr. Bao Jinshan, the Mongolian calligrapher from the city of Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, through his great talent with...

Zhu Songling is a retired paleontologist who worked at the Chongqing Natural History Museum for 40 years. He tells us his story while the dinosaur...

Akyns are Kazakh poets who sing improvised songs to the sound of the dombra. Jiahenur, a famous akyn in his region, is our guide on this musical...