Culture

Culture 12/23/19, 14:50

'The First Noel' is the oldest Christmas song that to date, has not fallen into oblivion. It is still sung every year on this special occasion, with its  powerful words and melody capable of reviving ...

Culture 12/20/19, 09:50

World War I (1914-1918) is remembered as one of the most fiercely fought, brutally endured and largest scale wars in the history of mankind. It claimed the lives of over 19 million souls. For everyone ...

Art 12/19/19, 19:27

Shen Yun Performing Arts is as much history as anything else. Just as in texts depicting Chinese history, Shen Yun brings history to life. (Shen Yun Performing Arts) Something too often overlooked when we discuss Shen ...

Art 12/17/19, 17:06

General Rengui Xue was one of the most decorated generals during the Tang Dynasty.He was an honest man who rose from poverty to become one of the most famous military generals in Chinese history. Emperor ...

Beyond science 12/16/19, 14:52

Do you believe that cute tiny fairies, just like Walt Disney’s Tinker Bell, really exist? A university lecturer has evidence to support this hypothesis. Professor John Hyatt, a lecturer on art research at Manchester Metropolitan University, ...

Art 12/13/19, 14:57

New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTD) 5th International Figure Painting Competition was held at the Salmagundi Club in New York from November 24 through November 30, 2019.  This year's figure painting competition received more than 400 submissions ...

Culture 12/10/19, 10:55

“La Damnation de Faust” is a renowned opera by Hector Berlioz, one of the most influential European composers of the 19th-century. The main protagonist is Faust, a familiar figure in German folklore based on the ...

Art 12/04/19, 15:02

Music has always been considered a cultural heritage of humankind. In ancient times, Chinese scholars figured out the correlation between music and the human body.

Culture 12/01/19, 19:55

This article was shared by Sherwood Vaughan who said he copied this article from a friend’s Facebook post and that it was too good not to share. He said, "I did not write the following, ...

U.S. 11/30/19, 15:35

A growing number of renowned atheists have begun to warn that the decline of Christianity is seriously damaging society. A few decades ago, when the Christian faith began to lose ground in the West, movements like ...

Culture 11/29/19, 08:32

A team of archaeologists from the University of Tel Aviv and the independent governmental Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a 2,000-year-old street built by Pontius Pilatus in Jerusalem. This walkway was most likely used by pilgrims ...

Culture 11/28/19, 10:54

Thanksgiving is one of the most important annual feasts for Americans, and most of us think that we know all there is to know about this day. However, here are some interesting facts about the ...

Culture 11/27/19, 13:10

For much of the 19th century, Thanksgiving was only celebrated by New Englanders and Northeastern transplants in the upper Midwest and New York. Without the dogged activism of Sarah Josepha Hale—a novelist, poet, and the editor ...

Art 11/24/19, 13:27

In modern art, be it poetry, painting, music or dance, magnificent and overwhelming works that can withstand the test of time and carry a deep and thorough meaning to humanity are hard to find.

Culture 11/20/19, 15:35

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the emotions and feelings of another person. This ability, which is not merely inborn but can be taught, facilitates interpersonal relationships. Dr. Tania Singer – the director of ...

U.S. 11/18/19, 22:18

President Donald Trump will be awarding the National Medal of Art to Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight. Voight will be the first recipient of the prestigious award since President Trump entered office. In a statement issued by the ...