Recently, the cultural brand “You Mi Wan” club under the “Elderly Newspaper”, “Guangzhou Digest”, and “Read Good Books” invited post-70s travel writer Hu Yi to hold a reading sharing session at the China Hotel, gathering with many book lovers to discuss her experiences traveling to over 50 countries and her philosophy of life.
It was learned from the Nanyue King Museum that on February 6, the “Gift of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Artifacts and Digital Art Experience Exhibition” will open at the Nanyue King Museum (Tomb Exhibition Area).
If the rainbow only has seven colors, it must be because you haven’t seen a child’s painting. When the eighth color is lit, the world suddenly becomes complete.
From January 7 to 11, the German musical masterpiece “Elisabeth,” which has been performed globally for over thirty years, will kick off its 2026 China tour in Guangzhou, returning in the form of a musical concert at the Guangzhou Opera House for seven performances. This is the only stop in South China.
Recently, the second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Children’s Drama Little Plum Blossom Exhibition was successfully held at the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Art Center. The event was jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Guangdong Dramatists Association, and hosted by the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theater.
At the start of the new year, everything is renewed. As 2026 begins, the Guangzhou Cantonese Opera Theater has already set off with several excellent performances to various places, embarking on a new round of intensive and wonderful artistic journeys.
At the beginning of 2026, the film market delivered its first report card. During the New Year’s Day period (January 1–3), the national box office reached 739 million yuan. Among them, Guangdong Province demonstrated its strong strength as the “top ticket warehouse,” becoming the only province in the country with a box office exceeding 100 million yuan, at 116 million yuan. The Guangdong-produced film “Hidden Kill” earned 126 million yuan during the period, ranking first among domestic films. Guangzhou’s New Year’s Day box office was 30.59 million yuan, the highest in the province, with “A Step into the Past” becoming the best-selling film in Guangzhou during this period.
On December 31, internationally renowned conductor Ye Cong once again led the Guangdong National Orchestra after a decade, joined by famous Cantonese opera artist Zeng Xiaomin, flute and xiao player Tang Junqiao, and violinist Huang Mengla, to perform the 2026 Chinese Music Gala New Year Concert at the Xinghai Concert Hall, offering a feast that blends East and West, ancient and modern, to warm the audience through the New Year.
2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hong Xiannu, a master of Cantonese opera.
Yuxin is Hu Yi’s nickname, and she is my junior fellow apprentice. From middle school to university, we were in the same school and the same department.
Since the “Unique Journey: The Art Journey of Xu Guling” exhibition opened at the Guangzhou Art Museum (Guangzhou Art Museum) in July, it has attracted about 600,000 visitors, with a peak daily visitor count exceeding 10,700, sparking a viewing craze. As an important continuation of the exhibition, the new book launch for “Unique Journey: The Art Journey of Xu Guling” was held recently, providing a comprehensive interpretation of Xu Guling’s art.
After seven years of touring, the original intention remains unchanged! On October 11 and 12, the large-scale ethnic dance drama “Awakening Lion,” produced by the Guangzhou Song and Dance Theater, was performed at the Guangdong Art Theater. This is the drama’s re-meeting with Guangzhou audiences after a new round of polishing, an “artistic invitation letter” sent by Guangzhou’s literary and art troupes to audiences nationwide ahead of the 15th National Games, and a preview before its appearance at the 14th China Arts Festival.
“I cried several times during the play, for the suffering yet resilient lives of the red-scarfed women, and for the light of hope that never dimmed in their eyes.” On October 10 and 11, the Cantonese opera “Red Scarf,” a candidate for the Wenhua Award at the 14th China Arts Festival, was performed at the Jiudu Theater in Yibin, Sichuan.
In many people’s minds, divorce is still a shameful thing, but Yan Lingyang challenges this prejudice by writing such books.
On September 17, as the main exhibition of the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-M
