Concert livens up summer night
Students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong's music school, along with their professors, staged a chamber concert in the concert hall of Longgang Cultural Center on Sunday night. A feast for the ears, the concert highlighted established musicians and music professors including Ye Xiaogang, dean of the music school, and Yuan Fang, one of China’s leading pianists and a professor of the music school.
Let’s go eco-camping!
On Sunday, Shenzhen’s urban management authority promoted proper use of camping tents, protection of green spaces and garbage classification at a camping event at Shenzhen Bay Park in Nanshan District to mark World Environment Day.
Gaokao concludes, results to come out soon
Examinees and parents are seen at Shenzhen Meilin Middle School in Futian District on the first day of the annual National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), also known as gaokao. Shenzhen Party chief Meng Fanli and Mayor Qin Weizhong made an inspection tour Monday to the Central Campus of Shenzhen Senior High School in Futian District and Futian Foreign Languages High School on preparations for gaokao, requiring all efforts to be made to ensure safety, order and discipline at exam sites across the city. Some 51,200 students are taking the exam this year in Shenzhen. The national figure is 11.93 million, a new high, according to a Xinhua report.
Understanding Chinese culture through food
Kiara Lynn Garcia Hernandez from the U.S. learned making zongzi from Zhang Zhangmei, the fifth-generation inheritor of the Nan’ao sea urchin zongzi cooking techniques, in an activity to mark the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 3 this year.
Retro way to celebrate the holiday
The Qingping Ancient Market in Bao'an District, with a number of traditional culture-themed activities on offer, was a retro getway for citizens to spend their May Day holiday, which ran from April 30 to May 4 this year.