See a Chinese music ensemble performing “Melodies of Purple Bamboo”
A Chinese music ensemble performing “Melodies of Purple Bamboo,” with spotlighted solos by the di (transverse flute) and yangqin (hammered dulcimer) players.
Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)
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Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Correspondence from 1904 between Henry Clay Folger and actress Julia Marlowe regarding Shakespearean acting. At the time that they exchanged letters, Marlowe had just completed a run as Juliet in a New York production of Romeo and Juliet, and the Folger Shakespeare Library had not yet been established.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Science has a lot to do with the perfect, gooey grilled cheese.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Houdini could escape anything—even the truth.Media Editor: Lee Goldstein
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Lei Xu/Dreamstime.comGarlic farming in northern China.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn more about the impact of World War II on China's history.
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Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)A discussion of Chinese art, from the documentary China: West Meets East at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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© World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)The universality and innate nature of music, and the pentatonic scale, as demonstrated by singer Bobby McFerrin.
