https://www.scmp.com/rss/323925/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Feel like throwing your broken wood chairs and table out? Maybe you should give them to this expert carpenter instead. Lam Che is one of the few carpenters left who knows how to turn old furniture into beautiful and useful works of art. We visited his studio to discover the technique he uses. https://www.scmp.com/culture/how-carpenter-turns-broken-furniture-wooden-treasure/article/3203312?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/how-carpenter-turns-broken-furniture-wooden-treasure/article/3203312?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:46:38 +0000 Tap here to launch this special feature https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/europe/article/3149368/how-ghent-altarpiece-was-restored-complete-visual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/world/europe/article/3149368/how-ghent-altarpiece-was-restored-complete-visual?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:00:11 +0000 A Lego artist has used thousands of bricks to re-create some of China’s most famous landmarks. From the Great Wall to the Forbidden City to the terracotta warriors, the works were created by Andy Hung, China’s first so-called Lego Certified Professional, and his team, for the “Dynasty of Brick – Lego Chinese Culture Exhibition.” “We want to showcase Chinese culture through the exhibition,” says Hung, chief designer of the touring show, which will run in Beijing until mid-October. “While some... https://www.scmp.com/society/see-great-wall-and-forbidden-city-lego-form/article/3025847?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/see-great-wall-and-forbidden-city-lego-form/article/3025847?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2019 09:43:27 +0000 Almost five years ago on a local TV show in New York, the host was taken aback when the Jamaican reggae artist Gyptian was introduced by a diminutive, elderly Asian woman. “He was not expecting to see a Chinese woman talking about reggae,” Patricia Chin, now 82, recalls with a laugh, during a telephone interview from New York. But the half-Chinese, half-Indian Chin, who was born in Jamaica, knows just about everything there is to know about reggae.  She and her late husband, Vincent “Randy”... https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:11:07 +0000 Shadow puppets flitting across screens and bringing ancient legends to life have fascinated Chinese people for some 2,000 years, but falling audiences mean troupes are having to be creative to stay on the stage. Check out our gallery, above, for more. https://www.scmp.com/arts/pulling-puppetry-out-shadows/article/3019149?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/pulling-puppetry-out-shadows/article/3019149?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:59:47 +0000 Decades before superstars such as Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi made their first forays into Hollywood, Chinese actress Tsai Chin played a Bond girl in the 007 spy film You Only Live Twice (1967). To shoot the scenes where her Chinese double agent character traps the debonair British spy in an assassination attempt, Tsai, also known as Irene Chow, was in bed with Sean Connery for three days. Before that, Tsai had been the first Chinese star to perform in London’s West End, earning rave reviews in the... https://www.scmp.com/arts/tsai-chin-chinese-bond-girl-china-barely-knows/article/3018794?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/tsai-chin-chinese-bond-girl-china-barely-knows/article/3018794?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:53:32 +0000