https://www.scmp.com/rss/514389/feed Sam Li is an intern for Culture Desk. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Fresh takes on Chinese folklore and a unique aesthetic have made a new online anime series a monster hit in China. Yao-Chinese Folktales, which features creatures and beings from the literary classic Journey to the West and various “strange tales”, has been viewed – at the time of writing – more than 72 million times on the video-streaming platform Bilibili since the first episodes dropped in early January. The animated anthology series, jointly produced by Bilibili and Shanghai Animation Film... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3206707/best-chinese-anime-2023-already-show-bilibili-tackles-workplace-culture-and-chinese-folklore-using?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3206707/best-chinese-anime-2023-already-show-bilibili-tackles-workplace-culture-and-chinese-folklore-using?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:15:08 +0000 Inside a Hong Kong shopping centre store that doubles as his hobby room and workshop, Manson Ng is working on an unfinished model kit. This 250 sq ft (23 square metre) space, crammed full of Gundam plastic models, or “Gunpla”, pigment and tools like airbrushes, is where the 53-year-old hobbyist has spent the past eight years perfecting his model building. This month, Ng was named champion in the over-21 category of the Gunpla Builders World Cup – an official Gundam model building... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3204800/people-are-jealous-me-building-gundam-models-his-job-and-his-hobby-and-he-loves-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3204800/people-are-jealous-me-building-gundam-models-his-job-and-his-hobby-and-he-loves-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Dec 2022 04:45:09 +0000 Urban explorer Greg Abandoned has spent the past four years in China searching for hidden, and often derelict, places. Polish-born and now Beijing-based, he trawled through more than 100 cities in almost every part of the country, and documented his discoveries in his book Abandoned China, which was published in May. Greg Abandoned is not his real name, of course. Since urbex, or urban exploration, often involves trespassing and flying drones illegally, he, like most urban explorers, pursues his... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3203933/its-most-unique-thing-beijing-based-urban-explorer-greg-abandoned-his-four-year-quest-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3203933/its-most-unique-thing-beijing-based-urban-explorer-greg-abandoned-his-four-year-quest-record?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Dec 2022 23:15:11 +0000 In a dimly lit basement arcade in Hong Kong’s Central financial district, Lu Ziyang, 21, is tapping relentlessly at a glowing video-game machine armed with little more than headphones and a pair of gloves. Born in Tianjin, northeast China, she was studying sociology at the University of California, Davis in the United States when she decided to do an exchange programme at the University of Hong Kong. The main reason she came to Hong Kong, she says, was so she could play a Japanese video game... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3203781/i-want-play-game-so-much-maimai-arcade-video-game-craze-draws-university-california-student-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3203781/i-want-play-game-so-much-maimai-arcade-video-game-craze-draws-university-california-student-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:15:10 +0000 The Hong Kong Museum of Art is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the unveiling of new donations and exhibitions. One highlight is a new gallery dedicated to the paintings and calligraphy of the late 20th century artist Zhu Qizhan. Called Jingguanlou, which means “viewing silently”, the gallery is the result of a new donation by nonagenarian Hong Kong doctor Leo Wong Kwai-kuen, a keen photographer and connoisseur of Chinese art. Wong, who has donated more than 1,100 items to the museum since... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3202723/ming-dynasty-ceramics-shen-zhou-hand-scroll-new-gallery-and-more-hong-kong-museum-art-marks-its-60th?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3202723/ming-dynasty-ceramics-shen-zhou-hand-scroll-new-gallery-and-more-hong-kong-museum-art-marks-its-60th?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:15:11 +0000 Taiwanese-American singer Wang Leehom is making a comeback with a concert in Las Vegas in January, according to its promoter. It will be Wang’s first public outing since a divorce scandal a year ago. “Even if there is only one person listening, I will still sing for you,” says Wang in a 15-second teaser released by Kwan’s International on social media. In the video, Wang is seen in profile against a dark background playing an acoustic guitar. Sporting a plain hairstyle and a white T-shirt, the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3202501/singer-wang-leehoms-comeback-divorce-scandal-las-vegas-concert-divides-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3202501/singer-wang-leehoms-comeback-divorce-scandal-las-vegas-concert-divides-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Dec 2022 01:45:09 +0000