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The Beijing Art Museum
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| The Beijing Art Museum is in Wanshou Temple (the Temple of Longevity) on Suzhou Jie, Haidian District.
Formally established in August 1987, the museum has collected and preserved precious historical relics such as bronze and jade articles from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (17th to 3rd centuries BC), and ancient art treasures such as pottery, ivory carvings and wood carvings from past dynasties. It houses a collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient coins of China and foreign countries, and modern Chinese and Japanese arts and crafts.
Time : 9 am-5 pm, daily
Place: Wanshou Temple, Suzhou Jie, Haidian District
Tel : 6841-9391
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Sports museum
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| Opened in 1990, the China Sports Museum specializes in exhibiting, collecting and studying sports relics and historical documents. With an exhibition area of 2,510 square metres, the museum is divided into six show rooms in which many sports-related photos and objects from different periods are displayed.
The Ancient Sports Hall displays some 80 cultural sports relics and about 50 photos and 20 paintings portraying the colourful sports games of ancient China. The Contemporary Sports Hall shows the evolution of Chinese sports during the 1840 to 1949 period. The modern sports section occupies three halls and conveys the development of sports since the founding of New China. The sixth hall houses a display of the traditional sports of ethnic groups.
Time : 9 am-4 pm daily
Place: A3 Andinglu, Chaoyang District
Tel : 6491-2233
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Big Bell Temple
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| An exhibition of 500 ancient bells from different dynasties is on show at the Big Bell Temple.
A bronze cauldron with six ear-like handles was the lastest discovery. A painting on a corridor of a siheyuan (quadrangle) depicting the Buddha was also discovered during the construction.
Time : 8:30am-4:30pm, daily
Place: 31 Beisanhua Xilu, Haidian District
Tel : 62557566
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Ancient coins
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| A perennial exhibition of ancient coins is on show at the Ancient Coin Museum in the Deshengmen Tower on the North Second Ring Road.
About 10,000 ancient coins are displayed, including early shellfish coins and silver coins of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
China was one of the first countries to make and use coins, some of which date back more than 3,000 years.
An exchang market for ancient coins is situated outside the museum and free appraisal by experts is offered.
Time : 9am-4pm, daily
Place: Deshengmen Jianlou, Xicheng District
Tel : 62018073
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Huang Zhou revered
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| The Yan Huang Art Museum is holding a commemorative exhibition in tribute to Huang Zhou (1925-97), a famous modern artist in China who was also the founder of the museum.
As a commemoration of Huang, the exhibition will run for a long period at the front hall to the entrance of the museum where scores of Huang's original paintings are displayed in rotation. Huang is known for his vivid portrayal of donkeys. The exhibition includes his water paintings, sketches and flower and bird paintings.
Time : 9 am-5 pm daily
Place: Yan Huang Art Museum
Tel : 6491-2902
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Sculpture creation
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| A new sculpture theme park has been set up.Artists have completed the installation of sculpted creations set for permanent display at Yanqi Lake (Yanqihu) Resort.
Most artists are graduates of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The artists used both conventional materials or waste materials. The sculptures vary dramatically and are used to help the artists' express their concerns and thinking about life and society.
Time : daily
Place: Yanqi Town, Huairou County
Tel : 6966-1696
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Court show
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| An international famous architects's court exhibition is being held in International-Embassy Villas, also billed as CEO New Generation Villas. A total of 12 architects from France, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, the United States, Denmark and Chinese mainland have played major roles in establishing various courts in this 56.6-hectare villa development. Famous for its verdant trees, water features and large court, the International-Embassy Villas will establish 280 luxury villas there, each occupying around 1.33 hectares. As one of the rare golf villas in Beijing, the villas are situated next to Huatang International Golf club, the internationally renowned golf course designer.
Time : daily
Place: near Chaobai River, Beijing-Harbin Expressway
Tel : 6159-5678
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What's my name?
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| Entering its fourth phase since it was opened in September, the art installation Power of the Ordinary at the Long March Cultural Transmission Centre has now evolved into a painting and sculpture exhibition. The featured exhibits are paintings and sculptures on the theme "unnamed and anonymous? They reflect earthy trends in China's contemporary art circle.
The displayed sculpture is an unnamed work made by villagers in Mazhuang, in Anping County of Hebei. It is a reproduction of an ancient Chinese Buddha with a naked body on which Chinese characters showing passages for vital energy circulation are written.
The paintings portray a beautiful, half-naked city woman dressed in the typical way of a country girl. With various other Chinese cultural symbols depicted on the painting, the work can be deducted to be the product of a well-trained graduate from art college. But the painter has declined to give his name. The piece is destined for sale at Panjiayuan art market. Chinese elements and the exaggerated realism style are most commonly seen in art works created to meet market tastes. This helps us to rethink the role of art as an aesthetic guide in today's market-oriented society.
Time : 10 am-6 pm until day to decide
Place: 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu
Tel : 6438-7107
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Returned treasures
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| A total of 16 precious cultural relics labelled as national treasures are on show in the lobby of Beijing Hotel after they were illegally taken abroad 80 years ago.
The exhibits are stone sculptures stolen from various historical sites and smuggled abroad in the past. Two Buddha head sculptures are the most precious. They have been proved to be original pieces hewed off two stone sculptures in the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan Province.
Time : daily until December 31
Place: 33 Dongchang'an Jie
Tel : 6513-7766
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Troubled times
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| A joint show displaying works by three professional artists who depict the confusing troubles of social life is on at the Yan Club.
Although artists Zhang Jin, Yang Gang and Bob Yan were born in different eras from the 1940s to 70s, all have something in common to focus on the life of ordinary people. Each has been successful in his own field and has participated in art activities worldwide. Around 10 paintings are exhibited now and will in time be replaced by other works by the artists.
Time : 10am - 8pm, daily
Place: 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu
Tel : 8457-3506
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Meditation on existence
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| This art exhibition mainly features recent art works from the famous ’artist village in Songzhuang where about 300 artists live.
Exhibits are mostly the results of meditation by artists on the meaning and value of existence after the sudden outbreak of SARS, which made people re-think their daily lives.
Time : 9am-12pm, daily (appointment required)
Place: 71 Xiaopu Village, Songzhuang
Tel : 6959-536
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Skeletons displayed
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| An unusual scientific exhibition displaying the striking skeletons of various animals is underway at Beijing Natural History Museum.
The exhibition features several scores of skeletons the museum collected, ranging from huge dinosaurs to ordinary animals like rabbits.
Time : 8:30 am-5 pm, daily
Place: 126 Tianqiao Nandajie
Tel : 6702-4431
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