Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian President Sergio Mattarella will meet with the representatives from cultural field of both countries on Friday night in Beijing.
The representatives are the attendees of the China-Italy cultural cooperation mechanism conference and the China-Italy university presidents' dialogue.
Mattarella arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a state visit to China from Nov. 7 to 12 at the invitation of President Xi.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Italy comprehensive strategic partnership.
Xi, Italian president to meet representatives from cultural field of both countries
A group of Russian tourists recently visited a series of picturesque historical sites in east China's Jiangsu Province where they said seeing iconic locations reminded them of many classical Chinese movies and TV series.
The tourists, who included Russian landscape architecture experts and artists, traveled around many historical cities in Jiangsu, such as Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi, and Changzhou.
Jiangsu is known for its elegant and refined regional culture, in particular the classical gardens in Suzhou, which are famous for their exquisite designs and layouts.
"The first Chinese film I watched on a Chinese television channel was 'Journey to the West'. But, in fact, Chinese films are also highly welcomed in Russia and we know Russian cinemas have screened many Chinese movies, such as 'Hero'. I have been studying Chinese culture for nearly 30 years, so, every time I visited China, I always found something new in things like rituals and food. Today, I visited some parks, which were new to me, and I want to recommend them to everyone. They should come and see these gardens for themselves. Besides, modern parks in China are also worth visiting," said Elena V. Golosova, President of the Landscape Architecture Committee of Russia and CIS Countries.
Russian artists in the tour group said their first-hand experience of Chinese culture heightened their desire to learn more about the country's tradition and promote more cultural communication between Russia and China.
"Thanks to these historical TV series, we can see Chinese traditions, banquet rituals, and different traditions and etiquette used in interpersonal interactions and communication. Surely, there are some details that I have never known before and I want to read and study all the content related to Chinese culture. In addition, I want to say that many people in Russia have strong interest in Chinese movies and China's art of cinematic presentation. Next week, Moscow Asian Film Festival will start featuring a series of movies and one section of the film festival will be about Chinese movies and it will last a whole day," said Anna Donchenko, a Russian artist who has studied Chinese painting styles.
Russian tourists explore Chinese culture in picturesque historical sites
