BEIJING

Regong art from Qinghai province is an influential school of Tibetan Buddhist culture. Originating in the Yuan dynasty (AD 1206-1368), it includes such forms as tangka, murals, embroidery and sculpture.

Its themes are Buddhist sutras, historical events, legends and mythology.

The ongoing exhibition displays more than 100 works.

9 am-5 pm, until Feb 13

Beijing World Art Museum, China Millennium Monument, A9 Fuxinglu, Haidian District

6851-3322

China Eight-Eyes, a male quartet founded in 1990, greets audiences with popular love songs from overseas and here, for a Valentine's Day show. Tunes will include Nights on Grassland, Snow Lotus on Icy Mountain, A Night in Moscow's Suburb and Oh Susanna.

7:30 pm, Feb 13

Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District

6605-7006

On Valentine's Day night, conductor Liu Fengde and the symphony orchestra of the China National Chinese Opera and Dance Drama Company will appear on stage at the Forbidden City Concert Hall.

7:30 pm, Feb 14

Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, Northwest of Tian'anmen Square

6559-8285

Farmer-artists from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Jilin provinces present their folk art works at the Art Gallery of the Maizidian Community Cultural Center in downtown Beijing.

The exhibition features at least 1,000 paper cut and batik works, ink scrolls, oil paintings, and handicrafts.

10 am-5 pm, until Feb 20

Art Gallery of the Community Cultural Center, 26 Building, Zaoying Beili, Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District

6504-5898

Traditional painter Hu Youben has found a way of making ink works fresh and contemporary. By scratching and folding the paper, he makes his works progressively more abstract, with three-dimensional landscapes. His folded paper works resemble mountains, rivers, clouds and the sky.

10am-7pm, until Feb 20

Yan Club, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District

8457-3506

Shanghai

This drama depicts Zhenbao's love story. There are two women in his life: his prim wife and a saucy mistress. Zhenbao describes them, respectively, as a white rose and a red rose in his life. Based on Eileen Chang's novel, Red Rose and White Rose, it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese drama.

7:15 pm. Feb 14-15

425 Dingxiang Lu, Shanghai Oriental Art Center

021-6854-1234

GUANGZHOU

The Labeque sisters, acclaimed French pianists Katia and Marielle, are known for their superlative musicianship and the extraordinary scope of their repertoire, ranging from Bach to Stravinsky. They are the world's No. 1 duo pianists and will lead Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra for the concert, Two Become One.

8 pm, Feb 23

Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33, Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island

020-8776-8558

Stage Eyes has been refined over 10 years and traveled to over 15 countries and territories. German curator Rian Bullock originally invited 19 artists to express their views on drama in some visual form. Stage Eyes-Visual Arts and Drama is on display in Guangdong Museum of Art.

9am to 5pm, daily except Monday until Feb 24

Galleries 3 and 4, Guangdong Museum of Art, No 38, Yanyu Road, Ersha Island

020-8737-4468

Editor: Carolyn