Special Planning•China Literature and Art in 2021（part I）

4 Chinese Theatre in 2021: Barely Warm But Still Cold/ FU Jin

13 Films in 2021: Growing through Accumulation and Thriving with Momentum/ DING Yaping & WANG Ting

27 Design in 2021: The Internal Driving Force of Cultural Cohesion and National Welfare and People's Livelihood/ PAN Lusheng & YIN Bo

38 Dance in 2021: Dance in Boundary Crossing and "Breaking Through a Circle"/ ZHANG Yanjie

51 Network Literature and Art in 2021: Forging Ahead with Waves in the Song of the Sirens/ HU Jiangfeng & LIU Jia

Highlights•Metaverse and New Space in Literature and Art

63 From Virtual Reality to Virtuality Becoming Reality: "Metaverse" and "Being Metaverse" of Art/ ZHOU Zhiqiang

67 Glancing at Metaverse in the Rearview Mirror/ JIANG Yuhui

69 The Issue of Metaverse and Metaverse Literature and Art/ XIA Lie

72 How "Metaverse" can Become the Opportunity of "New Birth" in Literature and Art?/ YANG Guang

75 On Metaverse and the Possibility of Its Image Content/ ZHOU Wen

78 In the Face of "Metaverse", How to Keep Critical Ability in Science Fiction/ CHEN Tao

Theoretical Explorations

81 Placeness, Eventalization and Intermedia in Art Practice: On the Reconstruction of Spatial Paradigm in Postmodern Art/ LI Jian

93 On FENG Qi's "Buddha's Warrior Attendant with a Glaring Look": A Wonderful Case of Marxist on the Transformation of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics/ LI Huanyou

Critical Analysis

104 Landscape on a Pontoon Bridge: On XI Yuan's Recent Novels/ ZOU Zan

Exclusive Interview

116 Sticking to Traditions and Exploring a New Realm: The Road of My Studies on Russian-Soviet Literary Theory: An Interview with the Literary Theorist CHENG Zhengmin/ Interviewed by WU Jian

Inside Front Cover

Chinese Literary Critics:LU Wenhu

Inside Back Cover

Review of Members of China Literature and Art Critics Association: Henan Literature and Art Critics Association

Back Cover

The Introduction to Annual Excellent Works in the Sixth "Woodpecker Cup" of Chinese Literature and Art Criticism:A Study on Film Industry Aesthetics