Boxwood is Huangyang Wood in China. Boxwood is a small tree and shrub. Due to the limited size of the material, it is rarely used for full-sized pieces of furniture, but more often for small, carved objects or as Continue Reading

   Located in Dongcheng District of Beijing, Wangfujing is one of the country’s most popular shopping streets, as well as one of its most famous. The street, which is about 1,500 meters long, boasts a large number of old and Continue Reading

   Locust is distributed throughout China, however the best is considered to come from northern China. Aside from its noted density, the timber is hard and very strong. The pores in the early wood can be relatively large; the grain Continue Reading

   Like the artistry and craftsmanship in wood furniture, paintings also reveal that bamboo furniture-making techiniques were also highly developed by the Song dynasty. Luohans seated in bamboo meditation chairs also show parallel associations of common bamboo with asceticism and Continue Reading

   泼水节为傣历新年的庆祝活动，一般在阳历4月13日至15日这三天，到了节日，傣族男女老少就穿上节日盛装，挑着清水，先到佛寺浴佛，然后就开始互相泼水，你泼我，我泼你，一朵朵水花在空中盛开，它象征着吉祥、幸福、健康，青年手里明亮晶莹的水珠，还象征着甜蜜的爱情。大家互相泼啊泼，到处是水的洗礼、水的祝福、水的欢歌。朵朵水花串串笑，泼水节成了欢乐的海洋。 The Water Splashing Festival is the celebration of the New Year in the Dai people’s calendar, which usually falls on the three days from April 13 – 15. During the festival, the Dai people, wearing their festival suits, Continue Reading

   Nanmu and nanmu burl (douban nan) were frequently mentioned as materials par excellence in Ming literati writings. The former was often used for cabinet construction; the latter, for decorative cabinet door and table top panels as well as smaller Continue Reading

   Nowadays, the Qixi Festival is also called Chinese Valentine’s Day. More and more young people celebrate it in the same way that Valentine’s Day is celebrated in western countries.    Magpie Festival/Qixi Festival, also known as Magpie Festival, falls Continue Reading

   The heartwood of Weeping Cypress has a grassy yellowish-brown tonality, and is sometimes slightly streaked with red. With prolonged exposure, the color becomes deeper; the sapwood has paler tonalities. The material has good luster, is somewhat waxy or oily Continue Reading

   Yellow Camphor (C. parthenoxylon) also grows throughout southern China, but does not reach the mammoth proportions of its relative. Although the material is similarly figured, it is lighter in color, and less dense; and after cutting, its fragrance dissipates Continue Reading

   The sapwood is distinguished from the slightly darker heartwood, which varies in tonality from yellowish brown to coffee-brown. Jiangsu craftsmen traditionally divide jumu into three types: yellow ju (huangju), red ju (hongju), and blood ju (xueju). Factors including the Continue Reading