Dragon and Tiger in folk art
The tiger is a popular theme in chinese folk art. One may encounter numerous images of tigers in almost all forms of folk art: paper-cuts, embroidery sculptre, new year prints and others. The Read More
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The tiger is a popular theme in chinese folk art. One may encounter numerous images of tigers in almost all forms of folk art: paper-cuts, embroidery sculptre, new year prints and others. The Read More
2500 to 3000 years ago, Zhou(周朝Zhōucháo) people lived a poetic life as described in Zhouli (Ritual of Zhou Dynasty) and Shijing (The Book of Songs, China’s first ancient poems collections). The profile and details of Read More
The Chinese Zodiac or Shengxiao(生肖 shēngxiào) in Pinyin(拼音 pīnyīn), is a scheme, a systematic strategy of potential action, relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes, based on a 12-year mathematical cycle. It’s wide currency Read More
“Cold Dews(寒露, Hánlù)” is the 17 solar term of the 24 solar terms and falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. It means that it’s colder than “White Dews(白露, Báilù)” and Read More
Duanwu Festival(端午节 Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Festival. It also known as Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth Festival is quite popular among the Chinese people, every year people celebrate this festival on May 15 Read More
These are all materials for research into ancient architecture and the economic conditions of Han dynasty. Liu Sheng was a Chinese prince of the Western Han dynasty. He is most renowned now for his tomb. Read More
Filigree inlaid metal art(花丝镶嵌:huāsī xiānɡqiàn) is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during Read More
Located in Huangfengzui(皇坟嘴Huángfénzuǐ), Yang Can’s tomb is is about 10 km north to Zunyi County of Guizhou Province. The tomb owner Yang Can’s ancestral home was Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province, who served as the Read More
As a folk art with a long tradition, Embroidery(刺绣:cì xiù) occupies an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. It is, in its long development, inseparable from silkworm-raising and silk-reeling and weaving. Read More
The New Stone Age was featured by the primitive agriculture and livestock husbandry and was mainly marked by the polishing stone wares and crockery. The emergence of the primitive agriculture and livestock has Read More