Commercial street top 10 in China: Wangfujing in Beijing 北京王府井
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…
Huaimu furniture
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…
Bamboo furniture in China
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…
Water Splashing Festival of the Dai Ethnic Minority 傣族泼水节
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.…
Nanmu furniture
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…
