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Lanterns (Deng in Chinese) Are a Special Handicraft of Chinese Tradition

Dec 5, 2012

Lanterns (deng in Chinese) are a special handicraft of Chinese tradition. Fancy lanterns are widely used as decorations in the country during festivals and holidays, on weddings and other celebrations. On the whole, they consist ...

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The Nadun Festival Is a Unique Folk Custom in Sanchuan Region

Dec 5, 2012

The Nadun Festival is a unique folk custom in Sanchuan Region, Minhe County, Qinghai Province. It is a festival that Tu people celebrate the harvest, enjoy social activities and have fun. It is also called "Peasants' Fair" or "Harvest ...

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Duan Festival Is Shui People's Most Grand Traditional Festival

Dec 5, 2012

The people of Shui ethnic group mainly inhabit in compact communities in Sandu Shui Autonomous County of Guizhou Province. Duan Festival is Shui people's most grand traditional festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han ...

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Chinese Folk Art Is a Visual Art Created by Ordinary People to Meet Ordinary Social Needs

Dec 5, 2012

Chinese folk art is a visual art created by ordinary people to meet ordinary social needs. The definition of folk art is relative to the definition of the art of imperial palace, the art of aristocrats, and the art of scholars ...

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The Clay Figures Making in Tianjin Was Already of High Repute in Qing Dynasty

Dec 5, 2012

The clay figures making in Tianjin was already of high repute in Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). But what makes it a wonderful and unique national work of art is Zhang's colored clay figures. The originator of "Zhang's Clay Figures" is ...

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Mianhua Is Art Created with Flour

Dec 5, 2012

Mianhua is art created with flour. Fermented flour is kneaded into various shapes such as animals, gourds, fruits and flowers, and then steamed and finally coloured. In Mizhi County of Shaanxi Province, I was fascinated as an old woman ...

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The Knife-Ladder-Climbing Festival of Lisu Ethnic Group Is a Traditional Festival

Dec 5, 2012

The Knife-ladder-Climbing Festival of Lisu Ethnic Group, which is called "a-tang-de" in Lisu language with the meaning of "a festival of climbing knife-ladders", is a traditional festival of the Lisu people and Yi people in the Lushui ...

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Cheongsam Is One Type of Traditional Chinese Female Costumes

Dec 5, 2012

Cheongsam is one type of traditional Chinese female costumes. It is featured by stand collar, right side opening, fitting waist and slip bottom, which can fully set off the beauty of the female shape. Derived from the garment of ...

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Brocade with Big Areas of Golden Decorative Patterns Was Very Popular in The Yuan Dynasty

Dec 5, 2012

Nashishi, also called Gold-Wefted Brocade, is a kind of silk embroidery woven with flat or round gold threads and it is regarded a typical representative of the silk weaving craft of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Brocade ...

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Braids Have All Featured in Chinese Hair Couture in The 60 Years

Dec 5, 2012

Braids, the bob, the "Yamaguchi Momoe" mop, the spiky bomb and the skewed ponytail, have all featured in Chinese hair couture in the 60 years since the founding of New China. Chinese women of today wear their hair in a wild assortment of ...

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Hair Embroidery Is One of The Gems of Chinese Embroidery Art

Dec 5, 2012

Hailed as a "unique skill of the world", hair embroidery is one of the gems of Chinese embroidery art, together with Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery. As the name indicates, hair embroidery refers to ...

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Cut Silk Is a Unique Chinese Traditional Silk Weaving Technique

Dec 5, 2012

Kesi,or Cut Silk,refers to silk tapestry with cut designs, and is a unique Chinese traditional silk weaving technique. Archaeological evidence indicates that silk tapestries with cut designs were produced in China at least as early as the ...

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Manchu Women Have Long Had a Reputation for Being Tall and Slender

Dec 5, 2012

Manchu women have long had a reputation for being tall and slender. This may be because in former times they wore platform-soled shoes, tall hair styles and close-fitting cheongsams. There is a legend behind the height-enhancing shoes ...

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After The 1911 Revolution,The Garments Changed Greatly

Dec 5, 2012

Big Differences between Cities and Countryside After the 1911 Revolution, the garments changed greatly, and the dresses and the official cap buttons were eliminated. Particularly, hair plait was cut off, but chi-pao (one-piece mandarin ...

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Tshatsha Stands for Small Clay Sculptures Cut From a Mold

Dec 5, 2012

Tshatsha, a literal translation from a Sanskrit word which mean "copy" in English, stands for small clay sculptures cut from a mold, including mini-statues of Buddha, stupas or Buddhist scriptures. Usually, they are put inside large stupas ...

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