Lacquer engraving, also called "lacquer carving", is a traditional Chinese handicraft presented by painting the objects with multi-layers and engraving the lacquer layer to form various decorated patterns. Wooden objects are the most ...
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Yutian enjoys the reputation of "China's Folk Art Town" . Yutian clay figurines, with a history of over 200 years, have more than 130 kinds of animals , gods of longevity , Goddess of the Moon flying to the moon and others in various shapes ...
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The Miao nationality mostly live in the border areas of the provinces of southwest China. They have their own language. In the areas of the Miao nationality, they take farming as the main and hunting as supplementary. Their cross-stitch ...
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In ancient times, the coronet was not confined to the male only. At first, the coronet was mostly worn by females in the palace. Emperor Qin Shi Huang once ordered all his concubines to wear Furong (lotus) coronet in summer, decorated with ...
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The Quanzhou puppet is an elaborate folk handicraft produced in Quanzhou of Fujian Province. There are two types of puppets in Quanzhou: string puppets and palm puppets. Puppeteers control their movements and expressions by pulling strings ...
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China's Jiangnan area has many water towns, of which Zhouzhuang and Luzhi are the representative ones. The traditional costumes and ornaments of local women are featuring strong water town flavor. They like to wrap the head with a floral ...
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Silver ornaments are the favorite traditional ornaments of the Miao minority, and they are mainly adopted by women for make-up. There are many types of ornaments that could be used to adorn a girl from head to feet, including ...
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Winter court hats of empress dowagers and empresses were made of fumed marten and sewn with red wefts. Their hats adorned with pearl, gold pheasant patterns, gems and jade ornaments had protective collar behind the neck with drooping bright ...
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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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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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A Wadang (tile-end) is a particular piece of tile that is placed over the last tile in each line of tiles on the traditional Chinese roof. Therefore tile-ends are placed all the way along the eaves of the sloping roof. They were important ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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The Xiangdong Nuo Mask is a kind of mask made of camphorwood with original religious flavor. It originated in Hunan Province and later became popular in the Xiangdong Region, Piangxiang of Jiangxi Province. The Nuo Mask, an ...
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Hairpins and hair clasps were everyday embellishments in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques. ...
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The ancient Chinese clothing consisted mostly of robes. While the women wore lengthy tunics that reached the ground, the men wore tunics that reached their knees. The sleeves of the garments were wide, and loose fitting, with sashes being ...
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