The Ming (1368-1644) and early Qing (1644-1911) dynasties were ages of expansion and great prosperity in Chinese history. The most sought-after furniture made of the choicest timber was as precious as gold. Ming furniture is treasured for ...
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Ming Furniture Representing the zenith of Chinese furniture, Ming furniture is treasured for its precious wood, comfortable design, simple decoration and superb craftsmanship. Background Ming furniture dates from the end of the Ming ...
"A silkworm spins all its silk till its death and a candle won't stop its tears until it is fully burnt." This Tang poem accurately describes the property of the silkworm. Despite technological development, a silkworm can only produce a ...
China was not like I expected; it was a place rich in culture, beautiful scenes and a heritage that went back thousands of years. The factories we visited were well-established, most were first, second or third-generation businesses. ...
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French Historian Fernand Braudel claimed fashion is “peculiarly a feature of Western history.” The New York Times in 1913 exclaimed “The fashions in China? It never occurred to you, perhaps, that there were any!” ...
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The 300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil and an intensive cultural amalgamation amongst various ethnic groups. The Sui ...
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Speech by the Governor Shaanxi is the important cradle of Chinese civilization. It was the seat of capitals of 13 ancient dynasties including Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasty and also was China's political, economic and cultural center for ...
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Culturally, Jiangsu Province is characterized by "Wuyun Hanfeng" (literally, the appeal of south of the Yangtze River and the flavor of the Han Dynasty). In terms of the folk song, the characteristics are embodied in Wu songs of south ...
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Nanjing forging industry of gold foil originated in the area around Longtan Garden in Qixia District, which once belonged to Jurong County and Jiangning County. In all rural families of this area, the handcraft of "forging foils and ...
The shiny image of Zhang Ziyi in the movie the Banquet is impressive to many audiences. Her red and bright lips, short and dark eyebrows, and well decorated cheeks are the typical elements in the makeup popularized during the Tang Dynasty ...
Blue printed cloth is a kind of civil society has been widely popular in the ancient southern hand printed fabric. Elegant simplicity of her cultural charm, of folk art in China can be called unique, while you're under the dissemination of ...
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Nanjing cloud-patterned brocade got its name from Yun that means clouds, since the fabrics is as beautiful as the splendid clouds in the sky, and has got a history of nearly one thousand years. Among all the ancient fabrics, ...
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Chinese tattoos have become a raging phenomenon among tattoo enthusiasts of the western world. Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters with a sense of the exotic and often much deeper meaning than that which lies on the surface. Ci ...
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The history of the Man ethnic minority (also called the Manchu) dates back almost1, 400 years to the Sui (581 - 618) and Tang (618 - 907) Dynasties. The Man originated in the Jurchen tribes of north east China. Having established both the ...
There were many peculiar Chinese Lantern Festival customs in the ancient China. It is different from the folk activities like dragon dance and guess riddles that will not only happen on the Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival customs 1 ...
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