Yanshan Martial Pan Dance is a group dancing that is performed by men and women equally. The actors act warriors with the martial apparatus, such as the sword and the steel whip. The dancing movements include the big stride, forward lunge, ...
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Suzhou pingtan is a general term denoting Suzhou pinghua and tanci. It also enjoys great popularity in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces as well as in Shanghai. This art has a long history. Pinghua developed from the storytelling art of ...
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Opera facial make-up originates from totem in ancient times, develops into facial paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and eventually takes the shape of facial costume of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a pattern of put-on ...
The Chennai Silks, based in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has woven the most expensive saree in the world. The world record setting saree is worth Rs. 4 million and it weighs around 8 kg. It is intricately embellished with ...
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Popular in Sichuan,Guizhou and Yunnan,Chuanju(Sichuan opera)is the major form of local opera in southwestern China.A combination of several local opera forms,such as kunqu,gaoqiang,huqin,tanxi and dengxi,it developed around the middle of ...
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