When love steals your minds, it makes chaos in the bank accounts. Whether expressing love, appreciation, or gratitude, this incredibly expensive gifts were offered on very different occasions, but all were noticed by the media. When it ...
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Rockefeller Center officially began the Tree Lighting Ceremony in 1933, when a Christmas tree was erected in front of the then-RCA Building and covered with 700 lights. Christmas trees in Rockefeller Center have ranged from 50-foot Pines to ...
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Called "fragrant bags" in ancient times, scented sachets are bags usually sewed with cloth or weaved with multicolor silk threads stuffed with aromatic herbs. The sweet-smelling bags were initially used for absorbing sweat, repelling ...
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Hui'an, a seaside county on the coast of Huidong Peninsula in Quanzhou of Fujian province, is home to a special group of people—Hui'an Women, who are best known for their unique clothing. Originated from the Minyue culture, Hui'an ...
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Gaoshan nationality in Taiwan, one of the ethnic minorities of China, has a population of more than 400,000. Descended from the Baiyue nationality in ancient China, Gaoshan nationality now comprises nine branches including Atayal, Amis, ...
The paper-cut is one of China's most popular and characteristic folk arts. It takes paper as the material and scissors or engraving knives as the tool. The tradition can be traced back to the 6th century. However, it probably emerged even a ...
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The Miao girls fancy silver ornaments, and wherever they live, their dresses, especially their silver jewelries, will become the local highlights and cultural sight. The silver ornament civilization of Miao has been handed down ever since ...
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The paramos mountainous area in North Shiping County, Yunnan Province is a beautiful and magical place. Here lives the majority of a branch of Yi nationality named Huayao, of which the population is just over 30,000 in the whole world. In ...
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In the rural areas of west Yunnan Province, it is a great event for a family to build a house. Therefore, the family must follow the time-honored customs. The Tile Cat in Yunnan refers to the ornament made from tiles placed in the middle of ...
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As a blue and white allover, the blue calico is elaborately made of pure cotton cloth, which is waved manually, through several processes of printing and dyeing techniques. This kind of special handcraft has been popular in the area of the ...
Mongolian women often use a branched wooden stick as their headwear. The branched end is wrapped with cotton into a knot, and then is sewn up with a piece of cloth. When a girl gets married, she will undo her pigtail and separate her hair ...
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The headdress for Ordos women, commonly called "toudai" (literally, head wear), is the choice piece of Mongolian ornaments as well as the pride of the Ordos people. Toudai includes six parts: hair hoop, back shield, earmuff, ...
The dragon boat festival is a totem festival. Falling on the 5th of the fifth lunar month, it is close to the summer solstice. Pestilence, as a result of the heat and dampness, is at its worst, threatening lives of human community. Images ...
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There's more to beans than curd and paste; they can also be made into elaborate artworks. Bean painting, where beans are used as the raw material, is a kind of folk art, adopting artistic characteristics from Chinese traditional ...
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A carved bottle gourd is a work of art made of a bottle gourd carved with calligraphy works or paintings.It is said that carved bottle gourds first caught on in and around Gansu. Originally, people just made some casual carvings ...
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