The Chinese knot is a traditional auspicious knot artwork made by plaiting a string into a knot of diversified shapes. As a clasp made by plaiting cloth strips, the buckle knot is used in traditional garments such as Tang suit and ...
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Chinese folk art and Chinese philosophy are unified in the belief that yin-yang produces all living things on earth and all living things stay alive through propagation. Originated in Chinese primitive society, this was the philosophical ...
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Human lives were often threatened by irresistible natural or man-made vicious power. At the time when a society was scientifically undeveloped, humans were even more confined in their understanding of the universe. As a result, people ...
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The Hengduan Mountains, with their cloud-capped peaks and deep ravines, force several torrential rivers, including Jinsha River, Nujiang River, Yalong River and Lanchang River all the way to the south. There is a Tibetan township named Hepo ...
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Ivory carvings are the selections of Chinese carving art. Ivory is tough yet delicate in texture and perfectly fit for carving. These characteristics were recognized by our ancestors as early as in primitive society, which can be ...
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The Li population comes to 1,110,900. Most of the Lis now live in Dongfang, Baisha, Lingshui, Changjiang Li Autonomous Counties, and Ledong, Qiongzhong, and Baoting Li-Miao Autonomous Counties in the middle south of Hainan Province. The ...
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The twelve Chinese zodiac signs are the twelve animals Chinese people customarily use to mark the year in which a person was born. The twelve animals and the order in which they are arranged are called "the twelve zodiac signs". The twelve ...
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Chinese knots, an embodiment of the craftwork and wisdom of ancient Chinese civilization, are made by winding red cord to express blessings. It is metaphorically used to refer to man's multiplication. Characterized with complicated ...
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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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The Qiang people are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern part of Sichuan ...
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Haha Tone, which is also known as "Hehe Tone", "Liuzi Tune" and "Lala Tune", is a local genre of opera derived from the countryside in Hebei Province. It has a history of 300 years. Being prevailing in Baoding, Cangzhou, Hengshui and ...
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Batik printing is a sort of age-old traditional folk handicraft for fabric printing and dyeing in China. It was named together with tie dyeing and stencil printing as "Three Major Printing Crafts in Ancient China". Stripes on wax printed ...
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Eulogized as the "saint animal", "master of the mountain", "king of the animal", and "protective god of the mountain", the tiger has been adored and worshipped by Chinese since ancient times. With a history of over a million years, the ...
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Kangba, a branch of Tibetan Ethnic Minority, is mainly situated in the southeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and some areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Qinghai Provinces. Many renowned rivers like Jinsha, Lancang, and Dadu over 4,000 meters ...
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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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