Originated in Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty, the making of hairy monkeys, otherwise known as "Chinese Cicada Slough", is a folk handicraft unique to Beijing. Legend has it that one day, a salesclerk of a drug store in Beijing was ...
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Sang Liangshu was once a typical Chinese housewife. That was before being inspired by her family's intense interest in art. She created a unique paper-cut art, which she called "Xiao Sang Paper-cut." Her style of paper-cut preserves ...
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Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the longest and most important holiday for Chinese people. It is usually celebrated from the eighth day of the twelfth month to the fifteenth of the first month (lantern festival), by Chinese lunar ...
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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 keynote for funeral and memorial service is spiritual eternity and continuation of life after death. This is also the main theme of Chinese folk art works on the subject. Death at old age is a normal course of life referred to as ...
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Embroidered shoes, with beautiful decorative patterns on the uppers embroidered with colorful silk threads, is a perfect combination of the Shoe Culture and Embroidery Art.with beautiful decorative patterns on the uppers embroidered ...
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The Dai brocade is a kind of folk handicraft popular among the Dai ethnic people. Either woven on cotton cloth or silk, the Dai brocade is an age-old hand-weaving technique, with the design of patterns being realized by superb weaving ...
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Of all the ancient drapery, brocade represents the highest techniques. Incorporating weaving techniques of all dynasties, Yun Brocade of Nanjing is called "Cloud Brocade" in Chinese. The Chinese name derives from the omniform patterns ...
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Rolling lamp, a folk dance of the Han Chinese, is popular in the area along the Qiantang River including Yuhang, Haiyan, etc. Yuhang rolling lamp originated in Wengmei area of Yuhang in Zhejiang. With a history of over 800 years, it is a ...
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The whistle is a traditional Chinese folk toy made of porcelain or pottery. The sounding toy not only provides a visual sense of beauty to children, but also excites them with high-pitched sounds. Common whistles include porcelain bird ...
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Embroidery skills are commonly used in Miao people's life. From teenage girls to old women graying at the temples, almost every woman is good at embroidering. The clothes, trousers, skirts, shoes, hats, socks, scarves, handkerchiefs 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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The culture of Chinese cuisine also embodies original Chinese philosophy concept. The art form that represents this culture comes in two folds, geometry form and form of nature, which mainly consists of animal figures. Chinese ...
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Qiang ethnic minority is one ancient nation in our Chinese ethnic family. For thousands of years, together with the other members of our big folk family, the ethnic minority of Qiang have created the Chinese nation's great splendid ...
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Kame is an ordinary article used for haircut which is comprised of comb and Biji. Since comb was invented by He Lian long ago, rich and colorful comb culture has taken shape after kame processing technique has undergone continuous ...
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