The Chinese fairy tale figure Madam White Snake is back again, this time in two very different guises. The first is in the time-honored way in which audiences are used to seeing it, and the other in a very contemporary form. The first ...
The Kenyan government has commenced discussion with Chinese authorities to help showcase the East African nation's cultural heritage in the Asian nation's museums, officials said on Monday. Mzalendo Kibunjia, Director General of ...
Set in a fiercely blazing fire, the beast's bulging eyes glare straight at the observer; his great mouth forms a wide grin, flashing saber-like teeth. His stiletto claws are exposed and poised for action, and a pair of ears or horns ...
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Ming-Qing Export Porcelain from Shanghai Museum and the Palace Museum exhibition is ongoing in the Palace Museum. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] An exhibition at the Palace Museum reveals rare artifacts from ancient China's ...
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Art this year, became something everyone talks about, not just highbrows any more. From the chicken cup to Van Gogh's painting, rich Chinese rich are showing a robust purchasing power on the art market at home and abroad. Let's have a ...
On November 21, the two mascots, named " Zhuangzhuang " and " Meimei ", for the Palace Museum debuted in Beijing for the first time. Feng Hui Ren, the director of the Cultural Service Center of the Palace Museum said that the Palace ...
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Clothing has always been the first thing to change following with the birth of a new Chinese dynasty, says Fang Hongjun, who has studied Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) clothing for 24 years at Beijing's Palace Museum. The Qing Dynasty's ...
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Furniture is part of a convention concerning people's residence. Its design, manufacture and style reflect the spiritual outlook and aesthetic taste of a time. The development of Chinese furniture is linked to changes in people's daily ...
Furniture is part of a convention concerning people's residence. Its design, manufacture and style reflect the spiritual outlook and aesthetic taste of a time. The Ming and Qing dynasties were the golden age of Chinese traditional ...
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1. How to get permanent residence permit? You should submit: (a) Valid passport or equivalent; (b) Health certi_ cate issued at state level; (c) Credentials proving no criminal record by China embassies or consulates; (d) Two passport ...
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Speech by the Governor Liaoning is an important interface-link between the Chinese Northeastern Economic Zone and Bohai Economic Rim. It is located at the south of the Northeastern region of China; it faces the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in ...
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Root carvings are artworks featuring people, animals or objects carved out of natural or distorted tree roots (including tree trunks, burls and bamboo roots etc) through careful designing and artistic processing. In the creation of a ...
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Dragon robe and crown is a sort of costume worn by emperors on the most important occasions in ancient China. Dragon robe refers to the noble dress decorated with rolling dragons while dragon crown is the noble hat. As a world-famous ...
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Gu Embroidery is a famous embroidery style in Shanghai that is named after its originator--the Gu (Mingshi) family in Songjiang of the Ming Dynasty. The striking feature of Gu Embroidery is the lifelike reproduction of masterful paintings ...
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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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