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Han Meilin's Influence of Cultural Traditions

Jan 3, 2017

Through his six-decade career, Han Meilin-who is well-known as the chief designer of Fuwa, the good-luck mascots for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008-has always turned to Chinese cultural traditions for inspiration. The 80-year-old began ...

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Dragon Boat Racing Debuts in New York

Jan 13, 2016

Guangdong Song and Dance Ensemble put on dance drama Dragon Boat Racing at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York on Jan 7. The dance drama marks the start of "2016 Happy Chinese New Year" in New York. Zhang Qiyue, ...

Tags: Dragon Boat, dance drama

Saving A Tibetan Tradition

Dec 18, 2015

Trinley (right) performs at the Norbulingka Park in Lhasa during the Shoton Festival.[Photo provided to China Daily] Trinley, 76, narrates Buddhist folktales depicted in the Thangka paintings using a wooden stick. Usually, it takes hours, ...

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Workshops Bring Earthy Mongolian Arts to Life

Dec 16, 2015

Unir sings while playing the morin khuur, or horse-head fiddle, during a performance. [Photo provided to China Daily] As his fingers run over the strings, we hear a thunderstorm and rain. When he whistles, you hear the wind. Horses run ...

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Ranszagal Indian Art Troupe Performed at Loyang Heluo Culture & Tourism Festival

Oct 30, 2015

Luoyang Heluo Culture and Tourism Festival 2015 kicked off on September 19. Art troupes from more than 12 countries, including Russia, Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey, Hungry, India and so on, brought the audience amazing shows of ...

Tags: Luoyang Heluo Culture, Tourism Festival, Ranszagal Indian Art Troupe

China Academy of Art's Folk Art Museum Opens

Oct 29, 2015

A folk art museum, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has opened in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province on Sept. 20. The China Academy of Art project is committed to conserving, revitalizing and regenerating ...

Tags: folk art museum, Chinese arts, crafts

World Folk Artists Gather at Guizhou Expo

Oct 29, 2015

The first China (Guizhou) International Folk Crafts and Cultural Products Expo opened Thursday in Guiyang, Guizhou province and will run through Wednesday. More than 150 craftsmen from 31 countries will show their crafts and skills. The ...

Tags: World Folk Artists, Guizhou Expo, Traditional handicraft

Comedians on a Happy Mission

Oct 29, 2015

Most of them dropped out of high school because of poverty. They were farmers before changing, ahem, their profession. They have appeared on TV and performed at various galas. To top it all, they have also performed on CCTV's Spring ...

Tags: comedians, Errenzhuan, folk art

The 14th Asia Arts Festival Singles out Its Logo and Mascot

Oct 28, 2015

The 14th Asia Arts Festival, which will formally kick off in November in Quanzhou, the largest city in southeastern Fujian province, unveiled its logo and mascot on Monday. Selected from 517 entries, the logo was co-designed by the Fine ...

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Rock Craving on Show

Oct 27, 2015

Huian, located in East China's Fujian province, boasts a long-standing history of stone carving that dates back to 1,600 years ago. Its beautiful coastline has a well-preserved fortress in rocks built centuries ago. Heavenly Crafted, an ...

Tags: stone carving, carvings on wood, carvings on rocks, folk art

Chinese Folk Art Expo

Apr 10, 2015

A Chinese folk art expo featuring handicrafts by eleven outstanding folk artists from eight provinces of China will tour Eastern US from April 10—20. The exhibition, entitled "Slow Made in China", will be held at several ...

Tags: Chinese Folk Art, folk art expo, handicrafts

China's Four Famous Embroideries

Jan 19, 2015

The Four Famous Embroideries of China refer to the Xiang embroidery in central China's Hunan Province, Shu embroidery in western China's Sichuan Province, Yue embroidery in southern China's Guangdong Province and Su embroidery in eastern ...

Tags: Embroideries, Xiang Embroidery

Gaomi Was Named "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by The Ministry of Culture

Nov 5, 2014

Gaomi is a county-level city of eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Weifang City. It is the hometown of writer and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, who has set some of his stories ...

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The Beauty of Chinese Embroidery

Nov 5, 2014

Embroidery is a brilliant pearl in Chinese art. From the magnificent Dragon Robe worn by Emperors to the popular embroidery seen in today’s fashions, embroidery adds so much pleasure to our life and our culture. As a folk art with a ...

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Lithuania to Showcase 21st Century Design at 100% Design

Aug 4, 2014

Leading Lithuanian industrial designers will present a selection of 21st century classics for the first time at 100% Design. The majority of the designs to be featured on the Lithuania Pavilion have been selected from work by the winners of ...

Tags: Furniture, Furnishing

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