Speech by the Mayor As one of the cradles of China's modern industry and the largest port in north China, Tianjin is a modern city with profound historical culture and full of strong passion. Characterized by its prosperous commerce, ...
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When ink play is mentioned, we would usually think of the literate ink play of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a reference to the practice of playing with ink brushwork. The title of this exhibition borrows the word play from this phrase ...
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The Three Gorges of Yangtze River, where the ancient Ba and Chu people used to live and build their homes, have been the witness of the local people's industrious labor and numerous creations, which helped foster a unique culture and ...
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Zhangzhou puppet head carving is a special workmanship of props making for puppet show. It is one of the folk arts and crafts mainly spreading over Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and their surrounding areas of Fujian Province. Zhangzhou puppet ...
The fan, which is made of thin bamboo strips, thin silks, feathers, leaves of sunflowers, and papers, is a traditional Chinese handicraft used for cooling. Fans, for they can bring people cool, were called "Shelter from the Sun" in ancient ...
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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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Chinese folk art is vastly different from Western traditional art in philosophy concept, art structure and form, and color composition. Philosophy concept — Chinese folk art, and the art of Chinese officialdom and professional ...
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Pottery miniature courtyard among the burials during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280) unearthed from Echeng Hubei, showing ancient Chinese residential building in five elements and eight diagram styles. Residential building featuring ...
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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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