The artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres uses a plethora of 15 watt light bulbs, porcelain light sockets, extension cords for his well traveled very popular 1992 light installation "Untitled" (America #1). This light installation borders between ...
In the Haizhou Region of East China's Jiangsu Province, wedding shoes are known as xi xie or "happy shoes". Before 1949, when a girl was getting married, she usually wore a pair of happy shoes, which were made with red cloth or silk and ...
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Wedding shoes have different names in different places. In ancient times, wedding shoes were also called "Zodiac Shoes", since a propitious date was chosen for the wedding ceremony. When getting on the sedan chair, the bride always ...
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In China, there are many established practices concerning shoes, many of which have become standard life etiquette. For example, shoes are presented to a baby one full month after its birth; newlyweds have to wear wedding shoes at their ...
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