The major methods for processing gold articles originated from bronze making, which include smelting, mould founding, hammering, welding, bead-forming, engraving,...
Chinese Traditlonal Crafts
Furniture making procedures include: to cut open wood, to saw timber, to plane, chisel, drill, carve, polish, lacquer and wax....
When it came to the Tang Dynasty，people started to sit on a seat instead of sitting on the floor.In the...
Furniture is closely related to people's life-style and environment. The sitting posture of the Chinese people has changed from sitting...
Dyeing textiles using minerals and plants is a time honored practice in China. Early in the Neolithic Age some six...
Embroidery in China goes back to ancient times. Some four thousand years ago when China was passing from primitive society...
Chinese arts and crafts have a long history, during which they were invented and fully developed by talented professional craftsmen...
The Four Famous Embroideries of China refer to the Su embroidery in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Xiang embroidery in central...
Kites were invented by the Chinese people over 2,000 years ago. In the 12th century, Chinese kite spread to the...
Development of Chinese Knot Chinese people have known how to tie knots with cords ever since they began to learn...
Paper-cutting Paper-cutting is one of the most popular forms of Chinese traditional folk art.Its materials are easy to get and...
New Year Paintings or Nian Hua are one form of farmers paintings and are China-specificdrawing genre. The paintings are pinned...
Characteristics The characteristics possessed by Chinese farmers'paintings in subjects，color and techniques make it rather a unique form of art. Subjects...
Chinese farmers'painting enjoys a unique status of its own in the world folk art circles.In China，farmers constitute a large portion...
China, the hometown of bamboo, boasts the richest resource of bamboo forest in the world, hence its title as the...
Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone....
Wood carving can be divided into many different categories due to its wide range in application and decoration, diversity in...
Carving art has a long history in China and it reflects the culture of Chinese nation.The carving remains and cultural...
About 2,000 years ago, wax printing appeared in China, with batiks being found among the goods traded along the Silk...
China is home to silk and to a variety of arts related to silk, one of which is embroidery. Most...