This legend is about a story of the return of a prodigal. The legend has it that an artisan proficient...
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This is a legend about famous variety of porcelain named "ji hong"(the red for sacrifice). The color of "ji hong"...
Yixing, Jiangsu, is known as the "pottery capital with a history of one thousand years"and the fame of the zisha...
Qiu Chuji, also known as Taoist Changchun, was the earliest ancestor of jade trade in Beijing and was called Ancestor...
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty there was a kiln artisan named Hulu at the Cizhouyao Kiln. He...
Urban civilization was already developed in the Tang Dynasty(618-907),with Chang an,the capital(todays Xian,Shaanxi Province),as the largest city in the world...
A Riverside scene at Qingming Festival is a horizontal scroll more than five meters long. When it is unrolled from...
A Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival was a painting created by the court artist Zhang Zeduan(birth and death dates unknown),...
The clothing, food, housing, transportation, as well as the folk customs of the chinese people, all reflect their inner peace...
The kesi silk is a variety of Chinese silk weaving complicated in workmanship but rich in expression. When the troops of...
In the latter half of the 18th century, a form of drama arose in France called French light and Shadow...
The Longquan celadon is one of the notable varieties of the traditional ceramics of China. This legend was about how two...
China is home to silk and to a variety of arts related to silk, one of which is embroidery. Most...
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, the iron abounding in the Yue State was the best...
In the Western Zhou Dynasty when King Mu was on the throne there was an artisan named Yanshi. The puppet...
In the ancient times, the Chinese people held that all sorts of articles used in daily life and production were...
Packaging is closely related to people's daily life. Traditionally the guidelines on packaging in China are always "for the convenience of...
Shadow play is a popular folk opera belonging in the category of puppy show in which performers use leather or...
Puppet made its appearance for the first time in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 1979,a puppet was unearthed from...
The papercut is a special folk art in China with a history of nearly 1, 000 years. The materials used...