Spring Festival (or Chinese New Year) is the most important traditional festivalin China. People celebrate it with lanterns and streamers,...
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Folk arts in China have developed dynamically，with many forms enjoying a worldwide reputation.Here we present an introduction to a select...
In the history of Peking Opera, there have arisen many celebrated performers, including certain legendary artists of great accomplishment. Mei...
Depicting a virtual worldis a distinctive feature of Peking Opera Its virtuality consists of two aspects one is virtual movements...
Kite is one of the most typical Chinese folk toys. It incorporates into a whole appreciation, entertainment, competition, exercise, and...
Since ancient times to this day, toys have always accompanied human life. Early in the Neolithic Age, primitive toys already...
New Year picture is an image carrier of the Spring Festival culture. In China, by the close of the year,...
Paper cutting is a long-standing decorative folk art in China. The cutter first drawsthe designs on a piece of paper...
Jade has been cherished by the Chinese as a symbol of many virtues.Its hardness suggests firmness and loyalty, and its...
Early in the Neolithic Age, the Chinese ancients already started to use articlesmade of bones, fangs, and horns from animals...
Woodcarving in China constitutes three major categories: architecture carving, furniture carving and artworks carving. Woodcarving as handiworks for display or...
The enamelware manufacturing craft is actually a complex process combining enamel process and metal process. It is prepared by first...
The major methods for processing gold articles originated from bronze making, which include smelting, mould founding, hammering, welding, bead-forming, engraving,...
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...
The Chinese silk weaving is well known in the world for its long history, advanced crafts and fine workmanship. Silk...
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...
To Chinese people, going to the theater to enjoy Peking Opera or other artistic performances is known as"seeing plays. What...