The Customs in Traditional Chinese Weddings
Chinese traditional wedding, as with all weddings, is filled with tradition and interesting customs that have been passed down through generations and developed over the centuries. Selecting an Auspicious Wedding Date Before wedding day, people would like to select an auspicious day for wedding. Auspicious days are subject to interpretation by fortune tellers that perform [...]
What is The Good Fortune Symbols in China
According to the ancient customs, Chinese people believe they can attract “Good Luck” if they take “lucky” objects or speak “lucky” words and this customs has already passed down until now. Therefore, Auspicious Chinese symbols are found everywhere – on arts, crafts, architecture, household objects, and are part of celebrations, special occasions etc. For example: [...]
The History of Chinese Paper-cutting (III)
In the period of Tang Dynasty, Chinese paper-cutting has experienced a prosper development. There is a custom that paper-cutting is used to pray for god for souls, the great poem DuFu has the verse: warm water touches my feet, paper cuts call my soul. From the Paper-cutting, produced in Tang Dynasty, now hidden in [...]
Chinese Traditional Folk Art-Shadow Puppet
Shadow puppet, as one of the Chinese traditional folk art, is a handicraft artwork created by processing cattle hide, donkey hide, or sheepskin into a translucent pelt, then painting it with colors before it is baked dry inside a brick oven, and use for shadow play, an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, [...]
The Points You should Know About the Culture of Gift in China
China, a country has a long history and profound culture, is really worthy of notice for it has already draw more attention from the world. Today, let’s talk about the gifts in Chinese culture. Chinese people have their own culture when it comes to giving relatives or friends gifts. First, you should remember that no [...]
The History of Chinese Paper-cutting (II)
With regard to the history of the handicraft arts – Chinese paper-cutting, that is, paper-cutting in its real science, should have a beginning with the emergence of paper in Han Dynasty, which benefits the birth, development, and popularity of the paper-cutting. It’s known to all, paper is very easy to mildew and rot. In additional, [...]
The History of Chinese Paper-cutting (I)
Chinese paper-cutting, as a matter of fact, has a long history. Chinese paper is invented in the BC of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 24), so before this time, Chinese paper-cutting couldn’t be appear. However, in that period, China has other exquisite hollowed-out arts crafts which are so popular in Chinese folk. Those traditional [...]
A brief Introduction About Chinese Paper-Cutting
Paper-cutting is one of the most popular traditional folk art in china and it has a long history. Due to its material readily available, low cost, immediate effect, wide adaption, various styles, vivid image, Chinese paper-cutting is welcome generally. In addition, paper-cutting is very suitable for rural women making in their spare time, both practical [...]
Chinese Traditional Folk Art –Paper Cutting
Chinese paper-cut, as one of the folk arts in China, has a long history.During the Northern and Southern Dynasty (386 – 581 A.D.), cutting out intricate patterns out of paper has become a tradition.This was the beginning of the art of Chinese Paper Cutting called Jian Zhi.The Song Dynasty greatly improved the paper making process [...]
