Chinese Emperors — A Long History and Deep Culture
According to the Chinese culture, the socialism of China has ever experienced several other periods, primitive society, slave society, feudalism society, semi-colony and semi-feudal society. For the thousands years of China, the system of emperor (HuangDi) which hold the right of legislative, administrative, judicial and all other powers existed for a long time until [...]
The Four Most Beautiful Women of Archaic China
XiShi, ZhaoJun Wang, DiaoChan, YuHuan Yang are the four most beautiful women of archaic China. They lived in four different dynasties of China and usually separately described as sink fish, drop birds, shame flowers and close moon to feature their beautiful. XiShi – Sink Fishes XiShi was a washing voile beauty in the Yue Kingdom [...]
The Traditional and Important Festivals in China
Know more information on Chinese culture that the Chinese festivals cannot be neglect as an important part of it. Chinese festivals are celebrated throughout the lunar year according to the Chinese calendar, and there are varieties festivals in China, but each of them is associated with a legend and most festivals are inherited from the [...]
The History of Chinese Paper-cutting（V）
In the dynasty of Ming and Qing, the skill of folk paper-cutting gradually moves to maturity and reaches its peak. The application of folk paper-cutting gets a wider range, nearly all the folk lanterns, fan, embroidery, etc, are decorated with paper-cutting patterns. Actually, in the folk of Chinese country, people more often use paper-cutting as [...]
The History of Chinese Paper-cutting（IV）
In the Song Dynasty, with the paper-making industry becoming more and more mature, there are numerous kinds of paper, and which has provided conditions for the popularity of paper-cutting, such as “Gift flowers” which are pasted on the gifts boxes; “Window flowers” which are pasted on the windows, or used for decoration of illuminations or [...]
Chinese Traditional Culture – Paper Cutting
Paper cutting (jiǎn zhǐ) can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People paste patterns on the window, door lintel (mén méi) or desks for the festival atmosphere. It’s difficult to tell when it originated. One saying is that it originated from the religious ceremony or offering sacrifices. The ancient [...]
