The History and Development of Chinese Lanterns
Chinese lanterns are the traditional culture of China and have long history over thousand years. Lanterns are hung outside each house to celebrate when some important festivals come, and in the ancient time Chinese people also use the lanterns for lighting because of lacking of the high technology on electricity. Travelers visiting the three gateways [...]
Why the Handicraft Art is So Popular In the world?
Straw Plaiting, as a widely popular folk art and craft, is produced by using of the different straw with flexibility quality. The materials grow broadly and easy to get and make, and people usually like to weave variety daily necessities with these convenient materials, such as baskets, cup sets, boxes, hats, slippers, pillows, petates and [...]
Pay Attention at here to know the Chinese Handicrafts
Handicrafts is commonly known as “folk and crafts” and mainly a hand-produced arts for meeting the life needs and aesthetic requirements of the folk working people with the local materials. There are developing numerous of handicrafts in China from ancient to now, such as paper cutting, Chinese knots, shadow puppets, brocade of Song Dynasty, bamboo [...]
The Meaning of Guanxi in Chinese Culture
Perhaps one of the most difficult concepts for people new to China, understanding how the Chinese view relationships is crucial to understanding Chinese people. Understanding ‘Guanxi’ will help one better assimilate into the Chinese culture. One of the words that foreigners new to the TESOL Course, do not try to translate is ‘Guanxi’. It is [...]
Introduction about Chinese Foods Style
Rice China is the world’s largest rice producer, and one of the earliest centers of rice cultivation. For thousands of years, the Chinese people have been diligently cultivating their land for favorable harvests. The agricultural way of life, with rice as the center, has played an important role in China’s history. In the past, people [...]
Do you know the role of Facial Make-up?
Chinese traditional opera has a very interesting phenomenon, which is that people’s characters can be judged through the modeling, color and pattern of the Facial Make-up. This is a simple but not meet the real life dualism, non-good means bad, non-loyal means crafty and non-foolish means wisdom. This division makes the people on the stage [...]
Cloisonne — A Great Art for the World
Cloisonne which belongs to the traditional handicraft art of China and is also known as enamel. It is originated from Yuan Dynasty and popular in JingTai period of Ming Dynasty (1450 – 1456). The reason why people called this art Cloisonne is that its glazed color is mainly blue, such as peacock blue and sapphire [...]
Bamboo Hanging Picture — Chinese Art
Bamboo hanging pictures are kind of Chinese art, which are made of high quality bamboo as the background and feature different patterns in front, such as lovely couples, charming women, naughty kid, beautiful nature scenery or some famous people and others. Bamboo hanging pictures with scientific, reasonable and rigorous process are special compare with [...]
Saint Sophia Cathedral (Harbin, China) – A Miraculous Place
The Saint Sophia Cathedral of Harbin is the largest Orthodox church in the Far East, which located in the Harbin, HeiLongJiang Province, China. It is a miraculous building in Harbin and was first built in 1907 and completed of timber for reconsolidate Russia army spiritual by the Fourth Infantry Division of East Siberia. In 1912, [...]
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 [...]
