Chinese Embroidery: A Chinese Traditional Handicraft Art
The so-called embroidery art is a traditional outstanding handicraft in China. And now, the Yangzhou embroidery has been already approved to the provincial non-material cultural heritage protection list in 2006 by the local government. Embroidery is actually a decorative fabric which should thread the silk or other fiber with a needle to the embroidery material [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
