Archive for category: China

  • Chinese Music

    Chinese Music

    China March 26, 2011 2:57 PM 137 comments

    Development of Chinese Music The ancient Chinese bamboo flute, which dates back 7000-8000 years was a relatively advanced instrument, showing that the development of Chinese music had reached a high level even by that early time. As in many other nations, the arts of music and dancing were originally closely [...]

     
  • Chinese Acrobatics

    Chinese Acrobatics

    China March 26, 2011 2:55 PM 126 comments

    Chinese Acrobatics Chinese acrobatics, which embraces a variety of skills, has had a long history as a traditional performing art. In the ancient times, it was called Zaji or  Zajiyu. In the early stages of evolution of culture, acrobatics was treated on par with music and dance, and it was [...]

     
  • Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper

    Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper

    China March 26, 2011 2:53 PM 45 comments

    The earlist writings about Xuan paper are found in the Notes of Past Famous Paintings, New Tang Book etc. Xuan paper was first made in Jing Xian County of Anhui Province, as well as Xuancheng and Taiping around Jingxian. Until the Song Dynasty, the paper industry in Huizhou, Chizhou, Xuanzhou [...]

     
  • The Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin Brocade

    The Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin Brocade

    China March 26, 2011 2:51 PM 8 comments

    The craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade is generally distributed in five areas of Nanjing city——Qinhuai, Jianye, Baixia, Xuanwu and Qixia. In ancient China, brocades were the representatives of top-class textiles. Nanjing Yunjin Brocade which belongs to traditional jacquard-weave brocade is famous for its magnificence, floweriness and luxuriance. The Nanjing Yunjin [...]

     
  • Regong Art

    Regong Art

    China March 26, 2011 2:49 PM 2 comments

    Introduction Regong Art, an important part of Tibetan Buddhist art, is a school of art with widespread influence. It originated in the Longwu River area inside Tongren County, Qinghai Province in the 15th century AC. In the past several hundred years, lots of artists here have been engaged in the [...]

     
  • Chinese Shadow Play

    Chinese Shadow Play

    China March 26, 2011 2:48 PM 147 comments

    Known as a precursor of modern movie, shadow play is a kind of drama in which silhouettes made of animal’s leather are projected onto a white screen. The performer manipulates the characters behind the screen while singing the libretto to tell the story. The story-telling is accompanied by music and [...]

     
  • Chinese Longquan Celadon

    Chinese Longquan Celadon

    China March 26, 2011 2:47 PM 269 comments

    About the Region Longquan, a famous historical and cultural city which is noted for its celadon, is located in the southwest of Zhejiang province, and it’s bounded on Jiangxi and Fujian . According to the Archaeological Survey, more than 500 ancient kiln sites of Longquan Celadon have been found, more [...]

     
  • Chinese Bronze Wares

    Chinese Bronze Wares

    China March 26, 2011 2:46 PM 4,447 comments

    Chinese bronze wares, which are also called bronzes for short, mainly refer to the utensils and vessels alloyed from the red bronze and some other chemical elements such as tin, nickel, lead, phosphorus, etc during Pre-Qin Period (Dynasties before 221BC). From the time when bronze wares were invented, they became [...]

     
  • China Engraved Block Printing Technique

    China Engraved Block Printing Technique

    China March 26, 2011 2:45 PM 161 comments

    Block printing, or woodblock printing as it is more generally called, originated – as did many of mankind’s other cultural “firsts” – in ancient China. It should come as no surprise that a feat such as woodblock printing would come from China, given the advanced stage of development of ancient [...]

     
  • Chongyang Festival

    Chongyang Festival

    China March 26, 2011 2:44 PM 4 comments

    Chongyang Festival (Double-nine Festival) In China, the number 9 is regarded as a yang number, as opposed to 6, which is a yin number. So, on the ninth day of the ninth month every year since ancient times, the Chongyang (or “double-nine”) festival has been celebrated. The Chongyang festival is [...]