Chinese Kite
Kite is also called zhiyuan or yaozi (paper kite in the shape of an eagle, swallow, etc). It is said that Lu Ban, a well-known ingenious carpenter, firstly made a bamboo magpie that could fly.
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Kite is also called zhiyuan or yaozi (paper kite in the shape of an eagle, swallow, etc). It is said that Lu Ban, a well-known ingenious carpenter, firstly made a bamboo magpie that could fly.
Jade is loosely understood in China as the collective name for most precious stones and jade carving in this sense constitutes an important part of Chinese arts and crafts.
Cheong-sam gives more prominence to a lady’s slender figure and help to heighten the center of gravity of human body with high-steel shoes. so that civility, elegance and dignity are fully displayed.
The first day of the first lunar month is the national-celebrated Chinese New Year. It is also called the Spring Festival for it occurs at the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
In China, the history of wine is longer than that of tea. In 1986, a pot of wine excavated in Henan Province was found to have been made more than 3,000 years ago.
Few inventions of man can match the perfect marriage than that of paper umbrella from China. The dainty surface with kinds of paintings belies the strength that can shield man from hazards of nature.
Lanterns are a special handicraft of Chinese tradition. Fancy lanterns are widely used as decorations in the country during festivals and holidays, on weddings and other celebrations.
A perfumed bag is also called “a lotus bag.” They are tokens of love in old times. Now they are primarily used as presents and main function being to solicit happiness and to drive out evil spirits.
Miao women’s festive attire includes a variety of silver decorations. The purpose of wearing silvers is primarily aesthetic, but it also shows affluence and is thought to ward off evil spirits.
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China. It contains 305 poems created over a period of some 500 years from the 11th century BC476 BC.
Ci is one of the forms of ancient poetry and can be sung to music. As the length of the lines in a ci poem can differ, it is also called “long and short-line verses”
The Tang Dynasty witnessed the zenith of Chinese ancient poetry, with Some 50,000 poems and the names of 2,300 poets of that period widely known today.