Yao ethnic group enjoys cultural festival
A mother with her son of the Yao ethnic group enjoys performance given at Yaoshan Cultural Festival in Hezhou, a city of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 19, 2006. Over 100 Yao performers also displayed their colorful costumes during the festival. (Xinhua Photo) The Yao ethnic group people show their wedding customs at Yaoshan Cultural Festival in
China Shaanxi-ROK Friendship Week
Students from Yong In University of the Republic of Korea (ROK) perform kickboxing at the evening party of "China Shaanxi-ROK Friendship Week" in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 20, 2006. Korean actors gave performances full of Korean specialty for the citizens of Xi'an on Monday evening. (Xinhua Photo) Students from Yong In University of
Ready for holiday
Lights up on Shantangjie Shuixiang (water alley). Approaching the national day holiday (October 1-7),one of the "golden weeks", Suzhou City of East China's Jiangsu Province decorated its world famous Shantangjie Shuixiang with colorful lights.Air stewardesses of Xiamen Airlines on press conference. Xiamen Airlines launched mainland-Taiwan chartered flight services for the upcoming Mid
Late imperial China (1368?895)
Detail of Dragon Throne used by the Qianlong Emperor of China, Forbidden City, Qing Dynasty. Artifact circulating in U.S. museums on loan from Beijing Ming Poetry Gao Qi is acknowledged by many as the greatest poet of the Ming Dynasty. His poems are departure of those of earlier dynasties and formed a new style of poetry in the Ming dynasty Ming prose Zhang Dai is
The Sui and Tang dynasties (581?60)
Main article: Tang Dynasty art Buddhist architecture and sculpture A Chinese Tang Dynasty tri-color glazed porcelain horse (ca. 700 CE), using yellow, green and white colors. Following a transition under the Sui Dynasty, Buddhist sculpture of the Tang evolved towards a markedly lifelike expression. As a consequence of the Dynasty's openness to foreign influences, and renewed exchanges
Early imperial China (221 BC–AD 220)
Qin sculpture The Terracotta Army sculptures The Terracotta Army, inside the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terra-cotta figures of warriors and horses buried with the self-proclaimed first Emperor of Qin (Qin Shi Huang) in 210?09 BC. The figures were painted before being placed into the vault. The original colors were visible when the
Oil-Painting Prints on Canvas
All the painting being sold here are duplicated with high technique of emulation. The prints are duplicated directly on the artist's canvas. The natural texture of canvas gives the prints the exact looking and feeling of an original Oil-Painting with visual and color effects, generating the same result of the real oil paintings. Canvas, having such good
The Magic of Chinese
One of the world’s oldest languages appears to have a vibrant future By AN ZI CHINESE OPPORTUNITY: A Confucius Institute is inaugurated in Pakistan. More than 60 Confucius Institutes have opened in more than 30 countries and regions worldwide Classical Greek and Latin, two languages that share an ancient history with Chinese, have been threatened with extinction, being used
Nail Sculptures
The base of a sculpture, just like the framework of a painting, separates the creation from the realistic space. When the base is removed, the creation is integrated with its surrounding space and becomes part of the realistic space, just like a common object in daily life. Wang Xiaohui has made an artistic breakthrough with her recent sculpture creations "Nail Series". As a
Dazu Rock Carvings
In Dazu County, some 165 kilometers away from Chongqing , are more than 40 sites of stone carvings with over 50,000 statues of Buddha completed from the late Tang ?18-907)to the Song ?60-1279)dynasty. It is said that more than a thousand years ago, Buddhist and Taoist sects fiercely competed for ascendancy and imperial endorsement. As power changed hands and religious orders came in and out of
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