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The shadow show or leather silhouette play is a type ofdrama which has its root in China. Legend has it that Emperor Wudi(156-87BC) of the Western Han dynasty was depressed with the death of his favourite concubine Lady Li. To […]

Calligraphy is the traiditonal art of writing Chinese characters. After centuries of creation and evolution, Calligraphy has become a unique form of art Chinese scripts are generally divided into five categories: the seal script(zhuan), the official script( li),the regular script(kai), […]

Seal cutting refers to the art of carving on a block of certain material following a diagram of calligraphy or painting already drawn on it. A unique form of traditional art in China, it is of both practical and appreciative […]

Traditional Chinext painting is the art of painting on a piece of Xuan paper or silk with a Chinese brush that was soaked with black ink or colored pigments. It is regarded as one of the “ three quintessence of […]

Four treasures of the study In the old days ,one needs paper,ink stick,Chinese brush and ink stone to write or paint. They are called “ four treasures of the study” There are a great number of varieties of them,and the […]

The first day of the first lunar month is the New Year in the Chinese lunar calendar.Among the traditional Chinese festivals,this is the most important and the most bustling .Since it occurs at the end of winter and the beginning […]

The 15th day of the first lunar month is the tradiontal Lantern Festival(Yuanxiao Jie in Chinese).Yuanxiao comes from the fact that the first lunar month is also called the Yuan month and Xiao means night.The night of of the 15th […]

The Sweeping Day ,one of the 24 Seasonal Division Poings,is also an ancient traditional festival in China.It falls in the third lunar month or around April 5th in the solar calendar,when the spring scene is radiant and enchanting and the […]

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional Chinese folk festival—the Dragon Boat Festival,also known as the “Festival of the Fifth Month”,On that day,people eat Zongzi(Pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) […]

Double Seventh Festival, is known as Chinese Valentine’s Day nowadays, which is a most romantic festival in China particularly popular among young girls. Qi xi Festival is related to a beautiful love story between Niulang (cowherd) and Zhinv (weaving maid) […]