Monday, July 14, 2008
Hunan embroidery is very closely connected with Chinese painting. A embroidery product often begins with copying the framework of a painting to the embroidery background and actual embroidery work was done on this background. There are about 70 different embroidering methods and several hundreds different colored flosses. we will continue to show more representative embroidery products here. All embroidery are hand made and 100% silk.

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4:25 AM Saturday, July 12, 2008

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Chinese animation has a history of over 80 years, starting with the "Wan Brothers" (Wan Laiming, Wan Guchan, and Wan Chaochen) who started to produce Chinese cartoon films in the 1920s in many kinds of categories, such as puppet，paper-cut and so on.

Ink-wash animation is one of them, having first appeared in the 1960. It was a breakthrough in the form of expression and aesthetic conception in animated area. Two Ink-wash films called "Tadpoles Searching for Mother" and "Cowherd's Flute," with Te Wei as art director and Qian Jiajun as technical director developed a high reputation both at home and abroad.

The former received the Best Animated Film Prize at the First Hundred Flower Awards as well as winning five international prizes, while “Cowherd’s Flute" was awarded the Golden Prize at the Odense International Fairy Tale Film Festival in Denmark.

Water ink animation reflects the thinking of traditional Chinese aesthetics. France, "Le Monde" in the commentary said: "The Chinese ink painting, scenery soft, meticulous style, and expressed concern that, indecision and happy action, the film has charm and poetry." A scholar also commended that, “This is entirely Chinese-style animation.”

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11:38 PM Friday, July 11, 2008
Set in a fiercely blazing fire, the beast's bulging eyes glare straight at the observer; his great mouth forms a wide grin, flashing saber-like teeth. His stiletto claws are exposed and poised for action, and a pair of ears or horns protrudes from his head. As ferocious of a sight as this may be, the image conveys both mystery and beauty.

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4:23 AM
The symbolic design, known as the "tao-tie" or "beast of gluttony", was used on Chinese sacrificial bronze 3,000 years ago, combining all sorts of animal characteristics found in the natural world into one ferocious creature. The tao-tie is one of the most fantastic and imaginative designs found among Chinese bronze designs. It uniquely communicates the religious and ritual spirit of ancient Chinese bronze vessels.

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4:22 AM

According to a Chinese fairy tale, humans were created out of clay by a goddess. In the hands of the folk artists, this myth is repeated over and over as the otherwise worthless clay is molded into fascinating sculptures via kneading, basking, coloring and baking.

There're four schools of clay figurines in China.

Fengxiang in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has a 3,000- year-history of making clay sculptures. Clay Figurine Zhang, boasting a 180-year history, was created by Zhang Mingshan in North China's Tianjin City. Compared with those found in northern China, Huishan clay figurines from East China's Jiangsu Province are short and their facial expressions are vividly depicted. Gaomi Clay figurines. Clay figurines in Gaomi, a city in Shandong Province on the eastern coast of China, have a 400-year history.

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