The origin of lacquer vessels can be dated back to the Hemudu culture (5000 BC to 4500 BC). Lacquer vessels...
Culture
Ancient Chinese metallurgy derived from late primitive society. As early as Longshan culture period, man learned how to forge red...
Wine vessels，as its name suggests，are used for drinking wine.Its development reflected the level of Chinese ancient handcraft.The vessels，on one hand，influenced...
Some scholars in modern time believe that wine is a product of nature，discovered instead of being invented by man.The main...
Chinese wine and its culture have a long and continuous history, leaving us man moving stories. They are shining bright...
As early as in the Han dynasty the magic tricks enjoyed vigorous development; by the Wei, Jin, the South and...
In the Pre-Qin period the juggling plays were only limited to juggling balls andjumping swords and the varieties were quite...
Tomb figurines are statues made in forms of human beings and animals to be buried in tombs to accompany the...
While painted pottery was popular in the mid and upper reaches of Yellow River, in the lower reaches a special...
To put it simple, painted pottery refers to pottery decorated with painted patterns, and its making methods have been mentioned...
Making a pottery is not only a practical process, but also revelation of ancient people's spiritual world. It is a...
As raw material of pottery, the magic properties of clay were discovered by people at very early age: it becomes...
Almost every invention in ancient China is related to a sage legend. For remote ancestors living on raw meat and...
The emergence of pottery in ancient China took place in dawn of the agriculture age approximately ten thousand years ago，which...
The circus acts and animal plays thrived in the Tang dynasty. There were various performances of horsemanship, circus acts and...
In the Sui and Tang dynasties the magic art made new breakthroughs, especially through communications with India and adoption of...
By the Sui and Tang dynasties the aerial acrobatics made headway and myriads of aerial acrobatic shows emerged. The aerial...
Among the varieties of acrobatics, the magic shows appeared comparatively late and developed relatively slow. Up to the Han dynasty...
The number of both painters and painting works of figure painting in Qing dynasty was smaller than other painting sort....
Flower-and-bird painting gained great achievements in Qing dynasty. Painters learned from both ancient painting tradition and western painting skills. The...