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The lost legacy: classical music art in Chinese ancient paintings |
2008-9-23 |
| Accompany by the long history of China, Chinese classical music art is inherited by generations in thousands of years. As some part of the art has been developed and carried forth to the world stage, others had quited in the stream of history silently. And in the recent days, we could only find its mark in ancient books and paintings.
Every time when I examine an ancient...... |
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Olympic Athletics in Chinese History: Equestrianism |
2008-9-19 |
| When Jakie Woo's "Red cliff" hits the new top of 300 million RMB's box office in the first month, more attention arround the world were focused on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the magnum opus of classic Chinese novel.
In the novel, there are not only epic stories like war of red cliff, but also interesting segments widely read by Chinese generations. And you even could find ...... |
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From minority culture to global fashion: Chinese cuties embrace world stage |
2008-9-5 |
| When foreigners are amazed and enchanted in the mysterious culture and arts of China, Chinese element has already join the rhythm of global fashion. Cuties bring forth the vogue of minority style on world stage. You may pick them up in most fashionable cities like Paris or Milan.
Embroidered shoes, pleated batik skirts, shining silver accessories of the Miao minority - these are the exotic...... |
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Chinatown in San Francisco gets lift from Beijing Olympics |
2008-8-23 |
| LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 -- Performances of Chinese athletes at the Beijing Olympics have San Francisco's Chinatown puffing with pride, from shopkeepers to bar patrons to older men, it was reported on Wednesday.
Not only has China put on one of the most breathtaking opening ceremonies of any Olympics, it has organized the event with immaculate efficie...... |
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Chinese calligraphy |
2008-8-22 |
| The capital city is displaying works of calligraphy on the walls of subway stations for the entertainment of visitors to the Olympics.
Here are some facts about Chinese calligraphy.
ORIGINS OF CHARACTERS: The earliest identifiable characters appeared on bones, tortoise shells and bronze ware during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC). They are called Jia Gu Wen.
Calligraphy evolved along with char...... |
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Chinese culture: ancient literature |
2008-8-21 |
| John Woo's historical epic, "Red Cliff", released last month depicted the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD, a major theme in a Chinese classic novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Here are some facts about China's ancient literary works.
POETRY:
BOOK OF SONGS: China's first anthology of poems and earliest literary achiev...... |
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Analysis of Chinese character " �? on the Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony |
2008-8-18 |
| On the Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, August 8th. The Chinese character "�? might made great impress to the world. This is almost the most popular character to the native but a little complicated to explain in simple words to a foreigner. The Chinese character "�?, has 5 kinds of pronunciation and over 16 different meanings. The pronucation alters a...... |
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Wonderful Chinese characters |
2008-8-18 |
| On the grand show of the 29th olympic opening ceremony, chinese characters made great impression to the world as one of the representative of China. And in the following days, an interactive cultural event titled Best Wishes to Beijing : Charm of Chinese Characters in the Olympic Village has attracted attention from athletes, coaches and other visitors from China...... |
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2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony: Instrumental in Spreading the Word |
2008-8-14 |
| August 8th, Beijing �?The 29th Olympic Opening Ceremony was a unique opportunity to introduce Chinese culture to the rest of the world. Furthermore, a vital element of the ceremony was its music, which featured many traditional Chinese instruments.
Chen Leiji, 41, was one of many musicians at the ceremony but he attracted greater attention because of the instrument he played immediately after th...... |
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College Students Preserve China''s Lost Art Leading Up To Beijing Olympics |
2008-8-6 |
| As China showcases its rapid modernization at this summer's Beijing Olympics, an international group of college students is trying to preserve the country's rich heritage. They created ChinaVine, a project that places vanishing Chinese art forms and village life on the Web. Its online videos offer a glimpse of traditional shoe and kite makers, gourd carvers, woodblock painters and more, with detai...... |
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