Gauze Dress and a Mummy

Silkworm raising and silk reeling is a great contribution of ancient Chinese women to the world civilization and progress. When the Silk Road opened in the Hah Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, westerners used to call China the Kingdom of Silk. The gauze dress unearthed from the Mawangdui No. 1 Tomb of the Han Dynasty in Hunan's Changsha, is as thin as cicada's wings and only weighs 49 grams. Made of high quality silk, this dress is as soft and light as the dress made of georgette, revealing the ancient Chinese weaving workers' high skill and talent. It is a silk dress, the earliest and best preserved in the world currently. Also excavated from the same tomb is a mummified woman's body. The woman was the wife of a prime minister of a kingdom     

Beijing Silk Figurines

The Beijing silk figurine is a traditional Chinese handicraft. It originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been around for more than 1,000 years. It is called a silk figurine because all parts of the handicraft are made of highquality Chinese silk. The figurine comes in sizes ranging from 16-46 centimeters to suit many decorating tastes. If you look closely you will find that the head and hands are quite exquisite, and the clothes and ornaments are true to lire. The process of making a figurine includes dozens of steps, from sculpting to painting, sewing to doing inlay work. The subjects of Beijing silk figures are wide-ranging and come mostly from Chinese     

Appreciating Culture at the Five Calar Earth Craft Center

FOR people who like pottery,tie-dyeing and other handicrafts,manyknow that there is a special place inBeijing called the Five Color Earth CraftCenter.There you can try your hand at thepotter’s wheel to make a bowl or a jar,hand-dye a scarf or a dress with the colorsyou like and the patterns you have     

Bo Painting with Human, Dragon and Phoenix Pattern

During the period between the Warring States and Qin (221-207 B.C.), Han (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) dynasties in China, silk was called bo, so paintings on silk were called bohua and words on silk boshu. The bohua with a human, dragon and phoenix pattern excavated in 1949 in Changsha, Hunan Province, dates back to the Warring States. It is the earliest painting     

一个说评弹的女人(英文)

她走了。我感到有点荒诞——她既然是说评弹的,她既然就住在我们家的附近,我为什么从未听过她的评弹呢? If you met Miner's mother, you would not assume she was an artist of pingtan (a storytelling and ballad singing folk custom in Suzhou dialect). But if you were told that Ms. Yan, the woman in the white silk scarf, was an artist of pingtan, you would say that's right.     

Sichuan Brocade and Embroidery Retains Ancient Charm

DON'T forget to buy some local handicrafts when you travel the famous mountains and rivers of Sichuan Province. They'll keep you company for a long time and remind you of the joys of your journey. Sichuan brocade and embroidery are both traditional handicrafts. Made of silk, Sichuan brocade is known as one of the Four Brocades of China, and Sichuan embroidery is one of the Four Embroideries of China. They enjoy such fame thanks to Sichuan's long history of producing silk fabric. For the past 2,000     

The Bride

The work is full of joyous atmosphere The style of carving is simple The bride is dressed in a traditional wedding costume. a phoenix coronet on her head and a red silk cape on her shoulders. Carried into the groom's home in a dainty decorated sedan chair. she is led into the bedroom by her groom after the wedding ceremony     

The Shui Nationality Women

Shui women like tO coil their long hair into a bun and Cover their head with a scarf. Pictured are their festival head dresses.     

Picture of Beautiful Women with Flowers in Their Hair

The painting Picture of Beautiful Women with Flowers in Their Hair is attributed by some to Zhou Fang—a well-known painter of figures in the Tang Dynasty. Painted on silk, this 46×180 cm work depicts some of the aspects of the luxurious lives of noble women during the reign of Li Kuo, an emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The painter, by employing fine lines and deep colors, creates a leisurely and carefree mood. In this scene, a group of beautiful women, five mistresses and one servant girl, are playing with dogs, catching butterflies, and enjoying the flowers on a walk in rate spring. The noble women are dressed in gorgeous silk     

An Ordinary Mother Lived an Extraordinary Life

MY mother, Hou Xiangyun, was born into an ordinary family in the Eastern District in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in the winter of 1890. My grandfather was a clerk in a pen shop. My grandmother managed the house and also made some money by winding silk yarn on a spool at home. Suzhou was one of the birthplaces of silk fabric in China, and the silk business was mostly concentrated in the Eastern District of the city. Almost every household was involved in the silk business.