Do you like Peking Opera? So have you watch Yu Kuizhi's performance? If you don't know the famous Peking Opera actor, let's Yu's Peking Opera life.Yu Kuizhi, one of China's most famous Peking Opera actors and a household name in the country, celebrates the 40th anniversary of his initiation into the genre this year.
Category: Chinese customs
Spring Festival’s Mrat Stew Day
The 26th day of the last month in the Chinese lunar calendar (today) is a big day for meat lovers. This is the day to slaughter pigs, to cut meat and to make an important stewed pork dish—hongshaorou (红烧肉, stewed pork in soy sauce). (Purchase the newest issue of The World of Chinese to learn how to make hongshaorou!)
How to pray at buddhist temples
The path to communicating with the Buddhist powers is a slippery slope. To ensure that your prayers reach the highest ears, you must pay attention to rituals and avoid being rude when visiting Buddhist temples.
Features of Chinese Clothing (中国服装特点)
Different from costumes of other countries, Chinese clothing features(特点 tèdiǎn) is very distinctive and with profound Chinese culture. Features of Traditional Chinese Clothing because of relatively plain design and structure of traditional Chinese clothing, embroidered edgings, decorated bands, draped cloth or silks, patterns on the shoulders, and sashes were often added as ornamentation. These varied designs came to be one of the unique features of traditional Chinese dress.
History of Chinese Clothing (中国服装历史)
The history of Tranditional Chinese Clothing here will introduce the brief history(历史 lìshǐ) of the development of Chinese costume. History of Chinese ClothingChina has many ethnic groups with a long history while Han people dominate most periods in history. For thousands of years, generations of clothing designers have devoted themselves to building the Kingdom of Clothes, making the garments that cover the human body into an important component of Chinese culture. The progress of nation can be seen through its changes in clothing styles.
Well-known Chinese Clothing (中国服装)
Costume in the Han Dynasty The costume of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-8AD) followed the one established in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, people in black had to wear purple silk(丝绸 sīchóu) adornments to match their clothes. Ordinary people usually wore costume with a long hat at grand ceremonies offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors. The dress of the queen in these ceremonies consisted of dark-purple frock and black trousers.
Chinese Knot Button (盘扣)
The knot button(盘扣 pánkòu) is a distinctive feature of traditional Chinese apparel. Even today, it is still highly visible on garments like the Qipao, or cheongsam. Though normally associated with tradition, the knot buttons are currently enjoying renewed popularity.
Dragon Robe (龙袍)
The robe embroidered with dragon patterns was made for the exclusive use of an emperor during the Qing dynasty(清朝 Qīngcháo). The ritual of embroidering dragon patterns on the emperor's robe, however, dates back to as early as the Zhou Dynasty (11th century-256 B.C.).
Chinese Wedding Dress (中式婚礼服装)
As we mentioned, red is favorite for all Chinese people for red is considered as good luck that can keep evil spirits away. So you will find the bride and groom wear in red in their wedding part. The traditional Chinese wedding dress in northern Chinese usually is one piece frock named Qipao, embroidered with elaborate gold and silver design. Brides in Southern China prefer to wear two-piece dress name Qungua(裙褂 Qúnguà) or Kwa, which also elaborately adorn with gold dragon and phoenix.
Chinese Imperial Dressing (皇族服饰)
In ancient feudal society, it is easy for people to be distinguished from his daily dress, especially for the ordinary people and upper-class. For the sake of working and low statue, ordinary people usually wear dress making of linen(亚麻布 yàmábù) in dark color while upper-class prefer the dress making of silk with many valuable decoration.
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