Tag: Ancient Chinese

Fan Zeng: Master of Chinese Traditional Painting 范曾:中国国画大师

范曾,生于1938年7月5日,著名国画家、书法家、诗人。现为中国艺术研究院博士生导师、研究员,南开大学文学院终身教授,南开大学文学院、历史学院博士生导师,中国人民大学国学院导师。联合国教科文组织授予其"多元文化特别顾问"称号、法国国民之星金质勋章。 A famous painter of Chinese painting, calligrapher and poet, Fan Zeng was born on July 5, 1938. Now, he

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中国棋艺 Chupu 樗蒲

Chupu is similar to the  flying chess(飞行棋Fēixíng Qí) of today. A set of five dice in black or white are used, with sharp ends and flat middle part resembling squashed almond. The dice are painted black and white respectively on both sides, with a calf drawn on the black side and a pheasant on the white. They can be put in six different combinations for six corresponding prizes. If full blacks or four blacks with one white are got, another throw can be taken, or it can be deemed as a pass, while other combinations shall not count.

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