Tag: Brief Intro

Chinese Culture: Chinese Jade (中国玉器)

Today, I will introduce the Chinese Jade. Let us have a brief introduction. As jade articles were used 7000 years ago and studies by people about 2500 years ago in China, the country wins a good reputation as a country of jade articles. With its long history, wide distributed in the country, perdurability, elaborate workmanship, and great influence on people’s life, jade enjoyed a rather important statue in Chinese culture that almost every Chinese respect and love jade and endow it with animistic concept and power.

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Chinese Culture: Chinese Ink (墨)

Today, I will introduce the Chinese Ink. Let us have a brief introduction. As one of the Four Treasures of Study in China (brush, ink, paper and inkstone), Chinese ink, or ink stick, is the key part in the Chinese traditional calligraphy and painting. It is a kind of ink in solid and should be ground with water for use. Originally a pigment only in black, ink was gradually derived to the red ink and then colored ink in later periods.

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Chinese Culture: Chinese Silks (中国丝绸)

Today, I will introduce the Chinese silks. Let us have a brief introduction. Silk is the iconic product of the ancient China as well as a significant contribution to the world’s civilization. During the Western Han Dynasty (206BC- 24AD), Chinese silk had been famous in the world and exported to Korea and Japan as well as the Middle East and even Western Europe through the renowned Silk Road. It is said that the art of sericulture begun during the time of Yellow Emperor (2697BC- 2599BC), and silk was mass produced in Shang and Zhou dynasties (1600BC- 256BC); in other words, silk has a long history in China at least for 4500 years.

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