Author: chinesemoment

Many believe that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in ancient China based on the suicide of the poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom, Qu Yuan in 278 BCE.

Today we will introduce one of China's legendary monster: beast Bai Ze. When the great—supposedly mythical—beast Bai Ze (白泽) showed up at our office door, we knew our prayers had been answered. As our graphic designer passed out from sheer shock, the beast bellowed: “You humans look weird, just as I remembered,” rather rudely seeing himself into the conference room. As to the appearance of the beast itself, we could only really agree on his color: white. I saw him as a giant ox with goat horns and a lion’s mane, three eyes on its head and more on its body. One editor believed him to have an old man’s face with a goat’s body. The beast itself seemed to have some sort of quantum field enabling him to distort perception or, as he put it, “bein’ mythical, like a boss.”

The "wooden fish" is a percussion instrument made of a hollow wooden block originally used by Buddhist priests to beat rhythms when chanting scriptures.

The Three Friends of Winter, also known as Suihan Sanyou, are the pine(松sōnɡ), bamboo(梅méi), and plum(竹zhú). Every year, as the cold days deepen into the winter season, many plants begin to wither, but the pine, bamboo and plum do not was noted by the Chinese. Known by them as Three Friends of Winter, they entered the conventions of East Asian art. Together they symbolize perseverance(毅力yìlì), integrity(完整wánzhěnɡ) and modesty(谦虚qiānxū). They are highly regarded in Confucianismand as such represent the scholar-gentleman's ideal. The accompanying text on the late Qing Dynasty stele illustrated below comments on this association.Today, we will insight into this three plants.

Guyuexuan was an industrial art that originated during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In the Qing Dynasty, vases of many shapes, sizes and styles were made for daily use in palaces, as well as in less exalted surroundings; Guyuexuan is one of the most popular ones.

                          Beijing opera types of facial makeup in operas, is a special feature of a national cosmetic.
As each historical figure or a certain type of person has an approximate spectral type, like sing, play music to the music, so called “types of facial makeup in operas”. On the types of facial makeup in operas sources, the general view is from mask.