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History of Seal Engraving 印章雕刻

A dazzling star of the traditional Chinese art——seal engraving ,whose origin can trace back to thousand years ago,is in common use for Literati poet or artist.one has to relate it to the discovery of the Chinese characters. The most ancient Chinese characters first originated in the Yin Dynasty (i.e., the later period of the Shang Dynasty, from 16th-11th century BC) as inscriptions on animal bones or tortoise shells. Inscriptions on ancient bronze objects appeared in the Zhou Dynasty (11thcentury – 256BC).

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3 Steps Teach You Spend Chinese Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It is also the time for the whole families to get together,which is similar with Christmas Day. The Spring Festival in China can be generally divided into three steps. Before, in and after Spring Spring Festival, Chinese will do a lot of meaningfun activies. And the same time, There are many customs related to different steps:

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Traditional Chinese Spring Festival Food

Spring festival food customs vary from place to place in China because China is a vast country geographically, demographically and ethnically. But the spirit underlying the diverse celebrations of the New Year is the same — a sincere wish of peace and happiness for family members and friends.

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The origin of Spring festival in China

The Spring Festival comes on the first day of Chinese lunar calendar and lasts for almost half of a month. Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.

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What is Spring festival in China?

Chinese spring festival is Chinese new year, which is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays in China. In Chinese name it is called 春节(Chūnjié),since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the first solar term in a Chinese calendar year. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western Carnival.

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Heavenly music in China-中国最美乡野歌声10: 音乐历史的书写者

《天籁·寻找中国最美乡野歌声》纪录中国原生民歌大赛全程,旨在抢救、挖掘、整理、繁荣原生态民歌,为中国原生态民歌的展示提供舞台,促进各民族间音乐的广泛交流与发展。悠扬舒缓的蒙古族长调、宽广嘹亮的藏族民歌、深沉婉转的西北“花儿”……风情万种、极具地方特色的原生民歌。

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