In the 1950s, the Egyptian government would like to build a new dam across the Nile, but the idea led to
Chinese bamboo craftwork includes bamboo engraving (竹刻) and bamboo weaving (竹编).The engravings contain bamboo slips, wall paintings, carved pen
Green bamboo carving is made with the thin green part on bamboo’s surface. A pattern
Yellow bamboo carving is made from Mao bamboo. With the joint and green surface
There are
With regard to bamboo weaving, Dongyang, Zhejiang is known as “the hometown of wood sculpture and bamboo weaving”. Qingshen, Sichuan is another place where massive bamboo weaved products are made. Most weaved works
Chinese silk is well known all over the world. It is considered as
One day, she noticed quite a few caterpillars taking small
Later, Lei concentrated
Do you know spring rolls? Spring rolls,
In China, the past spring rolls were regarded as a seasonal food
Fried spring rolls are generally small. They can be sweet or salty; the former are often filled
Spring Festival is an important traditional festival in China, which has many unique
Tom Jenkins spent Spring Festival with his host family in Nanjing. A week before the festival, the house was cleaned
For Xu Gang, he usually plans his trip home weeks before Spring Festival as it is difficult to book train tickets or flights.
To Li Yan, who has been
Nowadays, people wearing hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, has become
Thanks to the boom of Xiaohongshu, Bilibili and Douyin, fans can easily learn the
The development of hanfu has triggered (引发) different events. For example, the hanfu festival
Tibetan New Year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in Tibet. “Lo” symbolizes year while “sar” stands for new. It is celebrated for 15 days,
Before the arrival of the New Year, Tibetans engage in
Decorating homes and public places
World Olive (橄榄) Tree Day takes place
Protecting and growing the olive tree is
World Olive Tree Day is set up
There is much to learn, share and celebrate on World Olive Tree Day, and UNESCO encourages everyone to participate in
Paper cutting is a traditional Chinese art with a history of over two thousand years. It is for celebrations, festivals and home decoration, often with red color,
Paper cutting has become one of art forms since the
The main tools for paper cutting are scissors and knives. For the scissor, several pieces of paper
Arts come from life and serve life, so
At a pottery workshop in Qicun Township in east China’s Shandong Province, more than 50 workers are making pottery items. After being processed through 72 complex steps, the products will be sold to
The pottery craft in Qicun Township enjoys
“The inheritors of the Xiang family have not only carried forward the ancient techniques from their ancestors, but also made breakthroughs in the
Over the years, Xiang Biao and his team
Xiang Biao’s team can make and sell more than 200,000 pottery items a year,