The Year of the Dragon comes with inspiration for creativity and the power to bring big ideas
Designer Wang Zijian’s Dragon Out of Water, a creative tea infuser (泡茶器),shines on the wall at the exhibition of the winning works of the 2024 Global Zodiac Design Competition at the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center.
The item belongs to China Chic, or guochao, also
As a young designer, Wang hopes
On February 20, leading Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com reported that sales of traditional Hanfu clothing had surged over 300 percent year on year since January. This trend was mirrored on Taobao,
The horse face skirt is a traditional Chinese skirt
Influencers and content creators play a significant role in promoting Hanfu and fostering a sense of community. To date, the horse face skirt on Douyin
During the 2023 Spring Festival Gala, an acrobatics how titled “Me and Grandpa Walking on Stilts” impressed global audiences. With children
Stilts walking, or Cai Gao Qiao in Chinese, is a popular traditional folk performance often
Stilts walking has a long history in China and has been listed
The stilts are mostly made of wood with
The 24 solar terms
“Low rainfall during Xiaoman will bring problems for planting during Grain in Ear (芒种).” Such sayings
Xiaoman is actually an interval (间歇) between harvests, so people in the past had to eat wild vegetables in order to survive these tough days,
There is a Chinese story of an old man in his 90s working with his family to remove mountains to connect the outside world
The story became a reality in Lin County, Henan Province in the 1960s. A 1,500-kilometer-long waterway along the cliffs (悬崖) of the Taihang Mountains
Initially, finding drinking water was
People tied ropes around their waists and
Their efforts gained multiple
The Han Dynasty was one of the heydays in ancient China. Han has a history
Hanfu is
Hanfu is composed of yi, chang, headgear, hairstyle, shoes, etc. There are two types of “yi”.
In recent years,
As the temperature continues to drop, the golden autumn seems to be coming to an end, indicating the
During Cold Dew, temperatures drop
Chrysanthemums (菊花) are the symbolic flower of Cold Dew.
Other traditions to mark the season include hiking and climbing. With maple (枫树) leaves
Cold Dew allows us to say goodbye to golden autumn with delicate design, and also gives us a chance to know
When it comes to the Chinese culture, we can’t ignore the importance of tea. Tea culture not only includes tea production, tea brewing, tea art and ceremony, but also
Before the Song Dynasty, people used to put tea into a pot
Drinking tea is not only a
China International Culture Association, a key sponsor of “Happy Chinese New Year”, called for rabbit-themed mascot (吉祥物) design for the Year of the Rabbit,
The
The design competition
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