The silk industry in Sichuan is one of the original points of Chinese silk culture. Sichuan brocade (蜀锦) originated from the Spring and Autumn period, and fully developed in the Han and Tang
Sichuan brocade is one of China’s four most famous branches of brocade, the others
Silk
2 . Following Cook’s death in 1779, the Endeavour journal of James Cook is thought to have been held by his wife Elizabeth. There is no record of the journal’s movements following Elizabeth Cook’s death in 1835 until its appearance in 1923 when it was offered at auction (拍卖) by its owners the Bolckow family of Yorkshire. The family were unable to explain how they came to hold the journal. It had apparently been in the family’s library ‘for over fifty years, having been purchased by the late Bolckow’s uncle, but from whom and in what circumstances is unknown’.
On 21 March 1923 the Australian government purchased the Endeavour journal for £5000 for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library.
The Mitchell Library, Sydney, had been chasing the journal since its discovery with the Bolckow family in 1922 before the auction, and had approached the Commonwealth Government for a financial contribution towards the purchase. Though Interim (临时的) Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian Arthur Wadsworth had guaranteed the Mitchell that there would be no competition for the item, Kenneth Binns (to be Wadsworth’s successor) felt that the Endeavour journal was more suited to remain within the nation’s library.
Binns put forward an eventually persuasive argument that the Commonwealth could not finance the Mitchell, ‘which was, after all, a private institution’. Prime Minister Bruce telegraphed the officer in London to instruct the Mitchell Library’s Chief Librarian, already in England anticipating the auction, to bid on behalf of the Commonwealth. The Mitchell Library accepted upon the understanding that it would be the keeper of the journal until such time that the Commonwealth Government had a suitable storing place, a National Library.
Upon arrival in Australia the journal was exhibited in Queens Hall, Melbourne, for a month after which it was taken to the Mitchell Library which held it for four years, before it was removed to Canberra.
1. Who owned the Endeavour journal of James Cook at last ?| A．James Cook. | B．Elizabeth Cook. |
| C．The Bolckow family of Yorkshire. | D．The Australian government. |
| A．Melbourne . | B．The Mitchell Library. |
| C．The Commonwealth Government. | D．Canberra. |
| A．Cook’s wife Elizabeth passed on the Endeavour journal to the Blockow family. |
| B．The Endeavour journal was on show in Melbourne before being taken to Sydney. |
| C．The Mitchell Library bought the Endeavour journal at its own expense. |
| D．The National Library of Australia is in Melbourne. |
| A．How the Endeavour journal came to the National Library of Australia. |
| B．How the Endeavour journey came to the Mitchell Library of Sydney. |
| C．How the Endeavour journey came to the Bolckow family of Yorkshire. |
| D．How important the Endeavour journey is to Australian. |
The earliest Chinese kites
The method of making a kite can be divided into three parts. Firstly, use thin bamboo strips (条)
Although the basic method remains the same, styles of kite making are presented
As winter comes, hands and feet can easily get cold. Thick gloves might be a good
There is no
Emperor Yangdi from the Sui Dynasty visited Jiangsu in winter. Due to the bitter cold, the local official asked craftsmen to make a small warmer for
Made of bronze or ceramics (陶器), ancient hand warmers had
Inside a hand warmer, simple coals were mixed with some flowers,
Foreign guests from
On the north bank of Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province sits a straw-hat-shaped mountain
Scientists have obtained a large number of research results on Chengjiang Fossil Site. The reason why Chengjiang fauna (动物群) is
Up to now, more than 20 phyla and more than 280 species
The UNESCO evaluation says the Chengjiang Fossil Site is one of the
7 . Some 30, 000 years ago, artists who lived in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them.The paintings were highly realistic. Some even showed movement．The artwork is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings that have ever been discovered. The drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago before human history was written. They were preserved because the cave was closed off for more or less 23,000 years．
Fast forward to December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean-Marie Chauvet, who led the group then, described the process of discovering the cave paintings.“At that time I was in the front, Eliette just walked behind me, Christian behind．Eliette said she saw two marks made with red ochre and she said, ‘They came here.’ And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything were linked to the parietal art. That is where it started.” Cave art expert Jean Clottes reviewed the paintings．“I was amazed at the number of paintings there and their quality.”
The Chauvet Cave has been named after the explorer who first entered it. However, its environment and drawings are too fragile to be visited by human beings. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork.
However, French authorities asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called the Pont d’Arc Cavern. The copy cost more than 59 million dollars to build．Pascal Terrasse is the president of the cave. He says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. He says the place is magic because it is done so well.
1. Who is the first scientist to enter the cave?| A．Christian. | B．Eliette. |
| C．Jean Clottes. | D．Jean-Marie Chauvet. |
| A．Elegant and abstract. | B．Vivid and superior. |
| C．Complicated and creative. | D．Delicate and colourful. |
| A．It was closed off for some 30, 000 years. |
| B．It’s the origin of modern parietal art. |
| C．The artwork is very easy to damage. |
| D．No one is given access to it now. |
| A．To show admiration for early artists in Europe. |
| B．To arouse visitors’ awareness of protecting art. |
| C．To offer visitors chances to enjoy the artwork. |
| D．To collect money for preserving the cave. |
Eight years ago, several Chinese businessmen traveling to the Bolaven Plateau of Laos found their surprise, that aging tea trees
The natural conditions in Laos are very
Due to the Belt and Road Initiative, Laos has received a lot of investment ( 投 资 )from China,
Tea is a simple drink. And it is
There are six major types of tea in China-green tea, black tea, Oolong tea, dark tea, white tea, and reprocessed tea, distinguished mainly by different
China,
Many traditional Chinese families drink tea after dinner or when
It was in the Tang Dynasty that teahouses came into being, and in some big cities then, there
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Initially set up in the 1087, the Xi’an Forest of Stone Tablets, was official named in the Qing Dynasty. It is an art treasure house where is composed of more than 3,000 stone tablets. The museum is calling “Forest of Stone Tablets” because the numerous stone tablets housing in the museum look like a dense forest. The museum was a treasure house of ancient Chinese calligraphy as well as a good collection of historical documents and stone carvings in various styles now. Moreover, the tablets bear evidences to the cultural exchanges in ancient China.
However, for the visitors to Xi’an, the Forest of Stone Tablets is of great attraction in addition terracotta warriors.
We will surely be impressed by its rich culture.
