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Drink Grandmothers Tea
People of Zhouzhuang are very fond of tea. They drink it in a tasteful way, using ancient tea sets, boiling water in pottery or earthen Jars, bamboo slices or branches as fuel. They first wash the tea and then, several minutes later; pour on boiled water to guarantee the color, fragrance and taste. People used [...]
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The Grand Canal, or the Beijing–Hangzhou Canal, was a giant irrigation project of ancient China. With a history of over 1,400 years and a length of 1,794 kilometers it is one of the world’s oldest canals and is the longest man-made river in the world. The canal goes from Tongxian County, Beijing, in the north [...]
Song Brocade
As early as in the Qin and Han dynasties, folk artisans carried deep researches in brocade. In Tang dynasty, there was famous brocade in Suzhou . In Five Dynasties, there was splendid brocade of fine colors in Suzhou . Many pieces of brocade existed in the cultural relics excavated in Mount Tiger Tower , and [...]
The beautiful women-Xishi
Xishi (497 BC) was a legendary beauty of ancient China. She has been described as “equally charming in both heavy and light makeup”, “as appealing when she frowns as when she smiles”. Of her figure it has been said that “were she plump, you would admire her plumpness, were she thin you would admire her [...]
Suzhou Embroidery
Thread lanes, brocade mills, embroidery flower streets, etc., in the city. That proved the prosperity of Suzhou embroidery. Some lived by embroidering. Daughters in rich families were engaged in it as a way of killing time and melding their experiment. That’s how “popular embroidery”, “boudoir embroidery” and “palace embroidery” came into being. Suzhou embroidery in [...]
Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou
The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou, with Zheng Banqiao as its representative, refers to the painters in the region of Yangzhou in the reigns of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Their paintings have strong personal character, breaking away from the restrains of that time. The style of their paintings has influenced a [...]
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