Ten Most Important Painting Masterpieces of Ancient China （IV）

<正>"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", by Huang Gongwang, Yuan Dynasty "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"is one of the few surviving works by Yuan Dynasty paint...     

Art Information

Artworks on ＂Long March＂ Sold Well;Asia Contemporary Art Auctioned in Sotheby＇s New York;2006 Shanghai Art Exposition Will Open Soon;Artworks by 1970s-born Artists Successfully Auctioned;Wu Guanzhou＇s Masterpiece Will be Auctioned Soon;9th Beijing International Art Exposition Concluded with 80 Million Yuan Deals;＂Seek National Treasures in Europe＂ Kicked off Soon.     

Magazine Review

Storytellers and their Stories Nobody＇s growing up is without stories, especially for the generations of Chinese who grew up with the company of radios. Classic Chinese storytelling pieces are the most popular radio programs, like The Romance of the Three Kingdoms performed by Yuan Kuocheng, Heroes Biography of Yue Fei by Liu Lanfang in Sui and Tang Dynasties by Shan Tianfang, and Outlaws of the Marsh by Tian Lianyuan. Their influence goes beyond that of ordinary novels. Their four storytelling artists are household names now, dubbed as the Top Four Storytellers in China. This issue of Biographical Literature focuses on the four artists, telling the stories of these storytellers.     

Stamps released to celebrate successful bid of Grand Canal for World Cultural Heritage

The Culture and Finance Club was officially founded on June 16 in Beijing, an association co-established by China Society for the Promotion of Development-based Finance and China Society for the Promotion of Press and Culture. At the inauguration ceremony, CPPCC Vice Chairman Chen Yuan said that cooperation between culture and finance provides a key engine to drive the fast, sound and sustainable development of cultural industries in China.     

The World of Khubilai Khan--The Exhibition ＂Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty＂ Held in the Metropolitan Museum （Part I）

<正>Khubilai(1215-1294)is the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty,a period witnessing unprecedented cultural diversity and prosperity in ancient China.Over the ...     

COLLECTION ＆ AUCTION

China Guardian Launches Autumn Auction;Huachen Withdraws All Its Contemporary Artworks from Autumn Auction;A Long Way Ahead for Chinese Cultural Property Lost Abroad;Lang Shlh-ning＇s Painting Sold for 144 Million RMB Yuan     

Blue-and-White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty

China is the hometown of porcelain, Over the sweep of the porcelain history of China, blue- and-white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty [1271 -1368] is recognized as an important and special genre. Every museum and collector in the world would feel proud if its collection includes a piece of blue-and-white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty.     

Chieftain Manors of Yi People in Guizhou

The southwest province of Guizhou was mostly ruled by local chieftains of Yi ethnic group from the Yuan to Qing dynasties. During that period of time lasting more than six hundred years, Yi chieftains and their descendants built many magnificent office compounds and private manors which are now conserved as valuable cultural heritage. Shuixi, an area in the upper course of Wujiang River in the western part of Guizhou, sees a large concentration of chieftain manors, among which the one in Datun is most well preserved.[第一段]     

AN EXHIBITION OF CARVED STONE PIERS TO WELCOME CHINESE NEW YEAR

From January 24 to February 14, 2009, an exhibition on carved stone piers from Beiiing and Tianjin was held in Beijing International Sculpture Park, displaying nearly 300 pairs of traditional carved stone piers of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties from the collection of Zhang Lianzhi, director of Tianiin Porcelain House Museum. It is the first time that an exhibition on carved stone piers has ever bean held during Spring Festival temple fairs. This largest ever exhibition on stone piers, together with the photo exhibition on stone piers by renowned photographer Cao Lijun attracted local viewers to appreciate folk traditions as a way to celebrate Chinese New Year.     

Landscape in Mind:Lu Weisun and His Celadon Creations

<正>Longquan celadon is widely recognized as the most sophisticated genre of ceramics and witnessed a glorious era in the history of Chinese celadon. Celadon began to be produced in Longquan during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and reached its zenith during the Yuan Dynasty     

The Portland Classical Chinese Garden

The Portland Classical Chinese Garden, or called ＂Lan Su Yuan＂ in Chinese, was located in the downtown area of Portland,USA, It used to be China Town, but now has become the city＇s famous tourist site, The garden offers busy city dwellers not only an ideal retreat away from tense working life and annoying traffic buzzing, but also a completely different landscape and culture from the east. That is why a tour to ＂Lan Su Yuan＂ is viewed as the easiest and best way to experience Chinese culture,     

The World of Khubilai Khan The ExhibitionChinese Art in the Yuan DynastyHeld in the Metropolitan Museum(PartⅠ)

Khubilai(1215-1294)is the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty,a period witnessing unprecedented cultural diversity and prosperity in ancient China.Over the past five years,the     

Fine Paper-Cut of Yueqing

The fine paper-cut, popular in Yueqing, Zhejiang Province, evolves from the paper cutting of the Yuan Dynasty applied to dragon boats and shoes. This folk art genre originated from the tradition of dragon boat lanterns.     

COLLECTION ＆ AUCTION

Ming Dynasty Colored Illustration ＂An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs＂ Debuts at Auction Fair;＂The Bottle with Patterns of Frogs and Lotus＂ Appears in Beijing＂;Ba Da Shan Ren＇s Painting Album Sold for 30 Million RMB Yuan.     

Art Information

Court Collection of Cloisonné Masterpieces Displayed in BeijingAn exhibition on the court collection of cloisonné masterpieces was opened in Beijing on June 6 and will last until August 6. The 60 exhibits are all fine replicas of cloisonné for court use during the Yuan     

Revamped Street Recreates the Past of Beijing

Qianmen Street is the most historical street in the ancient capital of Beijing, surviving the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all the way to the contemporary area. Located in the city＇s axis line, it is know as the ＂Heavenly Street＂ or ＂Golden Street＂ in history,     

Under-glazed Red Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty

Under-glazed red porcelain is known as one of the most outstanding genres of ceramics of ancient China. It is generally recognized that under- glazed red porcelain and blue and white porcelain appeared in the same period and the same place, that is, Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty （I 206 - 1368）.     

CAO NIAN＇S PAINTING

Cao Nian graduated from the Department of Painting, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1976 and received quidance from art educators Wei Chuanyi, Huang Yuan and Zhang Shenxian, In 1984 he graduated with BA degree from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Southwest Normal University. In 1994 he completed an advanced graduate program on art theories from China Arts Academy.     

Ode to Joy： Beijing＇s Axis Line Rebuilt

The evolution of Beijing into a world capital has been largely based on a clearly defined plan, of which the most outstanding feature is its axis line design that dates back to the Yuan Dynasty 800 years ago. The city‘s growth and modern development have both extended the axis line and brought significant changes to the     

An Encounter with Old Shantang Street

Suzhou, dubbed as “paradise on earth”， is known for its Chinese-style gardens. Every time I was in Suzhou, I went to one or two gardens for leisure. The other day when I visited Ou Yuan (Couple Garden Retreat), I chatted with a ticketing staff at the entrance and asked him where I could listen to authentic Suzhou ballad-singing.