CHARM OF SUZHOU EMBROIDERY

On a sunny day in the end of 2007 I was invited for a visit to Suzhou Embroidery. Research Institute. Led by Ms. Zhang, the institute＇s artistic director, I entered through a moon-shaped gate in a traditional style and an elegant classical Suzhou-style garden was unfolded in front of me. Quiet paths, luxuriant plants, winding corridors, all are filled with fascinating charm, like a scene in a traditional Chinese ink painting. The garden is called ＂Huanxiu Resort＂ where the embroidery institute is based. At that moment,     

TANG PARADISE BIENDS TRADITIONAL TUNES WITH MODERN BEATS

Xi＇an is a historic city with timehonored culture and traditions. Qujiang, an ancient royal lake garden site which is now turned into a theme park, has witnessed the prosperous civilization of the Tang Empire-its exquisite tri-colored glazed pottery, accompfishments in poetry and magnificent architectural landmarks such as the Big Goose Pagoda.Today, Qujiang Theme Park is celebrated as a Mecca for music lovers, fascinating visitors with both well-preserved music traditions and diverse modern music creations.     

HISTORIC BRONZE TREASURES OF SHANXI

Shanxi Province, located in north China, is known as a major birthplace of Chinese civilization, where human activities has begun and continued from the pre-history Old Stone Age. With a huge reserve of coal and metal resources, S hanxi has witnessed the prosperous development of metal forging and casting, in particular, its creation of bronze objects.     

Exhibitions & Events

The New Suzhou Museum Open to Public The New Suzhou Museum, designed by world renowned master architect Bei Yuming, was opened to public on October 6. the new museum, located in the historic area in the northern part of the old city of Suzhou, is a Chinese-style garden architecture integrating both tradition and modernity of Suzhou.CProoncceespst u&a El xPphroetsosgiroanp: hEyx hibition on The exhibition is unique as it displays not only photo works but also video presentations showing …     

BRONZE DRUMS OF LANGDE MIAO- PEOPLE VILLAGE

Some say that bronze culture is a dead culture and only valuable for archeological studies. However, as an important part of bronze culture, bronze-drum culture is well preserved and practiced in Langde Village where Miao people dwell, Here we can see the relationship between conservation and utilization of cultural heritage is well handled.     

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,     

BEIJING ART MUSEUM

Used to he the only imperial waterway and important water source for farmland irrigation during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Long River stretches across west Beijing and finally joins the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace. On its north bank stands Wanshou Temple （temple of longevity） where Beijing Art Museum is located. With a short history as it is, the museum houses numerous art treasures of past dynasties.     

＂The Colors of Water＂： Miao Xiaolong＇s Modem Dance Concert

In China＇s dancing arena today where most dancers pursue hasty success, it is truly rare to prepare a dance concert for as long as seven years. And more amazingly,the whole production is planned and presented by merely one person who choreographs and directs the dance concert, designs all costumes, stage settings and lighting as well as dances its leading part. But Miao Xiaolong made it. Several months ago, this young talented teacher at the dancing department of the Music School of Shanghai Normal University presented his dance concert ＂The Colors of Water＂ in Shanghai.     

Historic Scenes in Yangzhou

The Slim West Lake is a national-level scenic resort in the historical city of Yangzhou.The garden in the lake area was built during the reign of Qing-Dynasty emperors Kangxi and Qianlong.It integrates the delicate beauty of south China with the vigorous grandeur of north China,featuring willow trees and towers and terraces along the lake dyke.Major scenic sports around the Slim West Lake include rockeries     

NANJING MUSEUM

Nanjing Museum, with an area of 70,000 square meters, is located at the southern foot of the beautiful Purple Gold Mountain, withZhongshan Gate of the city wall on its east side and the remains of the imperial palace of the early Ming Dynasty on its west side. The museum＂s south gate faces the tree-lined boulevard leading to Xiaoling Mausoleum of the first Ming emperor and Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum. At the entrance of the museum stands a pair of archways resembling Han-sMe watchtowers. The garden where the museum buildings are set is spacious and quiet, full of exuberant vegetations.     

Everlasting Nang

Anytime and any where in xinjing autonomous region,tasty nang is available in a vartety of sizes.the flour-based food is the traditional staple for people of the chinese uighurminority,     

College or Village？A Glimpse of the New Campus of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts

The old campus of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, located in the city＇s industrial area, have long suffered dust and noise pollution from the thermal power plant, freight yards, the steel plant, the train station and storehouses in the neighborhood. The academy principal Luo Zhongli still remembers that he couldn＇t hold tight the powder-hidden basketball without saliva in his hand when he played basketball gaines as a college student decades ago. It is his lifelong dream to have a beautiful, clean new campus where artists and students can enjoy.     

Elite Taste & Chinese Classical Garden

Tastes of elites shaped styles of Chinese classical gardens such as Suzhou Classical Gardens where grandeur of the world is manifested within relatively tiny private gardens. In order to relive natural landscapes within artificial structures, means such as miniature and symbolism are employed. But reducing sizes is not the ultimate objective. The ideal is to visually amplify miniature architectures in viewers' mentality and enhance dimensional effects while keeping in minds that designs and …     

Russian Laser Music Show Ignites Beijing

After a string of stirring art events in the ongoing Year of Russia in China such as the grand exhibition reviewing Russia＇s oil art in the pastthree centuries and the marvelous performance by Little Birch Song ＆ Dance Ensemble, Beijing embraced the largest and most grandiose show ever held in the country.On June 10, some 100 Russian and Chinese artists jointly presented a laser music show, setting the summer skyline in Beijing ablaze and stirring up the audience with modem technical and artistic novelties of light, sound and electricity.     

TEMPLES OF MATSU IN GUIZHOU

Matsu, or the Goddess of Sea is widely worshipped in coastal areas of China and temples are built in these areas to enshrine statues of Matsu or Heavenly Queen. But it is quite interesting that there are quite a few Matsu temples in the inland province of Guizhou. Among these temples, the Heavenly Queen temple in Zhenyuan County is the largest, best-preserved and finest-built one and proclaimed as a site under the province-level protection.     

Ou-style Embroidery： Part of Brilliant Chinese Traditions

Wenzhou, located in the southeast province of Zhejiang, is known as a ＂hometown of craftsmanship＂, with such distinctive folk craft arts as Ou-style embroidery, Huangyang wood carving and fine-patterned paper carving. Ou-style embroidery is indigenous to the valley of the Ou River in Wenzhou, celebrated as a unique craft art of Zhejiang. This type of embroidery is highly decorative with distinctive local characteristics.     

Classical Guqin Maker Tian Shuangkun

The quiet and melodious music led me to Tian Shuangkun＇s courtyard house in the depth of a hutong （alley） in the downtown of Beijing. Tian is a master maker of the Guqin, a seven-stringed zither known as China＇s oldest stringed instrument.His studio is furnished with traditional Chinese stuffs - old- style furniture, calligraphic and ink painting works, old pictures and the guqin as well. While I appreciated all these, Tian explained to me the long history of the guqin and his lifelong pursuit of perfection in making the guqin.     

Graphite Carving of Fushun

Fushun,a city in northeast China’s Liaoning province,is known as the capital of coal and enjoys a time-honored history and abundant mineral resources.Graphite is the mineral resource unique to Fushun.Also called black amber or coal jade,graphite is the result from long geographic evolution of cypress,birch and oak trees and lower plants such as moss and algae growing five thousand years ago.Graphite is mixed up in coal seam.It is lighter than coal,with solid texture,fine     

THE BEAUTY OF THE OLD VILLAGE OF GUODONG

Guodong Village is located at the foot of the mountain of primitive jungles, 10 kilometers to the south of Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province. In the village, ancient architectures in the styles of the Ming and Qing dynasties are available everywhere. And with a combination of both artificial and natural sceneries, the village, like a retreat away from the world, is famous for its accomplishments in education and culture as well as numerous virtuous and talented figures emerging from the village…     

Everlasting Nang

Anytime and anywhere in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, tasty nang is available in a variety of sizes. The flour-based food is the traditional staple for people of the Chinese Uighur minority, as well as residents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tatar. Nowadays, this ancient treat is increasingly popular among Han Chinese.