China Silk Museum

China is known as the earliest nation in the world to plant mulberry trees,raise silkworms,make silk and weave silk fabrics,Chinese people began making silk fabrics more than 5000 years ago.Thanks to outstanding quality,brilliant colors and rich diversily of Chinese silk,China is praised as＂silk nation＂.     

Silk Tapestry with Cut Designs

Kesi, or cut silk, refers to silk tapestry with cut designs, and is a unique Chinese traditional silk weaving technique. Archaeological evidence indicates that silk tapestries with cut designs were produced in China as early as the Tang Dynasty [618-907]. From the bags for daily use in the Tang Dynasty to the emperor＇s dragon-patterned gowns in the Ming Dynasty,     

Silkworm-breeding Households in Yunlong

In the mankind history, the Chinese people is the first to tame the wild insect into silkworms subject to human will and spinning white silk to better people＇s life. Therefore,     

Wang Qiansong and His Paper-cut Creations

The history of paper cutting in China can date back to the Western Han Dynasty （206 BC - 25 AD）. At that time,gold foils, leathers, silk fabrics and even tree leaves were carved, engraved and Cut into various shapes as decorations, The Book of History, written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, records the story that King Chengwang of the Zhou Dynasty （1046 BC - 771 BC） cut a phoenix tree leaf into a shape of jade tablet and bestowed it to his younger brother. The leather fabrics and silk foits engraved with openwork patterns,     

Blue and White Porcelain with Design of Lotus Bouquet

<正>Lotus bouquet is a set design decorating blue and white porcelain of China.This design features lotus buds,pods and leaves bonded together by a silk ribbon.I...     

Cultural Exchanges Promoted through Exhibitions on Silk Road Objects

<正>The Silk Road was an ancient trade route stretching through the northern part of the Eurasian Continent.It is so named because silk was the major type of car...     

Suzhou-Style Embroidery：Appreciation,Collection and Investment

Suzhou-style embroidery is originated and developed in the southeast city of Suzhou, a historical town abundant in silk and rich in cultural traditions. Inscribed in the national intangible cultural heritage list, it is well known for its long history artistic richness, superb skills and delicate workmanship.     

Miao People’s Dragon-Patterned Embroidery

Embroidery is a distinctive folk art of China that dates back to ancient times.Embroiders stitch various patterns and characters with needles on silk and cloth fabrics,creating unique pieces of art.There are many embroidery styles in China,among which Miao people’s dragon-patterned embroidery     

Song Brocade： a Rare Treasure

Song Brocade represents the finest traditional craftsmanship of silk in China. Song Brocade has become an outstanding type of brocade since Song Dynasty, and Suzhou boasts of the best Song Brocade all along. Renowned for exquisite craftsmanship and profound cultural value, it was listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage item during the 4th session of the Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.     

Ten Most Important Painting Masterpieces of Ancient China （Ⅲ）

"A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains",by Wang Ximeng, Northern Song Dynasty"A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains"by Wang Ximeng, Northern Song Dynasty(960-1127), is a landscape paintingmasterpiece of ancient China. It is now part of the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Color on silk, the hand scroll is 1191.5cm long and 51.5cm wide.Wang was one of the most renowned palace painters of the time. He became     

Embroidery Art to the Highest Level-A glinpse of splendid Suzhou embroidery

The Chinese embroidery art has a long history. Statistics show that 5500 years ago in the Liaoning area there appeared a beautiful embroidery type called ＂Wei Embroidery＂, which＇s stitched on fur apparels. And prior to the Shang Dynasty, about 16 to 11 B.C., Chinese embroidery artisans and versatile home ladies used their hands creating countless pieces of beautiful embroidery works on silk textures. Colorful Chu embroidery, solemn and unsophisticated Han embroidery, gorgeous and luxury Tang embroidery,     

History of Suzhou Embroidery

With great eagerness, I was led by Ms. Sun, a senior embroiderer, into the Ancient Embroidery Workshop where Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute is based. All of sudden I was fascinated by the dazzling array of embroidery works of past dynasties like laceworks, dress collars and dragon-patterned gowns. All these embroidery exhibits date back to hundreds of years but still look sleek and shining today. The exquisite embroidery silk fabrics triggered out my curiosity for the history of Suzhou embroidery art.     

New Name Card for an Old City：The Suzhou Library

At the mention of Suzhou, people usually think of bridges spanning flowing water, elegant classical gardens, rich Wu culture, soft silk, a unique dialect, and even poems of the Tang Dynasty. All these characteristics are like name cards of the city, precisely identifying this special place. The 21st century has added a new name to the list, the Suzhou Library, which stands as a perfect blend of modern technology and traditional architectural design.     

Print Art： A Means to Express Reality

Print is a unique painting art with diverse characteristics. And silk screen print, closely related to modern technologies and materials, is a new but most e cient variety among many types of print art. “Series of Faint Dreams” is my early attempt to demonstrate human relationship by juxtaposing depicted gures. A crowd of people appear in the beginning. They then change into three gures who gradually appear similar and in the end the sophisticate background and props recede. Those gures, w…     

Glamour of Dunhuang Fascinates French Viewers

Dunhuang Grotto Temple is the world＇s largest extant treasure house of grotto art. Exquisite mural paintings and painted sculptures from ancient China are well preserved in hundreds of temple caves. In 1900 a local young Taoist monk named Wang Yuantu accidentally discovered, from grotto walls, sutra collection caves that had bean sealed for years. In those caves are kept numerous volumes of writings, silk paintings and painted banners. This accidental discavery unveiled the mysterious history of Dunhuang that dates back to more than one thousand years.     

Fascinating Traditional Costumes of Tujia Ethnic Group

Costumes serve as important symbols to identify different ethnic groups, With the development of the time and social progress, costumes of Tujia people have evolved considerably but still retained traditional characteristics of their own, Their costumes are usually tailored with sophisticated process and woven with home-made textiles, In a tourist resort featuring Tujia people＇straditions, visitors can see looms used by ancestral generations of Tujia people. Before the cloth is woven, various patterns have been designed. The cloth is usually woven with silk threads of diverse colors.     

The Art of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Mounting

The history of Chinese painting and calligraphy mounting can date back to the Warring States period [475-221 BC]. This unique craftsmanship saw its heydays in theSong Dynasty [960-1279AD], thanks to the prosperous silk industry of the time. Moreover, Emperor Huizong, a great painter and calligrapher, was particularly fond of mounting, which gave rise to the development of the craftsmanship. Many master artists, like Mi Fu, Su Shi and Wang Shen, mounted artworks by themselves, brining prosperity to this traditional skill.     

Peking Appliqué——Another Side of Colorful Chinese Handicrafts

PEKING appliqu(?),one of the many handicrafts of China,is an old art-form going backmany centuries.Different materialsare cut out and attached to oneanother to create a single-piece de-coration,much like embroidery.Itshistory can be traced back 2,000years to the Han Dynasty,whenartists would use thin scraps andpatches of silk to piece together aportrait or a depiction of the land-scape.During the Song Dynastyappliqu(?) enjoyed a resurgence andbecame very similar to traditionalembroidery.After the Qing Dynas-ty,appliqu(?) became very popularoutside the emperor＇s court and res-pectable women everywhere tookit up as a pastime,embroidering     

Paper Cuts and Wood-Carved Lattice Windows

Folk arts, considered as living fossils of national culture, reflect ideas, religious beliefs, customs and traditions of a nation. Chinese paper cuts and woodcarved lattice windows are unique folk art expressions that have survived for more than thousands of years and embody national spirits, exquisitecraftsmanship and rich and diverse cultural implications. These two classical forms of folk arts originated from openwork ornaments made from gold and silver foils, silk fabrics and tree leaves that date back to the Shang Dynasly （1600 BC-1100 BC）. Traditional wood-carved lattice windows are recognized as comprising parts of Chinese historic buildings, with fine designs, sophisticated patterns and cultural richness.