Chinese Dancer and Her Cameroonian Husband

Despite opposition by her family, gifted dancer Jiang Keyu decided to go to Africa and devoted her youthful years to the National Dance Company of Cameroon. She has not only made contribution to China-Cameroon cultural exchange but also found her Mr. Right.     

Wen Guichang's Paintings

Wen Guichang, born in Neijiang, Sichuan Province in 1962, learned traditional Chinese painting from famous painter Qiu Xiaoqiu. He is currently a professional painter, member of the Stage Artists’     

神秘的巫画

绘画是画家们终生追求的事业,至于欣赏绘画的人更是千千万万,殊不知,最古老的绘画是由巫觋绘制的,他们以神秘的笔,留下了林林总总的巫画。巫画的活化石巫画又称巫图,也就是巫师绘制的原始绘画,是他们在举行祭祀、进行占卜、实施巫术和记录谱系及经文时所绘制的绘画。其内容很多     

茶社中的古茶画

笔者嗜茶更爱茶文化,甚喜欢古代茶图画。在一些大茶社啜茗时关注到茶社挂的招牌与茶屋装饰布置的古代茶画的文化内涵一脉相承,相得益彰。茶画多是唐、宋、明时代的,并且都是摹本或刻印的,只不过是装潢得漂亮大气。一、以茶会友的茶屋常见古茶画。这类茶社装饰得文雅别致,古色古香。尽管茶屋挂的皆是模仿之作,但茶客们并不在意,只是对茶文化的赏识。     

柳宗元与永州

站在潇水岸边这个叫白萍洲的地方,身后是永州古城,我猜想:在1200年前的公元805年,冬季的那个下午,柳宗元是否从这个青石码头上岸?"“永贞革新”失败后,33岁的柳宗元被贬为永州司马,带着70岁的老母和堂弟,一叶扁舟,赶赴永州。永贞元年(805年)正月,顺宗即位。他在东宫20年,比较关心朝政。唐顺宗即位时已得了中风不语症,但还是立刻重用王叔文、王等人进行改革,二王原先都是顺宗在东宫时的老师。他们和刘禹锡、柳宗元等人一起,形成了以“二王刘柳”为核心的革新派集团,主张加强中央集权,反对藩镇割据,反对宦官专权,推行“内抑宦官,外制方镇”、…     

丁玲寻根记

1982年秋的一天，慈利县文化局忽然接到作家丁玲（本名蒋伟）的一封信，说她将来武陵源寻根问祖，要局里安排人协助她查一下城门寨的情况。单位领导将这个任务交给了我。     

Tea and Horse Traditions Reflected in Rock Paintings

<正>There is a long history to cultivatetea and breed horses in GuizhouPlateau in southwest China. GuizhouPlateau provides favorable soil andclimate for tea cultivation and Maojiantea produced in Dujun is an exceptional     

皇恩不许归田去--柳宗元的半生悲剧

唐顺宗永贞元年（805年），发生了一件轰动朝野的事，朝廷一下贬逐了一群有名的大臣，这就是历史上“二王八司马”事件。八司马中有一位就是柳宗元。     

Fascinating Paintings on Historic Buildings of China

Colored paintings on historic buildings are enshrined as a distinctive part of Chinese architecture, This unique art enjoys its heydays during the Ming and Qing dynasties（1368-1911）,     

"梅竹双清"考

在中国传统绘画形式中,把梅、竹合画一幅之上称为“梅竹双清”。但这一称谓起源于何时,是谁先提出的?翻检很多书籍也不能最后确定。早先,无论诗歌还是绘画,都是将梅、竹分而吟咏图绘的。咏物诗作为一种文学品类出现很早,《诗经》中已有大量以花喻人的诗句,屈原更是遍咏香草,以比德君子。而咏梅诗最早应是南朝鲍照的《梅花落》、何逊的《咏早梅》,咏竹应是南朝沈约的《檐前竹》、谢的《咏竹》。直到元代才有以梅竹为题合吟于一首的诗作,有贡性之的《题翠竹红梅》,有泰不华的《题梅竹双清图》,这是见到最早以双清称谓梅竹的文字记载。从题目看…     

Pan Yuliang''''s Damaged Oil Paintings Restored Successfully

Thanks to the film "A Soul Haunted by Painting" starred by world star Gong Li, the legendary Chinese painter Pan Yuliang again became a focus. Never an artist has such a dramatic life experience: from a prostitute to a professor at China's top art academy; from a brothel in Anhui, China's hinterland province to Paris, the art capital of the world. Many people have heard of Pan's legendary life stories but few have understood her artistic accomplishments. In fact, Pan is China's most repr…     

台湾妈祖"回娘家"

在妈祖祭祀活动中,有一种类似"回娘家"的仪式,即妈祖神像返回故乡,分灵妈祖回到自己的出生地的仪式。它体现了人们对祖居地的深厚感情以及华侨落叶归根的心理诉求。透过台湾妈祖"回娘家"     

The Art of Brush Strokes Sun Xiaoyun and Her Calligraphy Works

Sun Xiaoyun was born in a calligrapher family and began learning calligraphy at age 3. Upon graduation from junior middle school, like millions of youngsters during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), she was sent to the countryside to be "re-educated" by farmers and afterwards served in the army for 8 years. Except two years of training in jiangsu Chinese Painting Academy, Sun mastered skills of calligraphy virtually by self-study. From the late 1970s, Sun extensively studied works of man…     

三星堆文化的太阳神崇拜——从古蜀金器“人头、鸟、鱼和羽箭”母题图案谈起

三星堆和金沙商周祭祀坑分别出土的金杖、金冠带,都是古蜀国王祭祀太阳神时使用的法器。上面的“人头”是太阳的象征,“鸟”是“日精”和“阳气”的象征。“鱼”是黑暗和阴气的象征,“羽箭”是阳光升腾的象征。这则以“人头、鸟、鱼和羽箭”为母题的图案是一幅展示太阳上升、阴气消退的生动图式。三星堆祭祀坑出土的青铜神树是神话传说中“扶桑”的象征,大型立人青铜像是太阳神帝俊及古蜀先祖的象征。三星堆和金沙祭祀坑出土的大量文物,都是古蜀先民祭祀“日出入”活动的遗存,也是中国古代太阳神崇拜最为典型的实物见证,具有重要意义。     

鸟形押:归义军曹氏统治敦煌的标志

敦煌文献中,我们常常在一些行政文书、书信和物资消费账目中看到各种非常形象的鸟形押记和图案,作为某人身份和署名的一种标记而使用,法国学者艾丽白(DanielleEliasberg)称之为"鸟形押"(<敦煌汉文写本中的鸟形押>,<敦煌译丛>第一辑,甘肃人民出版社,1985年版).由于鸟形押使用的时代为10世纪中期归义军曹氏统治敦煌以后,因而成为曹氏统治敦煌的标志性符号.