Exquisite Glove puppetry——The Classioal puopet in Taiwan Chart9 Yi Yuan

When I visited Taiwan during this summer holiday,I discovered the exclusive shop of Chang Yi Fang Classical Puppet Workshop in the Elite Bookstore in Dunnan, Taipei. I was impressed. From my previous experience, the Taiwan Glove Puppetry was a little tacky. Its big head was out of proportion with the small body. Its workmanship     

Too Dear For The Whistle

When I was a child of seven years old, myfriends, on a holiday, filled my pocket withcoppers. I went at once to a shop where theysold toys for children. Being charmed with the     

D＆Z Home Furnishings：Between Romance and Function

A home furnishing shop named D＆Z opened recently in Wangjing, a new residential area in the suburb of Beijing. The three-storied shop, with a total area of some 800 square meters, has attracted many customers soon after it opened. The shop owner told me that every single piece of furniture, decoration, clothing artwork or painting was designed by professional designers and hand-made by his own workshop. The unique, customer-friendly style caters to the romantic pursuit of young urban dwellers and their desire to avoid the fast tempo of metropolis.     

Frankie and His Wine Club

In a newly-opened wine shop in Beijing, the manager was recommending to me a new fype of wine and said, ＂Frankie Favors this one.＂ Who was Frankie？ Did the manager assert that all wine connoisseurs should know about Frankie？     

Century-old Tea Shop Awarded China＇s Top Ten Franchised Brands

The century-old tea shop ＂Wuyutai＂ was awarded 2007-2008 China＇s Top Ten Retail Franchised Brands. In order to explain the reason for Wuyutai＇s success, I think the following figures may speak.     

A Tibetan Girl in Beijing

On the Christmas Eve Of 2005 ,I received a message in my mobile phone,reading ＂I＇ve just been back from Nepal,Happy Christmas!＂ This message was sent by my Tibetan friend Lamtsog who purchased cargos from Nepal for her new bar ＆ shop in Beijing.     

Collection ＆ Auction

Double-sided Embroidered Screen appears in Suzhou A double-sided embroidered screen copying landscape paintings by Tang Yan, a talented painter of the Ming Dynasty, was put on shelf in an embroidery shop in Suzhou, with a price of RMB 260,000 yuan. It was completed by several highly skilled embroiderers from Zhenhu known as the “hometown of Suzhou-style embroidery”. The extraordinary works cost these embroiderers more than 1800 hours. Xu Beihong’s Oil Painting Expected to Set Record…     

Impression on Oil Painter Wei Kuizhong

On my way back to Beijing, I dropped into the art museum of Hebei Provincial Institute of Painting in the city of Shijiazhuang, where an exhibition on Wei Kuizhong＇s off paintings was on the display. I was so overwhelmed by those extraordinary works that I was eager to talk to the painter. Wei was a sincere and determined artist. He looked taciturn but when it came to his artistic pursuits and ideas, his eloquence surprised me. In the Chinese art market today when everybody complains about the lack of mainstream artworks, Wei＇s oil masterpieces with thrilling make him stand out as a leading figure.     

Nei Liansheng： A One-hundred-year Brand Name

Nei Liansheng is a well-known shoe brand name. In the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1862), a poor farmer‘s child named Zhao Ting went to the capital to apprentice in a shoe shop. In three years, Zhao mastered skills to make shoes and managed the shop well. A general appreciated Zhao‘s skills and integrity so much that he gave a thousand liang of silver to help Zhao open his own shoe shop. In 1853, Zhao set up his shoe shop and named it Nei Liansheng.     

Chinese Fengshui and Architecture

In 1996, Southeast University opened courses on architecture and fengshui and the textbook Basics of the Book of Change compiled by Prof. Li Shicheng from the Physics Department of the university was widely received. In big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it has been a public secret today that geomancers are invited to practice geomancy when a real estate development project is launched, a new shop is opened, or someone rents or buys an apartment. From September 9 to 11, 2…     

Sweet Candies, Amiable Spring Festival

In the memory of every Chinese,the Spring Festival deposits abundant beauties:a lively scene with lanterns and streamers,an endless parade of delicious food,or a little toy of childhood memories.When I was a child,I visited a Sugar Painting Exhibition at Beihai Park in Beijing.I was amazed by the exquisitely made flowers and birds,and charmingly nave animals;and every kid was totally captured by a huge solid dragon settling in the central exhibition hall.Truly,that winter deeply impressed me with the vivid sugar dragon and the fragrance     

China National Tea Museum

Walking along the West Lake, unwittingly I was already in the heart of the hometown of tea - Shuangfeng （double peaks）, Glowing rays shone over rounding ranges of hills, fragrance of tea leaves permeated, and fresh springs wound through valleys, I realized that I had been in China National Tea Museum, a retreat from the hurly-burly of metropolitans.     

My Second Hometown Langde Village

I was born in Gouliang Village, Fenghuang County, Hunan Province, which is dubbed as the ＂First Miao People Village of Western Hunan＂. But I have been more fascinated by my second hometown, Langde Village in Leishan County, Guizhou Province, which is known as the hometown of folk arts of China and one of the 100 most unique museums of China. The village was proclaimed as a key heritage site under state-level protection in 2001, included in the candidate list for World Cultural Heritage nomination in 2006, awarded the title of ＂China Landscape Village＂ in 2007 and hosted Olympic torch relay in 2008. Over the past 25 years, I visited this beautiful village for more than 100 times.     

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.     

Zhang Runzi''''s creation of painted clay figures LIFE DEDICATED TO ART

In a sunny, chilly winter morning,I was invited to the apartment of Zhang Runzi, an old woman artist who has dedicated herself to the creation of painted clay figures. I had admired this respectable artist for years     

Designer Brings Cultural Awareness to Fashion

The appointment was delayed. I didn‘t want to disturb Hu Xiaodan when I saw he was so busy with his work. Sporting a crew cut and lightweight casual clothes, he looked more like a university professor than the ““““the pride of Chinese fashion designers““““. It was hard to picture him as the cenfroversial figure in the circle of fashion design, and he spoke with quiet conviction about his dedication to ““““borrowing““““ ideas from the Chinese culture.     

Time-honored Tea Brand Forges Ahead through Innovation

<正>Irecently paid a visit to the headquarters of Beijing Wuyutai Tea Company. In the office of its president Ms. Sun Danwei, I was impressed by the calligraphic...     

Wuyutai： a Leading Tea Brand of China

Wuyutai is a time-honored tea brand that enjoys great popularity in Beijing. Its history can date back to 1887 when the brand＇s founder opened a small tea shop in the capital city of the Qing Empire.Today, this small tea shop has grown to be a flagship company in China＇s tea industry, with 220 chain stores and annual sales volume of more than RMB500 million.     

Let＇s Go and See the Outside World!

Two decades ago, traveling abroad was just a dream for most of Chinese people; only those with relatives living abroad could go abroad in the name of ＂visiting relatives＂. In 1988, Thailand became China＇ first outbound travel destination. Now, Chinese travelers appear at every corner of the world, wherever in Champs-Elysees in Paris, Colosseum in Rome, Pyramids in Egypt or the snow mountain in Swiss. I still recall that I was often asked if I were Japanese when I traveled abroad a dozen of years ago. But now even handsome boys sailing Gondola in Venice can greet me with ＂Ni Hao＂ （Hello in Chinese）.