NEWS FROM QINGDAO Exhibition on Qingdao-born artists takes place in Beijing

Unlike many large Chinese cities with a long history, Qingdao is relatively a newcomer, being nothing but a fishing village until the end of the 19th century. The area of which Qingdao is     

PORCELAIN HOUSE：A Distinguished Museum

When we think about the city Tianjin, the ideas immediately striking our minds are commonly ＂Go Believe＂ restaurant,cross-talking art and the European style buildings which lie along the city streets. Tianjin, once as the semi-colonial dominion of France, USA, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia, is now becoming a ＂World City Museum＂. There then comes one guy, Zhang Lianzhi, who was a local citizen spending 7 years building up a splendid porcelain house showing off non-surpassing emittance among all alien constructions in the downtown area of Tianjin.     

Art Information

Nanjing Cloud Brocade Displayed in Germany The Exhibition on Nanjing Cloud Brocades opened in the China Garden in Luisen Park in Mannheim, Germany. Luisen Park is generally recognized as one of the most beautiful parks in Germany. In 2001, China Garden was completed and opened to public in this park, symbolizing the twin-sister city relationship between Zheniiang, Jiangsu Province of China and Mannheim, Germany, The exhibition displays masterpieces of Nanjing cloud brocade,     

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,     

African Extravaganza in Shenzhen

The autumn season in Shenzhen is charming. Cool breeze touches people＇s face and a permeating fragrance of orange osmanthus sways across the skyscrapers, makingthis robust city full of sense of modernity. After 30 years of opening and reform, the city is heading on faster and faster to get into the world fashion. Our story focuses on a 10-day cultural extravaganza hosted by the African artists and their Chinese counterparts in the downtown area, The ongoing ＂Focus on African Culture＂ festival is a true witness of the everlasting friendship between African countries and China.     

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 …     

Dalian Acrobitic Troupe——Messengers of Good Will,Culture and Art

IF yon open the map of theworld.yon will see that Chinalooks rather like a rooster.Da-lian.a coastal city on the LiaodongPeninsula in northern China,is onthe tip or the rooster’s beak.Bounded on three sides by thesea,this beautiful city is one of theimportant ports of foreign trade,shipping out rich farm and industri-al products to the four corners orthe world.But the city also ex-changes culture and the arts withother countriesand the Dalian Ac-robatic Troupe,which has made aname for itself far and near,hasmade one of the greatest contribu-tions to this exchange.     

Qutan Temple： ＂A Miniature Forbidden City＂in a Mountain Valley

Qutan Temple, located in a mountain valley near the capital city of Qinghai Province, was first constructed in the early Ming Dynasty. This grand Chinese-style Tibetan Lama temple was built against the background that the Ming Dynasty supported Tibetan Lamaism to better rule the Tibetan area. As Qutan is the     

City TextureHutong and Siheyuan in Beijing （Ⅱ）

People will always complain about the dreary air, clouds of dust and few changes of life in Beijing when they are about to leave the city after living there for a couple of years. However, all of these people will miss the city and hope to go back there after living in other places for a year or so, with a wave of strong nostalgia coming over them.Yu Dafu     

City Texture Hutong and Siheyuan in Beijing （Ⅰ）

People will always complain about the dreary air, clouds of dust and few changes of life in Beijing when they are about to leave the city after living there for a couple of years. However, all of these people will miss the city and hope to go back there after living in other places for a year or so, with a wave of strong nostalgia coming over them.     

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     

Aromatic Tea in Wuyutai’s Nanchang Store

Nanchang enjoys a reputation for numerous lakes in the city. The mother river, Ganjiang River traverses the city, and the Teng Wang Pavilion nestles near water, constituting a magnificent picture of autumn scenery. My visit to Nanchang this time was totally for tea. Jiangxi province is traditionally noted as a tea     

Nanjing Brocade： last Milestone of Chinese Silk Fabrics

Nanjing is an old city where ten dynasties and regimes in Chinese history founded their capitals. Over its 2500-year history, ancestors in this city have left behind numerous brilliant masterpieces of cultural heritage, among which yunjin is one of the most valuable.Yunjin refers to the incredibly beautiful brocade. Yun in Chinese means clouds, and jin means brocade. The image is lovely—a delicate and ossy piece of brocade that feels just like soft clouds. An inch of the Nanjing brocade was…     

Qianling Mausoleum

The Qianling Mausoleum is located on Mount Liang, six kilometers west to the town of Qianling County, Shaanxi Province and near the city of Xi’an, formerly the Tang capital. This spectacular tomb complex is the best preserved and has never been looted among all the 18 tombs housing the remains of emperors of the Tang Dynasty. The Qianling Mausoleum is now protected as a key site under the state-level conservation.Mount Liang, 76 kilometers west to Xi’an, is a limestone structure. In ancient times, it was a strategically important place where Qin Dynasty     

Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Museum was founded in 1952 and originally housed in the former horseracing club in Nanjing West Road. In 1996, the museum moved into the current site in People＇s Square in the heart of the city and reopened to public. The unique architectural form of the new building, featuring a round top and a square foundation and symbolizing the traditional Chinese philosophical concept that the square earth is under the round sky, is an outstanding combination of tradition and modernity and presents an extraordinary visual effect.     

Capital of Cultural Diversity Attracts Tourists Worldwide ——2006 Quanzhou Tourism Promotion Fair

2006 Quanzhou Tourism Promotion Fair, with the theme of ＂blue Quanzhou bay and fascinating Shaolin Gongfu of south China＂ took place from September 4 to 7 in Quanzhou, a historically and culturally famous city in the coastal province of Fujian. More than 1000 participants from Russia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Philippines and Singapore as well as representatives from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other provinces and cities of the country attended this promotional fair, which aimed to showcase the city＇s tourism resources.     

Beijing ANCIENT OBSERVATORY

The Ancient Observatory, a key cultural heritage site under national-level protection, is situated at the southeast corner of the city proper of Beijing, Its east side was originally connected with the city wall of Beijing which was demolished in 1957 to give way to the city expansion,     

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.     

Facelift of Ningbo＇s Bund

“Bund” derives from an Anglo-Indian word for an embankment along a muddy waterfront. In the late 19^th century after Shanghai was forced to open to Western colonists, the Bund became the site of some of the earliest foreign settlements and now is known as one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. But the Bund is not a feature exclusive to Shanghai. Similar styles of architecture also appear in other coastal or river cities in China, such as Wuhan,Guangzhou, Chengdu and Fuzhou.     

Master Embroiderers Dedicated to Solitary Pursuit of Art

Hefang Street in Hangzhou, capital city of southeast Zhejiang Province, is full of hustle and bustle, with a multitude of shops and crowds of visitors. Walk around the street corner and you will get to a quiet alley named ＂Anrong Alley＂ where Chen Shuiqin＇s embroidery studio is based. In this two-storey building, I met Ms. Chen and her disciples Yu Zhiyin and Jin Jiahong. They were embroidering on cloth attentively. The small studio was almost occupied by embroidery screens. On the window side is a row of wooden embroidery frames. Several girls coming to learn embroidery skills from different places around the country were busy with their works.