Yangliuqing New Year Pictures

HANGING up New Yearpictures during khe SpringFestival to symbolize goodluck in the coming year has longbeen a tradition in China,The pic-tures are both colorful and jubilantin theme and composition so as toattract everything good in the com-ing year and drive away evil.Four main“schools” of folk artdealing with New Year pictures ex-ist.Among the best known is thewoodblocK print from Yangliuqing,     

Chinese Lacquer Art （I）

Lacquer, a natural substance obtained from the lacquer tree, is widely used as the environmentally friendly paint, adhesive,forming agent, pigment and dye. As China is home to the world＇s most and best lacquer trees, the lacquer art has been developing in China uninterruptedly for over 8,000 years.     

Intangible Cultural Heritage Celebration Lights Up Chengdu

International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Chengdu, China and 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage The 4th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage Chengdu, China (hereinafter referred to as "Chengdu IFICH") celebrated a grand opening in Chengdu, China on June 15,     

Deep Love for China

From March 8 to 14, the 3rd Australian Literature Week, hosted by the Australian Embassy in China, was celebrated in Beijing and Chengdu.     

DEEP LOVE FOR CHINA An Interview with Linda Jaivin at the Australian Literature Week

<正>From March 8 to 14, the 3rd Australian Literature Week, hosted by the Australian Embassy in China, was celebrated in Beijing and Chengdu.     

Pang Zhu：An Accomplished Artist

Pang Zhu, or named Shan Zhu, born in Changchun, Jilin Province in 1945, is currently member of the Artists Association of Sichuan Province, executive council member of the Photographers Association of Chengdu City and professor with the department of art and design of Chengdu University of Science and Engineering. With the degrees in painting, photography, and advertising and decoration, Pang has dedicated himself to art education and painting for forty years or so. As a retired professor, he now offers advice on graduation design and thesis defense and organizes academic workshops in CUSE.     

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.     

Jie Chen—The beauty in Her Study

Reading,wriing and watching movies,are ddefined as“activities in her study“by Jie Chen,a beautiful writer,editor,and film riviewer,well known mationwide.As one of the liading representatives of essay creation in China,Jie Chen started her career as a uourmalist in Chengdu Evening.After her successful     

NE·TIGER A RISING CHINESE LUXURY BRAND

China＇s booming market and growing consumers of luxury goods have attracted world luxury brand names to come for a new round of gold rush. Flagship stores and outlets of famous brands such as Louis Vuitton and Giorgio Armani are burgeoning in big cities across the country. In this intense struggle for market shares in the world＇s fourth largest economy with the biggest potential population of luxury consumers, a local Chinese brand name is growing fast to become an inevitable rival of those Western heavyweights. From Millionaire Fair to Extravaganza, it has been invited as an equal member to stand amidst world top-class brand names such as Rolls Royce, Cartier and Dior. It is NE.TIGER, a shining fashion brand founded in China and by a Chinese designer. ＂In fact, China has exported numerous luxuries to the rest of the world for hundreds of years, such as silk, porcelain and tea. In the contemporary time, NE.TIGER will continue this glorious tradition and try to be the best example of China＇s high-end brand names,＂ said Zhang Zhifeng, chairman and chief designer of NE·TIGER.     

Decoding Mai Jia

Mai Jia has won great success with his novel Decoding overnight. As a mominee of the Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2003 and one of the five candidates for the final of “The 6^th China‘s Books Award“, Decoding was ranked the first one in “The chart of China‘s novels in 2002“. It was not only reprinted in 27 newspapers and     

Old Summer Palace Commemorates Its 150~(th) Anniversary of Destruction

Whenever his kites fly in the sky and fascinate viewers,Leng Shixiang would feel happy and proud.Leng Shixiang,a master craftsman in kite making,has assimilated the best of     

The New Image of the Saxophone in China

Concert saxophonist Li Yusheng was the first one in China to get a saxophone diploma from the Royal Conservator overseas under the instruction of Paul Brodie,the virtuoso saxophonist in the world,As the first professional saxophone professor in China’s conservatories Li Yusheng has been teaching in Sichuan Conservatory of Music since 1982. He set up the New World Saxophone Quartet with his best students in 2001     

Leng Shixiang:A Master Craftsman in Kite Making

Whenever his kites fly in the sky and fascinate viewers,Leng Shixiang would feel happy and proud.Leng Shixiang,a master craftsman in kite making,has assimilated the best of     

Ding Xiaoyang： Let＇s Make More DVs

On May 9,2004, Ding Xiaoyang‘s DV work “W2‘s Last Summer“ won“The Best Documentary“ at the 11th Film Festival for University Students in Beijing. “I attended the festival on the behalf of myself.“ declared Ding Xiaoyang. Nevertheless, the senior of Sichuan University majoring in directing has actually brought honor not only to himself, but also to his university, and even the city of Chengdu.     

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.     

NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY

“National Treasures： An Exhibition of Collections of the National Museum of China”has toured around the country since March 2007 and has been on display in Hunan Museum, Fujian Museum and Henan Museum. The exhibition has gained nationwide acclaims and achieved both economic and social benefits, thus providing experience for the market operation of museum exhibitions.     

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,     

Chinese Painter Rao Yongtang

Rao Yongtang, born in 1929 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is a listed artist of national first grade, member of the Artists Association of Sichuan Province and the Artists Association of Chengdu City, council member and fellowship of Sichuan Province Painting Society for Senior Artists, honorary president of the international Xizhi Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, and tenor professor of the China Art Creation Center for Calligraphers and Artists.     

Future is Brighter for China-France Cultural Exchange

France was the first in the west to establish the diplomatic relationship withChina. So the Chinese government and the French government hit it off and reached consensus quickly on establishing the China Cultural Center in Paris. Cultural exchange between China and France has re- mained an important component of the relationship between the two countries,     

He Dacao：Waving Goodbye to His Youth with “Knife＆Knife”

He Dacao, Born and raised in Chengdu, is the writer of numerous unconventional novels, He studied history at Sichuan University from 1979 to 1983. After that, he worked for Chengdu Even/rig Paper as a journalist for 16 years. He has been teaching literature at Sichuan Normal University since 1999.