Mani Stones： Mysterious Symbols of Tibetan Religion

Travelers may often see pyramid-like mounds of stones,carved with six-word mantra or Buddhist sutras, In Tibet These stone piles, usually located at holy mountains, lakes, monasteries or road Intersections, are venerated as pilgrimage sites where Tibetans show their piety to deities and Buddha＇s teachings, They are called ＂mani＂ stones.     

Blending Han and Manchu Cultures： Painter

Shang Hai, born in Liaoning in 1959, is of Manchu ethnic group. He used to be member of the eighth and ninth central committees of All-China Federation for Youth and currently is state-level artist, fellow researcher in the Manchu study and senior journalist. As a renowned artist and scholar, Shang is specialized in the studies of fine arts, ethnic culture and journalism.     

Tang Dynasty Antiquities：Blending Exoticism and Tradition

The Tang Dynasty(618-907 AD)was one of the most powerful dynasties in Chinese history.Its flouishing economy and brlliant civilization attractde merchants and scholars from Asia,Europe and even Africa to come to China via the Silk Road for trade and cultural exchange,thus making it a world economic and cultural center of the time.Today,we can still     

Yan Zheng： 50 Years of Art Collections

＂Bosom Friends Yan Zheng Exhibition on 50 Years of Collections from Artists＂hosted by China Arts Foundation and Center of International Cultural Exchange of Ministry of Culture and organized jointly by Poly Art Museum and Shenzhen Wangye Museum was opened in Poly Art Museum days ago. This exhibition was a continuation of the ＂Yan Zheng Exhibition of Painting Collections＂ in 1980 in Beijing.     

Lu Junjie＇s Purple Sand Pottery Art： Breakthroughs and Innovations

The exhibition on Lu Junjie＇s purple sand pottery art, held in the National Art Museum of China, offers viewers a rare opportunity to learn about explorations and innovations that the artist has made in this traditional form of art. His masterpieces present us a miraculous picture on the art of purple sand pottery and help us better understand his efforts in creating Innovative artworks by integrating traditions with modern concepts and techniques,     

Wu Guangzhong：A Legend of the Art Market

A Leading Artist in the Art Market Wu Guanzhong is a big name in the history of Chinese contemporary art.In 1978, he held his first solo exhibition in the then Central Institute of Art and Design at age 59. Since then, he has amazed the art market with one miracle after another.     

Labrang Monastery： A Last Purified Land

Labrang Monastery has the strongest religious atmosphere among all the Tibetan Buddhist temples that I have visited. In Labrang Monastery, commercial influence is rarely seen here and there are not many tourists. Perhaps due to its solemn religious atmosphere, visitors are not noisy as they are in other sightseeing places. They usually peacefully observe the sacred halls, solemn religious rites and faithful monks with their eyes and camera lens. All these should be attributed to its monks w…     

Printing of Tibetan Buddhist Sutras： an Art of Wood and Paper

Dege Sutra-printing Institute is one of the three major institutes in Tibetan Buddhist sutra printing, together with those in the Potala Palace in Lhasa and Labrang Monastery. It has a vast collection of ancient treasures of Tibetan Lamaism, including Tangka paintings, Buddhist statues and religious objects, which are important references for the study of the art of Tibetan Lamaism.     

Marionettes of Quanzhou： the Art of Lines and Design

The past decade has seen Quanzhou Marionette Troupe＇s most frequent exchanges with the outsideworld. The troupe has toured more than 30 countries and regions around the world, staging some 80 performances to show the marvelous art of Chinese marionettes which enjoy a history of 2000 years or so. In 2005, the troupe was invited to show at the UN headquarter in New York, gaining worldwide acclaims with its outstanding skills and performance.     

热贡艺术：青藏一枝花

热贡艺术,是藏传佛教艺术中的一枝奇葩,她融宗教艺术的神圣肃穆、民间艺术的纯朴自然与同仁地方特色于一炉,绽放于青藏雪域并享誉世界。     

Past and Present： China＇s Handicraft Art

Traditional handicraft art is part of the traditional culture of China and known as living fossils to record lives of ancient Chinese. There are various forms of traditional handicraft art in China, including ceramics, jade carving, ivory carving, cloisonne, lacquer carving, wood carving, gold and silver wares, shadow play, kites, lanterns,     

ZHAO CONG：A Bleng of Classicism and Modernity

As a musician,dedication to Chinese lute has rewarded her a top prize at the national competition. As a teacher,deep love for teaching has won her two awards of education.     

Wu Zishen： Patron of Suzhou Art Museum

＂He who patronizes art patronizes progress of history and evolution of civilization.＂ 1 cannot remember who said this, but it has reminded me of 54,000 silver dollars patronized to Suzhou Art Museum by Wu Zishen in 1931.     

Chinese Contemporary Art： Ink Experiment

Chinese ink painting is an age-old art tradition that embodies distinctive characteristics of Chinese culture. In these exquisite paintings, artists integrate nature and everyday life to show how the two exist in harmonyalso a frequent theme in Chinese philosophy.     

Painted and Crafted Gourd： a Traditional Art of China

<正>Chinese culture is known for its obscurity,profundity and allusiveness.As the word "gourd"is homophonic with"fortune"and     

Challenges and Restrictions： Development of Private Art Museums in China

A well-operated art museum should have diverse funding sources; its opera- tion capital should come both from do- nors and sponsors and from market op- eration. For private art museums in China today, the biggest challenge may be fund raising.     

Shanghai： the Next Destination for New Media Art？ Urbanized Landscape.＂ 2008 Shanghai eART

Sthis event has attracted wide attention from home and labroad, for it was the first time that China hosted such a large scale festival for e-art where new creations by both foreign artists and Chinese artists were on display.     

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…     

Chinese Shadow Play： Founder of Theatric Art

<正>Over more than 2000 years of evolution,Chinese shadow play,or shadow puppetry,has developed distinctive characteristics of