If you want to start your China Travel and like the Chinese traditional things. we highlight the parts: Cloisonne, silk, Jade, Painting and Chinese Batik. beijing-travels have complied detailed contents in our Web site.(even convenient sources facoty or local market for you to purchase related items) |
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Cloisonne is one of the most famous arts and crafts in Beijing China . It is a kind of traditional handicraft of enamelware created more than 500 years ago during the Emperor Xuan De's reign (1426-1435) in the Ming Dynasty. Later this kind of enamelware is known as "Jingtai Blue" in Chinese... 
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The word "jade" communicates a sense of mystery. In Chinese, "jade"(yu) refers to a fine, beautiful stone with a warm color and rich luster, that is skillfully and delicately carved. In Chinese culture, jade symbolizes nobility, perfection, constancy, and immortality... |
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Sericulture or silk production has a long and colorful history unknown to most people. For centuries the West knew very little about silk and the people who made it. Pliny, the Roman historian, wrote in his Natural History in 70 BC "Silk was obtained by removing the down from the leaves with the help of water... |
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Chinese traditional painting dates back to the Neolithic Age about 6,000 years ago. The excavated colored pottery with painted human faces, fish, deer and frogs indicates that the Chinese began painting as far back as the Neolithic Age. Over the centuries, the growth of Chinese painting inevitably reflected the change of time and social conditions ... |
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Batik is a traditional Chinese folk art which combines painting and dyeing. It is made by dipping a specially designed knife into melted wax and painting various patterns on pieces of white cloth. The wax stays on the cloth and often cracks after it hardens. The cloth is then dyed and the dyes seep into the cracks and make fine lines... |
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