A many layered affair
9 months, 1 week ago

A many layered affair

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A collection of lacquered furniture at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Bijie city, Guizhou province. Dafang lacquerware is 1,700 years old, but now one craftsman is taking the tradition in a fresh direction, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report. Rows of lacquerware objects decorated with ancient totems, lifelike flowers, birds and figures dazzle the eye at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Dafang county in Bijie city, in northwestern part of Guizhou province. The tradition originated during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Dafang lacquerware eventually evolved into tributes sent to the imperial court during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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Guarding lacquerware's lustrous legacy
1 week, 1 day ago

Guarding lacquerware's lustrous legacy

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Gan Erke, a master of Chinese lacquerware and inheritor of the Huizhou lacquerware decoration technique, a national-level intangible cultural heritage. It is the workshop of Gan Erke, a master of Chinese lacquerware and inheritor of the Huizhou lacquerware decoration technique — a national-level intangible cultural heritage. China is considered its birthplace, as evidenced by findings from the Jingtoushan site in …

Lacquer masters apply historic touch
3 months ago

Lacquer masters apply historic touch

China Daily  

Lacquer art is widely applied in the making of various items, such as vases. The chemistry between a man's hands and raw lacquer evolved in this land for millennia. The advances of human intelligence to utilize the juice of nature, manual dexterity and creativity have dramatically changed the appearance of lacquerwork. It is vividly evident if the Hemudu bowl is …

Lacquer masters apply historic touch
3 months ago

Lacquer masters apply historic touch

China Daily  

Cai Shuikuang, a master artisan in Fujian province. Diverse styles Gan, an esteemed artist committed to carrying on this unique lacquer style into modern times, says there is a debate over how the term xipi originated — it could be inspired by a torn leather saddle or the texture of rhinoceros hide — while "it is agreed that lacquerers discovered …

Lacquer masters apply historic touch
3 months ago

Lacquer masters apply historic touch

China Daily  

Lacquer art is widely applied in the making of various items, such as bowls. From the collections of five museums in Hubei province, a production hub of lacquer trees, a wide variety of objects on show stand as witness to the flourishing of several states between the 11th and 3rd centuries BC. "Lacquer, lightweight and accessible, was used in many …

What's on
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What's on

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Lacquer world The use of natural lacquer to color wares in China dates back to the Xia Dynasty. An exhibition at the Chinese Traditional Cultural Museum highlights three such techniques, all listed as representatives of State-level intangible cultural heritage. One technique originated in Pingyao county, Jinzhong city, Shanxi, where artisans would create luster by rubbing the surface with their palms. …

What's on
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What's on

China Daily  

Lacquer world The use of natural lacquer to color wares in China dates back to the Xia Dynasty. An exhibition at the Chinese Traditional Cultural Museum highlights three such techniques, all listed as representatives of State-level intangible cultural heritage. One technique originated in Pingyao county, Jinzhong city, Shanxi, where artisans would create luster by rubbing the surface with their palms. …

A many layered affair
9 months, 1 week ago

A many layered affair

China Daily  

A collection of lacquered furniture at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Bijie city, Guizhou province. Dafang lacquerware is 1,700 years old, but now one craftsman is taking the tradition in a fresh direction, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report. Rows of lacquerware objects decorated with ancient totems, lifelike flowers, birds and figures dazzle the eye at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Dafang …

A many layered affair
9 months, 1 week ago

A many layered affair

China Daily  

A collection of lacquered furniture at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Bijie city, Guizhou province. Dafang lacquerware is 1,700 years old, but now one craftsman is taking the tradition in a fresh direction, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report. Rows of lacquerware objects decorated with ancient totems, lifelike flowers, birds and figures dazzle the eye at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Dafang …

A many layered affair
9 months, 1 week ago

A many layered affair

China Daily  

A collection of lacquered furniture at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Bijie city, Guizhou province. Dafang lacquerware is 1,700 years old, but now one craftsman is taking the tradition in a fresh direction, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report. Rows of lacquerware objects decorated with ancient totems, lifelike flowers, birds and figures dazzle the eye at Gao Guangyou's workshop in Dafang …

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft

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Lacquer coated tea sets are displayed at Hao Guanxiong's studio in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 28. Chu-style lacquer coating craft took shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Over the past thousands of years, this oriental craft has been mainly used on wood carving artworks and is famous for its complicated making, …

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft

China Daily  

Lacquer coated tea sets are displayed at Hao Guanxiong's studio in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 28. Chu-style lacquer coating craft took shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Over the past thousands of years, this oriental craft has been mainly used on wood carving artworks and is famous for its complicated making, …

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft

China Daily  

Lacquer coated tea sets are displayed at Hao Guanxiong's studio in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 28. Chu-style lacquer coating craft took shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Over the past thousands of years, this oriental craft has been mainly used on wood carving artworks and is famous for its complicated making, …

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of Chu-style lacquer coating craft

China Daily  

Lacquer coated tea sets are displayed at Hao Guanxiong's studio in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 28. Chu-style lacquer coating craft took shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Over the past thousands of years, this oriental craft has been mainly used on wood carving artworks and is famous for its complicated making, …

Warring States Period lacquer box decorated with the earliest serial narrative art in China
1 year, 3 months ago

Warring States Period lacquer box decorated with the earliest serial narrative art in China

China Daily  

The Warring States Period lacquered dressing case, from the collection of the Hubei Provincial Museum Check out this lacquer dressing case dating from the Warring States Period! A lacquer painting covers the entire outer walls of the case, depicting a traveling scene of people, carriages and horses with diverse colors including yellow, orange, blue and brown. Five swaying willow trees …

Woodwork found at ruins determined to be China's earliest lacquerware
3 years, 5 months ago

Woodwork found at ruins determined to be China's earliest lacquerware

China Daily  

The two pieces of woodwork unearthed from the Jingtoushan ruins in Yuyao, Zhejiang province, are identified as the earliest lacquerware pieces yet found in China. The two pieces of woodwork unearthed from the Jingtoushan ruins in Yuyao, Zhejiang province, have been identified as the earliest lacquerware pieces yet found in China, which advances the history of lacquer use in China …

Giving lacquerware a new shine
4 years, 3 months ago

Giving lacquerware a new shine

China Daily  

By Ma Zhenhuan （China Daily ） Huang Cailiang, an officially recognized inheritor of making gold-painted lacquerware, has practiced the craft for more than four decades. In ancient China, and especially in Jiangnan-the region south of the Yangtze River-a woman's dowry, including wooden furniture, jewelry and ornaments, were often considered a reflection of her parents' love. A woman's dowry, which typically …

Giving lacquerware a new shine
4 years, 3 months ago

Giving lacquerware a new shine

China Daily  

Pieces of gold-painted lacquerware and undecorated woodcarvings are showcased at Huang Cailiang's art museum in Ninghai, in Zhejiang province's Ningbo. These somewhat extravagant wedding customs have bred a time-honored handicraft in Ninghai-gold-painted lacquerware, which was widely used in weddings and was recognized as a form of national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2011. Such lacquerware originated in Hemudu Culture 7,000 years …

Giving lacquerware a new shine
4 years, 3 months ago

Giving lacquerware a new shine

China Daily  

By Ma Zhenhuan （China Daily ） Pieces of gold-painted lacquerware and undecorated woodcarvings are showcased at Huang Cailiang's art museum in Ninghai, in Zhejiang province's Ningbo. These somewhat extravagant wedding customs have bred a time-honored handicraft in Ninghai-gold-painted lacquerware, which was widely used in weddings and was recognized as a form of national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2011. Such lacquerware …

Giving lacquerware a new shine
4 years, 3 months ago

Giving lacquerware a new shine

China Daily  

Huang Cailiang, an officially recognized inheritor of making gold-painted lacquerware, has practiced the craft for more than four decades. In ancient China, and especially in Jiangnan-the region south of the Yangtze River-a woman's dowry, including wooden furniture, jewelry and ornaments, were often considered a reflection of her parents' love. A woman's dowry, which typically featured gold and red color schemes, …

Giving lacquerware a new shine
4 years, 3 months ago

Giving lacquerware a new shine

China Daily  

By Ma Zhenhuan （China Daily ） Pieces of gold-painted lacquerware and undecorated woodcarvings are showcased at Huang Cailiang's art museum in Ninghai, in Zhejiang province's Ningbo. Afterward, he returned to Ninghai and set up a factory to produce lacquerware and undecorated woodcarvings, a form of provincial-level intangible cultural heritage. In 2002, the artisan cooperated with a local vocational school in …

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