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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Forum on Digital Communication and Innovative Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage held at NPU

The Second Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Communication and Innovative Development Forum 2024 was held on May 31 at Northwestern Polytechnical University. It was jointly completed by the Digital Intangible Cultural Heritage Joint Research Group of Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and published by Fudan University Press. They were joined by representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily

Above from top: Miao embroiderers inspect decorative work at Xiulitao market in Kaili, Guizhou province, on Sept 15, 2023; Miao embroiderers practice skills at a training base in Kaili, Guizhou province on July 5, 2023. CHINA DAILY Fashionable tradition In 2021, when President Xi Jinping visited Huawu Village in Guizhou, one thing that caught his attention was exquisite handmade Miao …

Women Embroidery Help Liu Village Guizhou Miao

9 months ago

Asian comic strips throw light on past

China Daily

Paul Gravett, guest curator from the British Barbican Centre, looks at the comic series at the exhibition on March 7. RENA LI/CHINA DAILY When famous Chinese stories such as Journey to the West, Wanderings of Sanmao and Mr Wang were displayed as vibrant comic strips this month at a California museum, they not only brought novelty to the local audience …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

China Daily

Jiao Xuefeng paints a mask in his studio at Beima village in Gu'an county, Hebei province. CHINA DAILY A young man in Langfang, Hebei province, has found a unique way to blend traditional culture with modern elements by infusing technology into the production of painted masks based on the facial makeup designs used in Peking Opera. Jiao Xuefeng, a seventh-generation …

Makeup Facial Jiao Facial Makeup

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

China Daily

Jiao Xuefeng paints a mask in his studio at Beima village in Gu'an county, Hebei province. CHINA DAILY A young man in Langfang, Hebei province, has found a unique way to blend traditional culture with modern elements by infusing technology into the production of painted masks based on the facial makeup designs used in Peking Opera. Jiao Xuefeng, a seventh-generation …

Makeup Facial Jiao Facial Makeup

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

China Daily

A mask painted by Jiao on display in his studio. CHINA DAILY Jiao-style facial makeup is popular because of its innovative creations and has captured about 80 percent of the market in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. This combination of tradition and modern aesthetics has made Jiao-style facial makeup highly sought after domestically and internationally. "Artistic innovation is the soul of Jiao …

Tradition Makeup Facial Jiao Facial Makeup

4 years, 3 months ago

Hitting the bull's-eye

China Daily

The village where President Xi Jinping's targeted poverty alleviation strategy was first articulated in 2013 serves as a microcosm for the country, as China seeks to eradicate extreme poverty by year-end. Dressed head-to-foot in traditional ethnic Miao clothing, all intricately hand-stitched, colorful and bursting with birds and bright flowers, Jiao is one of many young people who have returned to …

China Miao Jiao Shibadong Village

4 years, 3 months ago

Hitting the bull's-eye

China Daily

Traditional Miao embroidery, known as miaoxiu, has become a bustling local industry in Shibadong. The following day, I am treated to a special workshop on miaoxiu, or traditional Miao embroidery. Upon my departure from Shibadong, Jiao's leaving gift for me was a local Miao ethnic song that roughly translates as: "Welcome to my home. We would like to express our …

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Forum on Digital Communication and Innovative Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage held at NPU

Threads of the past run into the future

Asian comic strips throw light on past

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

Inheritor of century-old tradition brings touch of tech to makeup

Hitting the bull's-eye

Hitting the bull's-eye