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Shandong, Bahamas forge cultural ties
4 months, 1 week ago

Shandong, Bahamas forge cultural ties

China Daily  

On Aug 10, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism hosted a culture and tourism promotion conference in the Bahamas. More than 60 people attended the event, including members of the Shandong delegation and local representatives from the culture and tourism sector. The conference also featured a series of exhibitions, including a Shandong historical and scenic exhibition, Shandong ink …

Exhibition Shandong Bahamas Cultural Ties
Beauty of reduction
7 months ago

Beauty of reduction

China Daily  

Two woodblock prints of the prizewinning Lahu Human Scenery series by Zheng Xu reveal the distinctive ethnic culture in Pu'er, Yunnan province. While their speciality, traditional woodblock printing, was highly satisfying spiritually, it exacted a heavy toll on them both physically and financially, as well as on their environment. It was in Pu'er, Yunnan province in the 1980s, and the …

Art
Beauty of reduction
7 months ago

Beauty of reduction

China Daily  

Two woodblock prints of the prizewinning Lahu Human Scenery series by Zheng Xu reveal the distinctive ethnic culture in Pu'er, Yunnan province. While their speciality, traditional woodblock printing, was highly satisfying spiritually, it exacted a heavy toll on them both physically and financially, as well as on their environment. It was in Pu'er, Yunnan province in the 1980s, and the …

Art
Beauty of reduction
7 months ago

Beauty of reduction

China Daily  

Woodblock prints created by local farmers mostly depict the ancient Tea Horse Road in Nakeli village in Pu'er, Yunnan province. Drawing inspiration from digital oil painting, Leng is pioneering digital reduction woodblock printing, revolutionizing the once intricate process into a fast and accessible method. Recognizing the importance of immersive experience, Leng hopes to bring reduction woodblocks into elementary and secondary …

Reduction Woodblock Experience Reduction Woodblock Experience Reduction
Beauty of reduction
7 months ago

Beauty of reduction

China Daily  

Two woodblock prints of the prizewinning Lahu Human Scenery series by Zheng Xu reveal the distinctive ethnic culture in Pu'er, Yunnan province. While their speciality, traditional woodblock printing, was highly satisfying spiritually, it exacted a heavy toll on them both physically and financially, as well as on their environment. It was in Pu'er, Yunnan province in the 1980s, and the …

Art Yunnan Province
New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao to be exhibited in Fiji
10 months, 2 weeks ago

New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao to be exhibited in Fiji

China Daily  

An exhibition of New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao, Shandong will be held during the Spring Festival Temple Fair held in Fiji. The Chinese culture center in Fiji held a joyful Spring Festival Temple Fair at the country's Nausori Shopping Center, and an exhibition of New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao, Shandong will be held during the event staring Feb …

Spring Chinese Qingdao New Year Shandong Fiji Spring Festival
The Met museum celebrates Year of the Dragon
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Met museum celebrates Year of the Dragon

China Daily  

Young visitors apply ink to the woodblock to experience traditional Chinese culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday in New York. Holder said one special thing about this year's celebration is that the Met is working with the Chinese Consulate General in New York and invited woodblock makers from the Zhejiang Cultural Conventional Center …

Culture China Chinese New Year Cultural China Daily Told Met
'Kite capital' flies high on modernization and heritage
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Kite capital' flies high on modernization and heritage

China Daily  

Kites fly in the wind at a large square in Weifang, Shandong province. JINAN — In a workshop at the Yangjiabu Folk Art Grand View Garden in Weifang, Shandong province, workers are busy making kites. Xu Yang, an inheritor of Weifang kite art, developed a passion for the craft as a child and learned to make and paint kites at …

Yang Making Kite Weifang
'Kite capital' flies high on modernization and heritage
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Kite capital' flies high on modernization and heritage

China Daily  

Kites fly in the wind at a large square in Weifang, Shandong province. JINAN — In a workshop at the Yangjiabu Folk Art Grand View Garden in Weifang, Shandong province, workers are busy making kites. Xu Yang, an inheritor of Weifang kite art, developed a passion for the craft as a child and learned to make and paint kites at …

Yang Weifang Making Kites
Making the cut: Prints by prominent woodblock artists on show in Beijing
1 year, 1 month ago

Making the cut: Prints by prominent woodblock artists on show in Beijing

China Daily  

Woodblock print s on show at the China National Academy of Painting's art museum: Portrait of Lu Xun by Li Qun. His intense interest in Chinese printing tradition and modern Western woodcuts was the reason he started the "New Woodcut Movement" in the 1930s, through which he motivated a younger generation of artists to produce woodcuts integrating the styles of …

Art Western Woodcut
Making the cut: Prints by prominent woodblock artists on show in Beijing
1 year, 1 month ago

Making the cut: Prints by prominent woodblock artists on show in Beijing

China Daily  

Woodblock print s on show at the China National Academy of Painting's art museum: Portrait of Lu Xun by Li Qun. His intense interest in Chinese printing tradition and modern Western woodcuts was the reason he started the "New Woodcut Movement" in the 1930s, through which he motivated a younger generation of artists to produce woodcuts integrating the styles of …

Art Cut Woodcut
Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas
1 year, 5 months ago

Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas

China Daily  

Four packs of letters, with elaborate patterns, highlight the creativity of Yangzhou Guangling Ancient Book Engraving Co Ltd. CHINA DAILY Early last year, when the production team members of the mobile game Canal Towns, which is set in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty, were creating the scenes depicting Yangzhou in East China's Jiangsu province, …

China Ancient Yangzhou Woodblock Printing
Carving a story of skill
1 year, 5 months ago

Carving a story of skill

China Daily  

A woodblock-printed scroll of the Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra, dating to the Song Dynasty, is now on display at the Shanghai Museum. CHINA DAILY Woodblock printing transformed virtually everything about the written word centuries ago, but has faded in recent decades amid challenges ranging from wars to lasers. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible …

Woodblock
Carving a story of skill
1 year, 5 months ago

Carving a story of skill

China Daily  

A woodblock-printed scroll of the Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra, dating to the Song Dynasty, is now on display at the Shanghai Museum. CHINA DAILY Woodblock printing transformed virtually everything about the written word centuries ago, but has faded in recent decades amid challenges ranging from wars to lasers. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible …

Woodblock
Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas
1 year, 5 months ago

Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas

China Daily  

Four packs of letters, with elaborate patterns, highlight the creativity of Yangzhou Guangling Ancient Book Engraving Co Ltd. CHINA DAILY Early last year, when the production team members of the mobile game Canal Towns, which is set in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty, were creating the scenes depicting Yangzhou in East China's Jiangsu province, …

China Ancient Yangzhou Woodblock Printing
Carving a story of skill
1 year, 5 months ago

Carving a story of skill

China Daily  

A woodblock-printed scroll of the Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra, dating to the Song Dynasty, is now on display at the Shanghai Museum. CHINA DAILY Woodblock printing transformed virtually everything about the written word centuries ago, but has faded in recent decades amid challenges ranging from wars to lasers. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible …

Woodblock
Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas
1 year, 5 months ago

Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas

China Daily  

The calendar for the Year of the Rabbit has an innovative design. CHINA DAILY Innovation and dedication In early 2010s, the printing house cooperated with film director Feng Xiaogang to create the subtitles for the movie 1942 that is about a disastrous famine in China during that chaotic year of war. In recent years, the printing house has also created …

China
Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas
1 year, 5 months ago

Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas

China Daily  

A bag designed by Yinqintang Woodblock New Year Painting Art Gallery. "When people were sick, they tried to get a sort of spiritual support in this way," says Li Mingjiang, who is in charge of developing cultural creative products in Librairie Avant-Garde. It is the practice of Librairie Avant-Garde to develop cultural creative products with local features, and after investigation, …

Yunnan Zhang Jia God Guo Dali Jia Ma
Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas
1 year, 5 months ago

Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideas

China Daily  

Four packs of letters, with elaborate patterns, highlight the creativity of Yangzhou Guangling Ancient Book Engraving Co Ltd. CHINA DAILY Early last year, when the production team members of the mobile game Canal Towns, which is set in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty, were creating the scenes depicting Yangzhou in East China's Jiangsu province, …

China Ancient Yangzhou Woodblock Printing
Carving a story of skill
1 year, 5 months ago

Carving a story of skill

China Daily  

A woodblock-printed scroll of the Chinese version of the Diamond Sutra, dating to the Song Dynasty, is now on display at the Shanghai Museum. CHINA DAILY Woodblock printing transformed virtually everything about the written word centuries ago, but has faded in recent decades amid challenges ranging from wars to lasers. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible …

Woodblock
Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing
1 year, 5 months ago

Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing

China Daily  

Delicate strokes, carved onto wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing, an ancient printing technique that propelled human civilization. Ancient Chinese craftsmen thus came up with a novel way to mass produce printed works. Traditional woodblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. Carving lies at the center of woodblock printing as this …

Woodblock Printing Heritage Woodblock Printing Heritage Woodblock
Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing
1 year, 5 months ago

Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing

China Daily  

Delicate strokes, carved onto wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing, an ancient printing technique that propelled human civilization. Ancient Chinese craftsmen thus came up with a novel way to mass produce printed works. Traditional woodblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. Carving lies at the center of woodblock printing as this …

Printing Woodblock Printing Woodblock Printed Works
Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing
1 year, 5 months ago

Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing

China Daily  

Delicate strokes, carved onto wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing, an ancient printing technique that propelled human civilization. Ancient Chinese craftsmen thus came up with a novel way to mass produce printed works. Traditional woodblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. Carving lies at the center of woodblock printing as this …

Printing Woodblock Printing Woodblock
Weifang woodcut New Year paintings enter peak season
2 years ago

Weifang woodcut New Year paintings enter peak season

China Daily  

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the demand for the Yangjiabu New Year woodblock paintings is surging. A folk artist hangs woodprint New Year paintings in Yangjiabu village. Villagers make Yangjiabu New Year woodblock paintings to meet the surging demand during the Spring Festival season. A folk artist engraves the printing woodblock for Chinese New Year paintings in Yangjiabu village. …

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