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Jan 23, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
It was popular during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) to paint and write on paper fans. Despite the difficulty, artists managed to reproduce landscapes and poems on the folds, lending the fans a sense of romanticism and magnificence. They were exchanged between friends as gifts, and made as collaborations between intellectuals and artists at salons.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
From the Monkey King who rides the clouds to a woman runner glittered in the morning glory, the works of Li Xiangqun, a sculptor of repute, have evoked in the audience collective memories, feelings and anticipation.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
Stamp collectors queued outside a themed post office in downtown Beijing on Wednesday morning for a stamped envelope issued by China Philately ahead of Chinese New Year. The issuance of a New Year envelope has been a practice every year since 1993 by China Philately to inspire the design of New Year postage collectibles. The envelope was created by Zhang Wang who also designed the special Year of the Snake postage stamps for this year.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Erik Nilsson |Wang Ru |Zhao Xu |Lin Qi
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
Thresholds, Flaneur and Whirlpools, an ongoing exhibition at the Wind H Art Center in Beijing, examines the complicated relationship between humanity, society, and nature through individual perspectives, and by drawing on the history and particular situation of specific regions. Using animal, mythological and sea motifs in their work, the paintings, sculptures, installations and videos by the 11 artists are a world of diversity and strength.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
Pride and pressure were what Li Xiaoke (1944-2021) lived with as a second-generation artist in his family — his father was Li Keran (1907-89), one of the country's most prominent ink artists in the 20th century. For years, Li Xiaoke observed his father at work, assisted him to exhibit, and accompanied him to social activities. He saw how much his father was admired, for the creativity and reforms he injected in the field of Chinese painting.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
It's been a routine for people in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to pay a visit to the 1,700-year-old Lingyin Temple, near the West Lake, in the early morning on the eighth day of la yue — the last month of the Chinese calendar — and have a bowl of Laba porridge that includes a variety of healthy ingredients.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
By Lin Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-01-07 15:10 The drama and rhythmic beauty of Chinese opera has been vividly depicted in the paintings of modern artists like Guan Liang and Lin Fengmian, to some extent breathing new life into traditional culture in the 20th century. Efforts to protect and revive opera have intensified in recent years, and now, designers are also doing their part. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next >>|
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
global.chinadaily.com.cn | Lin Qi
The unique views of the village of Barbizon in France and its neighboring forest attracted a group of painters in the 19th century who later established the Barbizon school, which emphasized naturalism and realism in landscape painting. Exhibiting different natural views, villages along the Oujiang River in Lishui, Zhejiang province, have also become a hub for artists in recent years, inspiring beautiful landscape paintings.
