Purple Sand Pottery

It is a traditional art made from purple sand earth in high temperature. In DaYong Purple Sand Pottery Factory, there are dozens series product, such as  pot, cup, bottle and oven. With flower carving, poem and picture on pottery, the pottery is popular souvenir.

Story about Hai Rui

Hai Rui (1514 – 1587), born in Hainan Province, was an official in the Ming Dynasty. He is famed as a statesman for his honesty and performance of his duty as well as his clean life. After his death, people chose the location in obedience to his spirit from heaven. One typical story illustrates his [...]

Li Brocade

This is a featured cloth handmade by the Li people using cotton inside the capsule of kapok. Particularly renowned during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC – 476 BC), the Li Brocade is Chinas oldest cotton textile. The Li Brocade includes a column skirt, headband, bed sheet, quilt and so on. Designs of flowers, [...]

The Legend of White Snake

Once upon a time, a white snake and a green snake who had magical power in the Emei Mountain and had transformed into two beautiful young ladies. They came to found a man named Xu Xian who saved the white snake´s life on previous generation at the West Lake of Hangzhou city. The white snake [...]

Uygur Ethnic Costume and Ornament

Women like to wear accessories like earrings, bracelets and necklaces. In the past, girls arranged their hair into many small plaits; the longer the hair, the more beautiful. After marriage, they plaited their hair into two plaits, and decorated it with a crescent-shaped comb; some arranged the two plaits into a bun.  

Uygur men usually wear [...]

The Battle of Red Cliffs

The Battle of Red Cliffs also known as the Battle of Chibi (simplified Chinese: 赤壁之战; traditional Chinese: 赤壁之戰; Pinyin: chì bì zhī zhàn) was a decisive battle in 208 A.D. the end of Han Dynasty. It was fought between the allied forces of the southern warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and the northern warlord, [...]

Hainan Li Ethnic Costume and Ornament

Li people are good at weaving brocade. Exquisite Li brocade has a long history. Men usually wear collarless jackets with buttons down the front, along with aprons and trousers. They wear their hair in a bun, while earrings are worn in some areas.

Women wear jackets with buttonless opening down the front or "Guantouyi" pullovers and [...]

Cai Lun

Cailun(?-121), he was from Leiyang, Hunan province. He invented paper. The paper were made from bark, old cloth and fishnet. The raw materials were more cheaper than bamboo which people in that timen wrote on. Then this paper became popular, and called "Paper of Duck Cai".

Facial Makeup

Facial makeup is used for actors in traditional Chinese operas, mainly in the painted-face roles and the comic roles. It had regular patterns in forms, colors and styles, which revealed the actors character by means of exaggeration and transmutation of figures. An expert spectator can tell the different roles from the makeup: is he or [...]

Shadow show

The shadow show or leather silhouette play is a type of drama which has its roots in China.
Legend has it that Emperor Wudi (156-87 B.C.) of the Western Han was depressed with the death of his favourite concubine Lady Li. To help him get over the sadness, an occultist sculptured a wooden figure in the [...]