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The use in China of pearl powder, both as medicine and as cosmetic, dates back at least to 320 AD. Pearl powder was an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), in the treatment of eye diseases, tuberculosis and to prevent heart attacks. The empress Wu Ze Tian (625 AD – 705 AD
In present day China, the Sanxing and other Chinese folk deities continue to be perceived as powerful carrier of good fortune. [2] The Queen Mother of the West , Xi Wangmu, who is often figured in Chinese stories, is associated with symbols of longevity in Chinese arts as the peaches of immortality are believed to grow in her celestial peach ...
Huadian (traditional Chinese: 花鈿; simplified Chinese: 花钿), also known as huazi (Chinese: 花子; lit. 'Little flower'), [1] mianhua (Chinese: 面花), meizi (Chinese: 媚子), [2] plum blossom makeup [3] or plum makeup [4] (Chinese: 梅花妝; pinyin: méihuāzhuāng or Chinese: 落梅妝; pinyin: luòméizhuāng) or Shouyang makeup [3] (Chinese: 壽陽妝), is a form of traditional ...
Chinese auspicious ornaments are typically decorations of Chinese cultural origins which are rooted in Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese Buddhism beliefs, in Chinese mythology and cosmology and concepts, as well from Buddhist visual arts and from the natural flora and fauna in China. [1] [2] Throughout Chinese history, the use of Chinese ...
Cosmetic powder is known as fen as it was made by the pounding and crushing of rice grains or qianfen (lead powder) in China. [ 58 ] : 24 Another form of lead powder was known as Hufen which is made of lead, with the character Hu being associated with the Northern and Western ethnic groups in China.
In Zhangzhou, Fujian, China there is a company named Babao seal paste which is named after the Eight Treasures. [6] [7] Babao seal paste was added to the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2008. [8] and the China Time-honored Brand list by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in 2011.
[14] [17] However, during the Song, the artistic craft also made use of inlaid gold in a process of which is to engrave intricate patterns in the lacquer surface and to fill the intaglio with gold powder. [13] The knowledge of the Chinese methods of the lacquer process spread from China during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, [18] eventually ...
Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and the first pottery was made during the Palaeolithic era. Porcelain was a Chinese invention and is so identified with China that it is still called "china" in everyday English usage. Pair of famille rose vases with landscapes of the four seasons, 1760–1795