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Nantong blue calico printing and dyeing has been practiced in most parts of Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China, since the beginning of Qing dynasty. In modern times, blue calico is used to make daily clothes, mosquito nets, pillowcases, or baggage cloth. The blue and white printed calico was first worn by local farmers and fishermen.
Under efforts of masters from this school, traditional Chinese art reached another climax and continued to the present in forms of Chinese painting (中國畫), or guohua (國畫) for short. The Shanghai School challenged and broke the literati tradition of Chinese art, while also paying technical homage to the ancient masters and improving on ...
Huishan clay figurine (Chinese: 惠山泥人; pinyin: Huìshān ní rén) is a traditional Chinese folk art in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, with a history of more than 400 years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The production of Wuxi Huishan clay figurines began at the end of the Ming dynasty and developed in the Qing dynasty with specialized Huishan clay ...
A Chinese tea table carved from tree roots. Note the flat "terraces." Each drains tea into a waste reservoir under the table. Chinese armchair made from roots. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong era, 18th century. Root carving is a traditional Chinese art form that involves carving and polishing tree roots into various artistic creations. [1]
Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guó huà (simplified Chinese: 国画; traditional Chinese: 國畫), meaning "national painting" or "native painting", as opposed to Western styles of art which became popular in China in the 20th century.
The Water and Land Ritual paintings (水陆画) are a style of traditional Chinese painting based on religious or Chinese mythological subjects. The paintings are mainly intricate portraits of deities, historical figures, and the contrasting lives of common people and tragedies, in an ornate style with rich use of vivid colors and patterns.