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Great Knowledge in Small Feather Dusters

Great Knowledge in Small Feather Dusters
As an old folk craft, "Tribute Duster of the Cai's in Tianjin" with a history of over a hundred...

Beans Spill into Arts

Beans Spill into Arts
Bean painting, where beans are used as the raw material, is a kind of folk art, adopting artistic...

Progressing Folk Arts and Crafts in Shanghai 2

Progressing Folk Arts and Crafts in Shanghai 2
The traditional Chinese folk arts and crafts are rarely-seen heritage in the world for their long...
The first China Coal Carving Artworks Exhibition was launched in Liupanshui city in Southwest China's Guizhou Province. It is the first large-scale coal carvings exhibition in China and the world to feature several innovative characteristics - its grand scale, new contents and unique materials.
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  • Raw Materials
    Raw Materials
    Raw Materials
    The coal carvings can be divided into polished and unpolished handiworks.
  • History of Coal Carving
    History of Coal Carving
    History of Coal Carving
    The history of the coal carving can be traced back 6,000-7,000 years. The jet adornments that were unearthed in the cultural stratum at the Xinle ruins in Shenyang, capital city of Northern China's...
  • Coal Capital
    Coal Capital
    Coal Capital
    Reputed as "the coal capital south of the Yangtze River" and "the sea of coal in southwestern China", Liupanshui is an important new industrial city in Guizhou Province.

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    Root Carving
    Root carvings are artworks featuring people, animals or objects carved out of natural or...
    Microscopic Carving
    Microscopic Carving
    The art of micro-carving refers generally to the engraving of infinitesimal characters on ivory...
    Coal carvings
    Coal carvings
    Coal carvings are folk craftwork originating from the ancient town of Datong, the production...
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    Bamboo carving
    It was after the mid Ming Dynasty that bamboo carving gradually developed into an independent art...
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    Three Types of...
    Huizhou in ancient times incorporated contemporary Huangshan City in Anhui Province and Wuyuan...
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