China China's hidden century: illuminating the lives of individuals - Part Two Continuing opn from yesterday we look at more of the remarkable object from the British Museum exhibition: "China's hidden century".
China China's hidden century: illuminating the lives of individuals - Part One For today's post I am taking you back to London in July 2023 when I was able to visit the remarkable exhibition of "China's Hidden Century".This extraordinary exhibition opened a new page in public understanding of late imperial China.
Performing Arts Dragons in Bendigo! Bendigo, in Victoria, has both the oldest, and the longest, Chinese parade dragons in the world. Anne shares with us her memories of the dragon being awakened to take part in the Easter Monday Parade. Image: pinterest.au
Buildings and Structures Longest Wall in the World through the Eyes and Hands of Nicholas Roerich The Great Wall in China is not only the longet wall in the world, it is the most remarkable. The Russian artist Nicholas Roerich toured the area extensively in the early C20th and today you can see his perspective on this remarkable structure through the eyes and hands of a "symbolist".
Celebration Happy Chinese New Year of the Tiger It's Chinese New Year and it's the Year of the Tiger so what a wonderful celebration is in store. We wish you all - "The power of the tiger"! Image credit: en.wikipedia.org
Murals More Rice Art Chinese have developed a form of Rice Paddy Art in 3D form, while in India, Rangoli folk art of vibrant patterns, created on the ground using colored rice and dry or flour.
Watercolour Chinese Calligraphy & Painting Showcasing examples of the works by Chinese artists Xiao Lang, Wang Naizhuang and Xie Yun. Also the picgtorial scroll- Harvest of Endurance: History of Chinese in Australia 1788-1988
Travel Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder consider sculptures of food items as having artistic merit!
Sculpture The Remarkable Ai Weiwei & his Bicycle Ai Weiwei was imprisoned in 2011 for several months but eventually was allowed to leave China in 2015 and made his home in Germany.
Performing Arts Shadow Play Shadow play enjoys a time-honoured history which can be traced back to the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago. As early as in the 13th century, China’s shadow play was introduced to Persia, Arab, Turkey or Siam. Credit: Confucius Magazine
War Art Liang Youming In 2015 Liang Youming's son Liang Zhengjun donated the KMT war paintings to the National Museum of China in Beijing so that they could be part of the exhibition to commemorate the 70th anniversary of China’s victory in the War of Resistance against the Japanese (1937-45).
