CHINA - OTHERS

traditional Chinese theatre - actress Shimin

Theatre of China has a long and complex history. There are references to theatrical entertainments in China as early as the Shang Dynasty; they often involved happiness, mimes, and acrobatic displays. Peking opera or Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.

Beautiful stamps.

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Beauty of China

The South Recalled Fair is the Southern shore

Whose scenery I used to adore

At sunrise the riverside flowers bloom redder than fire

In spring the green river waves grow as blue as sapphire

Which I could not but admire.

 

 

 

 

Beautiful stamps (I'd like a stamp tag).

Received from: Antintin

 

Chinese symbol of peace and luck

Nice stamps.

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Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber, composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered to be a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and is generally acknowledged to be a pinnacle of Chinese fiction. Red Chamber is believed to be semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise and decay of author Cao Xueqin's own family and, by extension, of the Qing Dynasty. As the author details in the first chapter, it is intended to be a memorial to the women he knew in his youth: friends, relatives and servants. The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy.

 

 

 

Beautiful stamps. (3+ stamps tag)

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Gateway on Fengning Road

The decorated gateway on Fengning Road (now Renmin Road) of the Guangzhou National Products Fair in January 1931. A nice stamp. Received from: Labrador

 

 

 

 

Blue and White Porcelain

"Blue and white wares" (literally "Blue flowers") designate white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. The decoration is commonly applied by hand, by stencilling or by transfer-printing, though other methods of application have also been used. The technique of cobalt blue decorations seems to have come from the Middle-East in the 9th century through decorative experimentation on white ware. Cobalt blue pigments were excavated from local mines in central Iran from the 9th century, and then were exported as a raw material to China. The blue-and-white technique was fully developed in China with porcelain technology in the 14th century. On some occasions, Chinese blue and white wares also incorporated Islamic designs, as in the case of some Mamluk brass works which were converted into blue and white Chinese porcelain designs.

Beautiful stamps.

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Red lanterns

Hanging red lanterns is one of Chinese traditional cultures. It is very popular in China right now. Red lanterns represent harmony (round shape), booming in business like fire (red color). It also represents happiness, vitality, illustration and wealth. This is the reason that Chinese like to hang red lanterns in parties or festivals, such as Chinese New Year, lantern festivals, etc. Furthermore, Chinese red lanterns are also hanged in some important building or shops, etc as the symbols. Chinese red lanterns usually have some beautiful pictures or Chinese auspicious words on the surface. All pictures such as fishes, dragons, peony flowers, etc or auspicious words printed on the surface stand for good luck or wealth. In addition, adding some tassels attached to the red lanterns enhance their beauty and good luck. Long time ago, Lanterns were used to as the lights only. Later, Chinese used red lanterns as the symbol of protections and protections after some wild animal only attacked those villagers without hanging red lanterns and never attacked those villagers hanging red lanterns according to one tale.

Beautiful stamps.

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Paper cutting

Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi (剪纸) is the first type of papercutting design, since paper was invented by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. The art form later spread to other parts of the world with different regions adopting their own cultural styles. Because the cut outs are also used to decorate doors and windows, they are sometimes referred to "chuāng huā" (窗花), meaning Window Flower. There are basic cut outs, that are a single image. And there are symmetrical designs that are usually created by some folding over a proportioned crease, and then cutting some shape. When unfolded, it forms a symmetrical design. Chinese paper cuttings are normally symmetrical.

Today, papercuttings are chiefly decorative. They ornament walls, windows, doors, columns, mirrors, lamps and lanterns in homes and are also used on presents or are given as gifts themselves. Entrances decorated with paper cut outs are supposed to bring good luck.

Beautiful stamps.

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