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Funeral customs of the Caoxian, Shandong Province.Paper Opera Figures are made for use during the funeral opera. They are later burned in order for the deceased to move safely into the next world.
Here you can see Zhao Jing Lin and Zhao Jing Hua’s tools and process as they demonstrate how they create a woodcut print through several layers.
This book is a woodcut picture collection featuring twenty-four stories about xiao, or filial piety, a love and respect for parents and ancestors, which is one of the most important virtues in Confucian thought. For example, the fifth story of ...
Zhao Jing Lin and Zhao Jing Hua are a husband and wife team who create intricate woodcut paintings. Zhao Jing Lin learned this craft from his father and has taught his wife the trade. They have printed the woodblocks for ...
Woodcut Artists interviewed in Weifang, Shandong: Yang Fuyuan and Yang Haijun Yangjiabu in Shandong Province is also famous for its woodcut New Year pictures, which are made for the Spring Festival. They feature beautiful designs with bright, delightful colors. They ...
Pu hui paintings differ from woodblock prints in that all painting is done by hand. Also, woodblocks are limited to five colors, whereas pu hui paintings may contain many more. The artist uses burnt willow twigs to draw the outline ...
View the carefully drawn and hand painted scenes by Wang Shu Hua below.
Pu hui posters are unique to Gaomi, Shandong Province and are influenced by the half-drawn, half-printed folk art technique and wood-block New Year posters. The ability to produce multiple prints at once makes pu hui a highly efficient art form ...
Chinese woodcutting is an art that has had intentions to be used as a tool for enlightenment, presently and with the many precedents of the earlier Chinese tradition. A woodcut, simply put, is an image carved into the surface of ...
March 9, 2008 We traveled down bumpy dirt roads, past wide fields. I wonder how our big van is going to make it. On the way to our destination, Terry explains that the market we are going to is held ...
Wang Shu Hua learned the pu hui craft at age fourteen from her grandfather, a farmer who painted New Year pictures as a hobby. Pu hui paintings are Wang’s primary source of income. She has two children and anticipates that ...
Lu Zhen Li is a fifth generation pu hui artist working out of his home in Gaomi Village. Like many other Chinese folk artists, Lu learned the craft from his father as a child. His daughter has carried on the ...
Chinese Folk Art by Yang Xianrang and Yang Yang Women who use colors and symbolism to express sentiments such as love, hope, protection of children, and happiness traditionally create Chinese folk embroidery. Among the Miao, who use embroidery to record ...
Pu hui posters are unique to Gaomi, Shandong Province and are influenced by the half-drawn, half-printed folk art technique and wood-block New Year posters. The ability to produce multiple prints at once makes pu hui a highly efficient art form ...
View the carefully drawn and hand painted scenes by Lu Zhen Li below.
Pu hui paintings differ from woodblock prints in that all painting is done by hand. Also, woodblocks are limited to five colors, whereas pu hui paintings may contain many more. The artist uses burnt willow twigs to draw the outline ...
Here are some examples of Nie’s painted mud toys, representing tigers for strength.
The landscape of Juizhou is made up of pastures of roaming cattle, cultivated farm land, and small hills and river near-by.
Juizhou Village is a small village in Southwestern China. It has a village square, with surrounding homes. Most use wood for fire and have no lighting or refrigerator.
This video shows pictures of the Juizhou Villagers of all ages.
The Sister Festival that we visited most likely differs from others because it was partially recreated for our observation and participation. Since we arrived after most of the festivities had ended, the Miao people of Jiuzhou Village graciously performed song ...
Sister Rice is an important culinary and symbolic element of the festival. The process of creating the brightly-colored rice begins when the young women gather different kinds of leaves, flowers, and grass to make dye. The rice is then placed ...
Like the Mountain Ramp Festival, the Sister Meal Festival (also called the “Sisters” or “Sister Rice Festival”) is a way for young Miao men and women to match up for marriage. Although exact dates and customs vary between towns and ...
Tigers are a popular choice for toys because they reflect children’s aspirations to grow up strong, and because they prevent harm and ward off danger. Aside from Nie’s mud tigers, popular subjects for mud dolls include children, scholars, and opera ...
Nie Xiewei begins the process of making mud dolls (or, as they’re sometimes called, clay dolls) of tigers by digging 1½ meters into the ground outside of the village. The mud he digs up is then pressed thin, mixed with ...
The techniques used to produce mud dolls are passed down through the generations. Nie Xiewei learned this craft from a neighbor at age ten, but his grandfather made mud toys as well. All of his children know how to make ...
Chinese woodcutting is an art that has had intentions to be used as a tool for enlightenment, presently and with the many precedents of the earlier Chinese tradition. A woodcut, simply put, is an image carved into the surface of ...
Zhao Jing Lin and Zhao Jing Hua’s colorful block prints shown here depict images of the Kitchen God, Zao Jun, a very important deity.
Foods traditionally eaten during the festival include grilled pork skewers, pan-fried potatoes, pineapple, and bamboo.
Generally a female who wears a red hat is communicating that she is single; if she wears a black hat, she is married. There are three layers in the skirts they wear. If the bottom layer is black, it means ...
As men and women assemble onstage to perform song and dance numbers that are influenced by both traditional and popular culture, visitors gather along the mountainside eating grilled pork skewers, pan-fried potatoes, pineapple, and bamboo. Goods such as shoes, handcrafted ...
The Mountain Ramp Festival serves multiple purposes for the Miao, but the most discussed is its role as a meeting place for young men and women to meet with the hopes of future marriage. In addition to festivals, markets are ...
Each year the Mountain Ramp Festival attracts thousands of visitors who range from the Miao people to tourists from China and beyond. The festival itself is steeped in Miao tradition and recreates the journey of the Miao from the eastern ...
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