Traditional Chinese Embroidery Shoes

Though the majority of Chinese choose to wear sports shoes or leather shoes daily nowadays, they are not traditional Chinese products however, in the history, the diligent Chinese ancestors made shoes themselves. During various shoes they wore in the old days, like straw sandals, boots, etc, the embroidered shoes are definitely the brightest star, and it has been a key part of Chinese culture, both nice to see and also comfort to wear. Here share with you some pics of embroidered shoes:

 

this kind of shoes can still be found and suit for new married couples  

 

embroidery shoes in the Qing Dynasty

 

shoes for children

 

diligent crafts woman

 

not only nice to see, but also comfort to wear

 

want to have a try on such a pair of shoes?

New Year in Chinese Yi Ethnic Minority Group

The Yi New Year, which is also called 'Kushi" in local Yi language, usually lasts for 3 days, which falls on November 20th to 26th in 2011, when harvest is done. The first day of the festival is called "Kusi"and the second day "Duobo" then the third day "Apuji". It is one of the most important traditional holiday for Yi people, a chance for family reunion and visting each other. 

 

Happy celebration of the New Year

Wearing in splendid attire, enjoying performance

There left few records or hints for us to trace back the beginning of the festival, while it can be sure that rituals in the festival bear some connection with ancestor worship. 'Kusi' means a new year, it is a custom that on the early morning, the villagers would kill pigs, and enjoy a bumper meal with all the family members together. 'Duobo' is the day for worshipping gods and 'Apuji' for married daughter to go back to her parents' home.

 

the situation in greeting the coming of 2011, namely the celebration at the end of the Tiger Year

In May 18, 2010, Chinese Ministry of Culture officially take the Yi Ethnic New Year into national intangible cultural heritage.

 

traditional rituals, praying for harvest and safty

Ancient Chinese Calligraphy

Before the invention of pen, gel ink pen and ball-point pen, ancient Chinese use writing brushes when drawing and writing, adding a particular bright appearance to oriental culture, and also leaving quite a number valuable treasure to the whole nation.

Writting brushes, different types of brushes have different usage

Inkstone, there are different carved inkstones, some among them are rarities nowadays, the top2 inkstones in China are Duan Inkstone and She Inkstone.

Besides on books and drawings, Chinese calligraphy is generally seen on fans as decorations as well as on couplets in houses. According to character style, there can be classified into cursive script, regular script, small seal style, etc, just as arial, corbel in English writing.

Chinese calligraphy can often be seen on ancient Chinese folk houses

Chinese painting scrolls

calligraphy on a fan

cursive script by the first chairman of China--Mao Zedong

Sth. in detail about Chinese calligraphy can be seen on onlinechinatours, go and have a look if you are interested in Chinese calligraphy.

Leaning Tower in China

When referring to Leaning Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa would definitely be the first
landmark coming into our mind, while have you ever heard of Qianwei leaning tower in Suizhong
County, Liaoning Province, China?

The leaning tower in Suizhong is not only built over 300 years earlier than that in Italy, and
its gradient is larger than any other leaning tower on records. Antiquities experts call on
urgent protect measures on the tower.

OK, I only want to say, not only those already displayed on the Imperial Palace, there are
still quite a lot treasure dotting on the countryside, waiting to be unearthed and protected,
who can spare some time and energy to have a glance on them?

China Tour

As I've alreday mentioned quite a lot of China tourist attractions and delicious Chinese food as well as China amusement, it is time to write something about the panorama of China.
China, a bright pearl extending over a large area in East Asia, is a multinational entity with profound civilization of approximately 4,000 years of continuous history, which is ranked as one of the four most ancient countries in the world together with ancient Egypt, ancient India and ancient Babylon. Prior to the 19th century, it was one of the most advanced societies and economies in the world, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbor countries such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam and even farther parts of the world.
As for Chinese history, it cannot be made clear in one or two words, detailed information can be seen at Onlinechinatours.
When it comes to Chinese culture and Chinese arts, Confucianism, needless to say, is the most well-known representative, meanwhile, Chinese silk, tea, china, calligraphy, Chinese drama, poetry and Chinese painting also enjoyed high reputation in the world.
Though the first language in China is Chinese, with the closer connection of the world and the advancement of Chinese science and technology, some other languages also heatedly employed in China, like English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, etc, especially English, which has been adopted as the second language learning course from primary school. So if travel to China, you needn't worry about language obstacle.
Festivals: apart from native Chinese festivals, like Spring Festival, Tomb-sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc, there are also festivals absorbed from other countries, such as Christmas, Saint Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc. Even settle your home in China, you will not feel extraneous, you can still enjoy China stlyle holidays.
China scenic spots can be briefly known from the vedio above, in which you can not only appreciate wonderful Chinese scenery, Chinese custom and also Chinese music.