It is well known that silk is discovered in China as one of the best materials for clothing - it has a look and feeling of richness that no other materials can match. However, very few people know when or where or how it is discovered. Actually, it could date back to the 30th Century BC when Huang Di (Yellow Emperor) came into power. There are many legends about the discovery of silk; some of them are both romantic and mysterious.Legend has it that once there lived a father with his daughter, th Read More...

For thousands of years, pearls have been worn by people the world over as decoration and as a manifestation of their wealth and power. They are the oldest jewel known to man, and the only gem made by a living animal. Starting from the early 1900s, pearls have been produced through the process of cultivation, which brought their prices down and made them accessible to more consumers.In 1968, China took the gem world by surprise by flooding the market with huge amounts of very inexpensive cultured Read More...

Jade is generally classified into soft jade (nephrite) and hard jade (jadeite). Since China only had the soft jade until jadeite was imported from Burma during the Qing dynasty (1271-1368), jade traditionally refers to the soft jade so it is also called traditional jade. Jadeite is called Feicui in Chinese. Feicui is now more popular and valuable than the soft jade in China.The history of jade is as long as the Chinese civilization. Archaeologists have found jade objects from the early Neolithic Read More...

Chinese Kites were first invented by Chinese about 2,000 years ago. At about the 12th century, kites were introduced to the western countries. Read More...

Cloisonné is a special craftwork of Beijing. It culminated during Jingtai period in the Ming dynasty. It gains the fame "cloisonné" by the main color of blue.The technics of cloisonné flourishes during Qianlong period in the Qing dynasty. Cloisonné enjoys good fame home and abroad. It once won the first prize in International Fair in Chicago, USA, and the one in Panama World’s Fair in 1915.The design of cloisonné is made by pinching fine and oblate brass wires, weld them on the copper bod Read More...

In China, seal (seal carving), handwriting, painting, and poem are called Chinese four traditional arts.rn Read More...

Lanterns, the traditional folk craftwork, are still popular all over the country. And the art of lanterns, as the precious traditional culture of Chinese, is also inherited and continues among folks. We can say that lanterns play an important and irreplaceable role in Chinese long history and symbolize the brilliant culture of China.rnrn Read More...