Pumpkin.[Photo provided to China Daily]From figurative method to expressionism and then abstractive art, Ma Lu, an eminent oil painter, has heralded a movement to build a distinctive language of painting in the scene of contemporary Chinese art.Born to an artist family, Ma followed in his pare...

Wang Junzi just returned a few days ago from a porcelain exchange meeting in Japan. "I shared our Ru porcelain culture with artists from abroad and also got a better look at what has recently been going on with porcelain development," says Wang, who is from Qingliangsi village, Baofeng cou...

Veteran craftswoman Wang Suhua embroiders a piece of work at her studio in Kaifeng, Henan province.[Photo provided to China Daily]Craftswoman dedicates her life to revitalizing traditional embroidery by re-creating masterpieces, Yang Feiyue reports.Snow-white woven silk, colorful threads and silver...

Sangpi paper is cut into small patches to make the canopy.[Photo provided to China Daily]Since Liu Weixue first saw a handmade paper umbrella 17 years ago, he has been fascinated by the centuries-old craft and its techniques. At that time, little did he realize that he would, one day, bring his own...

In Chinese history, the three cognitive fields of literature, history, and philosophy have always been combined with each other. That's according to German Professor Dennis Schilling, who made the observation while addressing the inaugural meeting of the World Council of Sinologists on July 20,...

Yeh Chia-yingwas born in 1924. After graduating from Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fu Jen Catholic University in 1945, she has been working at National Taiwan University for 15 years since 1954, during which she worked as a full-time Professor at National Taiwan University and...