Household Items 家用品

A pair of chopsticks and a chopstick rest made with green jade. The chopstick rest is made in the shape of a silver sycee, If you like this post please click like above.

The lotus shoe used by women with bound feet. The feet are called Golden Lotus, referred to as the “Three ‘thumb’ Golden Lotus” 三寸金莲 in Chinese. Three thumb lengths was considered the perfect size for the foot. This was a practice that eluded to high…

A postage stamp from the Cultural Revolution Period. Chairman Mao surrounded by representatives from cultures around the world. They wait to have him autograph the little red book. Click like.

This is a ceramic souvenir stand with Mao Zedong’s image imprinted on the front with his childhood home below his bust. The characters below his home say, “The Sun Rises Over Shaoshan. Mao was often referred to as the Red Sun of China. There is…

It is a postage stamp with an image of Mao Zedong waving as he looks out over the Tiananmen Plaza from atop the Tiananmen Gate. This is one stamp from a set of two. You can view the other here. Click to like.

It is a postage stamp with an image of Mao Zedong with Lin Biao looking out toward the Tiananmen Plaza from atop the Tiananmen Gate. This is one stamp from a set of two. You can view the other here. Click to like.

A Papercut of Mao Zedong from the Cultural Revolution period.

Woman’s handcrafted embroidered shoes with a hand-embroidered flower design. Note the delicate stitching along the edges and on the toe of the shoes. These shoes have never been worn. Below you can see a close up view of the embroidery and delicate stitching. Below is…

It it the Chinese railway insignia. You can also see it in this painting on the man’s teacup.

A hardcover notebook with a revolutionary image pasted on the front that says, 干一辈子革命 读一辈子毛主席的书 “Revolution for a lifetime, read books by Chairman Mao for a lifetime.” The inside image is below. The calligraphy reads, 向雷锋同志学习–毛泽东 ”Learn from Comrade Lei Feng–Mao Zedong.”