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Green Jade chopsticks

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.

An oil painting of doctors operating on a patient using acupuncture for anesthesia.

A painting depicting the usage of acupuncture for anesthesia during surgery. The patient is smiling and awake. If you like this post please click like above.

An oil painting from the Cultural Revolution showing the colors of fall in a village with electric wires, signs of modernization.

An oil painting depicting a rural mountain village during the fall season. It shows aspects of modernization with electrical cables running through the countryside. If you like this post please click like above.

Golden Lotus shoes from the practice of foot binding in Chinese history

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 traditional Chinese brush painting of the classical personage Qu Yuan.

A traditional scroll painting of Qu Yuan 屈原, 340 BCE to 287 BCE. He was a Chinese poet and politician who lived during the Chu Dynasty. He is connected to the history of the Dragon Boat Festival and the popular rice pockets called, 粽子 zong…

Script and score for the War on the Plains. It is one of the eight revolutionary operas.

War on the Plains is one of the eight Modern Beijing Revolutionary Operas.

A postage stamp from the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Mao is autographing books for people from all across the world.

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.

A Woman Committee Member oil painting from the Cultural Revolution

This piece is displayed in celebration of Women’s History Month. All women, as a group, in all cultures, under all governments deserve equal celebration. There is a little red book of Mao’s quotes like this one. She is wearing a Mao button like this one.…

A ceramic bust of Mao with his childhood home below. There is Chinese calligraphy on the backside. It is a decoration for the home during the Cultural Revolution.

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…

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