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.
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 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.
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 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…
War on the Plains is one of the eight Modern Beijing Revolutionary Operas.
Legend of the Red Lantern is one of the eight Modern Beijing Revolutionary Operas.
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 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.…
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…