Lacquer was for centuries an important material used to craft artistic objects in the daily lives of the ancient Chinese. A coating of the material brings a shiny finish to an object that has already been carved, painted or inlaid with decorative materials.
A giant bronze drum is seen in Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Nov 19, 2017.
Zhao Jinlong assembles an ancient ship model in Jilin, Northeast China's Jilin province, Nov 18, 2017. Zhao Jinlong started to made ancient ship models when he got a set of drawings of the English ship The Mayflower in the 1990s, and he has successfully made nearly 20 models since then among which the longest one reaches 1.5 meters long.
A visitor views pattern design works at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 19, 2017. The 2017 international creative pattern design competition concluded here on Sunday. A total of 30 works won the prizes of the competition.
Ge ware artifacts are on exhibition inside the Palace Museum's Palace of Prolonging Happiness, to showcase the glamorous porcelains of the ancient great kiln.
For many people, the fashion world is a place where fame meets fortune. Tall, slim supermodels strut elegantly in clothes decorated in gold and silver; luxury goods are produced from this array of fancy attire and subsequently brought into the market, leading the trends of each season. Paris, the world's fashion capital, has become the place to be for many aspiring designers.
The Tianqiao Performing Arts Center celebrated its second anniversary in Beijing on Nov 19, 2017.
An exhibition of folk handicrafts is now being held at the Cultural Heritage and Communication Research Center of the Communication University Of China in Beijing.
The Tibetan macaques blast toward the confetti of corn kernels flying from Zheng Yungui's fingertips like an explosion chasing sparks.
When accordion player Klaudiusz Baran, the rector of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, premiered Polish composer Marcin Blazewicz's Concerto for Accordion and String Orchestra in Beijing along with the symphony orchestra of the Central Conservatory of Music and its conductor Yu Feng, they received long ovation from the audience.
An astronomer's dream of creating a radio telescope to unlock the secrets of the universe came to fruition just before his death. Li Yingxue reports.
The 15th South Sea Guanyin Cultural Festival, which began Nov 17 and ends Sunday, was held at Putuo Mountain, an island under the administration of Zhoushan in East China's Zhejiang province.
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