Visitors view items on display at a Tibetan gold silverware exhibition at the Tibet Museum in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Sept 28, 2015.
"Such was the continuity and wholeness of Chinese civilization that anything brought to it and considered foreign would ultimately be internalized once it was adopted," says Zhao Liya, a book editor turned historian who has just written for the catalog of an exhibition at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris titled the Perfumes of China - the Incense Culture of the Imperial Times. The exhibition is a joint effort of the French museum and the Shanghai Museum.
Ancient attire has once again seen a public revival after Chinese authorities launched an unprecedented cultural event on Wednesday. The event was organized to encourage young Chinese of all ethnic groups to wear and take pride in their traditional clothing.
In 1991, Beijing-based musician Wang Wei went on a tour with China Oriental Performing Arts Group as bassist. During the tour, he became fascinated by the shakuhachi, a kind of Japanese bamboo flute. Later, he found out that the shakuhachi, which was called chi ba in Chinese, was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Canadian artist Terrance Lazaroff has visited Jingdezhen six times. Though the small city in eastern China's Jiangxi Province may be unfamiliar to most westerners, it is a mecca for Lazaroff, 74.
Craftsman Zhang Sanshi makes a porcelain body at a workshop at Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi province, June 26, 2017.
A handicraftsman works on shoe pads in Laopohe village in Yiyuan county, East China's Shandong province, June 15, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
Etles silk, with a history of more than 1,000 years, is regarded as the witness of the cultural mixture between China and the neighboring countries. It demonstrates a perfect combination of Chinese silk production technique and patterning of surrounding Central Asian countries.
Chinese artist Dong Xue has been painting the interiors of snuff bottles for 40 years.
Manggao is a legendary god in the Miao culture, who drives out evil spirits and brings good fortune.
Inheritor Chen Jhun-Tien makes ink at his studio in New Taipei of Southeast China's Taiwan, June 29, 2017.
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