Ancient Chinese often steamed and boiled food. Sautéing remarkably began to appear in the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties(220-589).
People visit the prior show of the Shanghai Art Fair in Shanghai, East China, Nov 11, 2015.
Li Shaowei, a 43-year-old folk artist, paints on a ceramic vase in his studio in Jingdezhen city, East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 12, 2015.
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Dancers perform during the opening of the Guizhou province tradional costumes exposition, in All-Russian Decorative Art Museum of Moscow, Russia, on Nov 11, 2015.
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Once hidden along the dusty rural back roads of Wenxian county in Henan province, the village of Chenjiagou, the birthplace of the martial art of tai chi chuan, now stands tall among carefully tended corn and wheat fields.
It would be impossible to tell the story of Chenjiagou and the rise of Chen tai chi without mentioning the "Four Tigers of Chen Village" - the tai chi masters chiefly responsible for taking the family art beyond the village walls in the later part of the 20th century.
Among the many changes that Chenjiagou has seen in recent years, one in particular reflects how the village has embraced modernity: Women now stand alongside men as leaders in the new generation of Chen tai chi masters.