The 15th century painting of an envoy from Samarkand, a lioness and a lion tamer illustrates the gifting of exotic animals to Chinese emperors as tribute. Court officials did all they could to ...

The blending and dissemination of art is closely related to the larger context of the travel of people, their beliefs, ideas, and technology. This essay explores some of the art traditions, many of ...

The ancient Silk Road led to cultural exchanges between China and Iran, leaving visible marks on today's Iranian cultural tradition, one of which being the 12-animal zodiac, an Iranian historian ...

The China National Silk Museum launched a world tour featuring beautiful Chinese silk art on Tuesday in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The tour, titled Global Showcase China National Silk ...

CHINESE new year has a number of different animals that represent the year, and it is said that this correlates with people’s personality traits when born in a year of a particular creature. … ...

Do you recognize some of your Chinese Zodiac animals' traits in you? If your birth year isn't listed, keep adding 12 to your birth year until it shows up in the list below. Rat (Born in 1972, 1984 ...

In Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 1, Lark Mason III appraises a Chinese Manchu semi formal silk surcoat, ca. 1880. Aired 01/06/2025 | Rating TV-G Problems with Closed Captions?

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The exhibition titled "Charm of the Silk Roads: Auspicious Designs on Chinese Silk Art", running at the Hungarian Agriculture Museum until December ...

BUDAPEST, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- In a fusion of history, art and culture, an exhibition of Chinese silk art opened on Tuesday at the Hungarian capital's Museum of Agriculture.

The exhibition, which will continue till July 24, was organised by Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, in collaboration with Silk Road International Art Center, Langfang and renowned truck artists ...