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	Folk art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Folk Art describes a wide range of objects that reflect the craft traditions, and traditional social values, of various social groups.
		A category of art that overlaps with Folk Art is Naïve art.
		The Rochester Folk Art Guild The website for a residential craft community located in upstate New York, specializing in folk art.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Folk_Art (117 words)

	Chinese Art,Chinese Gifts,Oriental Gifts,Asian Art,Asian Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chinese folk art is an important part of the China's extremely rich cultural and art heritage.
		Chinese folk art has won recognition and praise from both home and abroad for its great variety, sincere rural content, rich flavor of life, distinctive local style, and its artistic approaches of romanticism.
		Folk art is an intermixture of the aesthetic psychology of society and the aesthetic psychology of the artists.
	oriental-art-gifts.com /shop/default.php?cPath=2 (260 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: Chinese Arts: Brief Guide
		Chinese poets and painters often have sought inspiration by withdrawing to isolated, mountainous areas, and these landscapes have become conventional themes of Chinese art.
		The art of Japan was brought into prominence in the mid-19th century in Paris by the Goncourt brothers, and it was Auguste Rodin who first gave public recognition to the sculpture of India.
		Chinese furniture was mainly of two types: plain hardwood pieces and lacquered wood pieces either inlaid with mother-of-pearl or elaborately carved.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/chinarts.html (2594 words)

	The Contemporary Chinese Folk Art of Shanye Huang
		Chinese folk art is expressed in many different ways: embroidery, textiles, paper-cuts, masks, wood-carving, ceramics, and more.
		Chinese folk art is a world of mystery and aesthetics, originating from ancient primitive art forms which symbolize the mysterious and haunting power of the supernatural.
		In one of the articles that he wrote for Guangxi Art Newsletter, Huang stated: "The reason that I have been studying folk art is to observe and absorb the energy from the original source.
	www.thescreamonline.com /art/art10-01 (777 words)

	Blessing and Happiness: Hidden Meanings in Chinese Folk Art
		Deeply rooted in agriculture, people’s daily life and rituals are inevitably connected with nature, the surrounding landscape, and the various captivating tales told from one generation to another about the origin of the world, mankind, and mythological beings that once roamed the earth.
		Chinese folk art can be broadly divided into costumes and embroidery, papercuts, New Year woodcut prints, toys, wood carvings, pottery, paper-mache and dough figurines, masks, batik and fabric dyeing, weaving, architectural ornaments, shadow puppets, lacquer, and jewelry.
		In this exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center, we have assembled many of these objects in celebration of Chinese New Year—1998 being the Year of the Tiger.
	www.c-c-c.org /ex/folkart.html (581 words)

	Chinese Artwork-Embroidery Paintings-Scrolls Paintings-Dolls-Wall Decors
		The art of brush strokes is considered as the state of mind: each stroke is the artist heart and soul.
		Chinese art is famous and has influences into many asian countries' cultures.
		We select some significant chinese folk art such as famous scroll paintings and fine silk embroidery paintings because they represent the long rich history of art in Asia.
	vietnameseartwork.com /itemList.aspx?GroupID=240 (220 words)

	Chinese Art and Folk Art
		Chinese folk art reflects the long history of popular customs and traditions in Chinese culture.
		Chinese printing method Prints were being made in China from blocks of wood long before anything like that was done in Japan.
		Chinese calligraphy began with a simplified seal script, known as "chancery script," in which the width of the strokes varies and the edges and ends are sharp.
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/china.htm (1277 words)

	Paramount Magic Store. CHINESE FOLK ART
		This is an art album written by Yang Xianrang, a professor and former director of the Folk Art Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts of China.
		It includes folk art as diverse as batik dyeing, dough figures, embroidery and paper-cuts, and it is illustrated with color and fl and white photos of the actual works.
		Such big a range and variety of folk art is rarely seen in one volume.
	www.paramountmagic.com /pd_chinese_folk.cfm (168 words)

	Books on Chinese Art Prints
		The text descriptions are a rich source for "ignorant" art lovers and experienced collectors as well to learn astonishing and interesting facts about the world of the Chinese folk art print and the culture of the common Chinese people.
		And no doubt, Chinese propagenda posters are an important part of China's art history of the 20th century.
		The book is an excellent "coffee table book" with great illustrations of original Chinese propaganda posters, each image with perfect descriptions of the poster with titles, the artist, the year of publication, the publisher and even the original price.
	www.artelino.com /articles/chinese-prints-books.asp (1742 words)

	Chinese folk art - Chinese Kites, with ancient Chinese kites design
		Kite was called fengzheng in Chinese because in the tenth century, a person named Li Ye fastened a bamboo whistle to a kite.
		Today Wei Yongchang, the third generation Wei, is a designer-technician at the Tianjin Arts and Crafts Studio.
		Beijing kites are also available in great varieties such as kites in the forms of a dragon, a butterfly, or a character in Chinese classical works, (like the "Monkey King").
	www.chinavoc.com /arts/folk/kite.htm (448 words)

	Paramount Magic Store. The Art of Chinese Papercuts
		The attraction of the traditional Chinese folk art of papercutting lies in its apparent simplicity: a typical papercut requires no paints or brushes, only an ordinary pair of scissors or a knife, and a single sheet of paper.
		Unique among Chinese folk arts, papercutting's influence on other fields and its number and variety of products reveal the depth of its roots in popular culture as a means of-beautifying the everyday environment.
		In recent years, as a number of papercut artists have gone abroad to exhibit their works and demonstrate their skills, both the interest in and the market for Chinese papercuts have increased.
	www.paramountmagic.com /pd_the_art.cfm (170 words)

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		The lacquered wooden handle is carved with a floral scroll pattern, the hilt, pommel and guard are brass and the steel blade has a small coin symbol inserted towards the handle.
		This unusual pair of carved wooden figures represents the mythical creature known by both the Chinese and Japanese as “baku” or the “eater of dreams.” These carvings appear to be Chinese in origin, dating to the early 20th century.
		The baku was a mythical animal of Chinese origin which was thought to feed upon bad dreams.
	www.fareastasianart.com /directory/Chinese:Folk_Art20.html (810 words)

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		The male character is the “King God” recognized by the Chinese character “Wang” in his crown and the woman is “Xinfeng” as she has a phoenix in here hair.
		The meanings of these Gods is impossible to determine without knowing the specific Miao subgroup and village that these came from as they represent different things from village to village if not one individual person to ano...
		The Nuo rituals and celebrations are a blending of folk beliefs of the indigenous peoples of China’s Southern Provinces and Religious Taoism from the Han.
	www.fareastasianart.com /directory/Chinese:Folk_Art:Primitive_Sculpture.html (707 words)

	Chinese Folk Art Prints
		Tai Liping is a leading artist of the Chinese popular print, known in the West as New Year prints.
		Chinese folk art prints have a tradition of more than 500 years.
		Ellen Johnston Laing, "Art and Aesthetics in Chinese Popular Prints, Selections from the Muban Foundation Collection", Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, ISBN 0-89264-154-1.
	www.artelino.com /ukiyo-e_auction/chinese-folk-art-prints-69.asp (260 words)

	Chinese Art Topic Center - Chinese Art
		Chinese variety art Variety arts in China, including tightrope walking, acrobatics, animal acts, and sleight of hand date back at least as far...
		Chinese martial arts Chinese martial arts, often abbreviated as CMA, refers to the enormous variety of martial art styles nativ...
		Chinese paper folding Paper folding is an art known, in some form, in most societies that use paper.
	www.famouschinese.com /public/Chinese_Art.html (353 words)

	Chinese folk art - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One of the oldest forms of folk art is puppetry.
		Another popular folk art is the quyi, which consists of various kinds of storytelling and comic monologues and dialogues, often to the accompaniment of clappers, drums, or stringed instruments.
		Chinese Folk Designs: A Collection of 300 Cut-Paper Designs Used for Embroidery Together With 160 Chinese Art Symbols and Their Meanings (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
	www.erdmond.com /Chinese_folk_art.html (182 words)

	Chinese folk art - Chinese Art - Chinese Art
		Folk arts have a long history in China.
		The shadow play is a form of puppetry that is performed by moving figures made of animal skins or cardboard held behind a screen lit by lamplight.
		Another popular folk art is the quyi, which consists of various kinds of storytelling and comic monologues and dialogues, often to the accompaniment of clappers, drums, or stringed Chinese musicinstruments.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Chinese_folk_art (223 words)

	Chinese Art by History Link 101
		Chinese Brush Painting explanations and illustrations of techniques.
		Chinese Calligraphy explanations and illustrations of different types of calligraphy.
		Chinese Art by Metropolitan Museum Explanations and art objects.
	www.historylink101.com /china/china_art.htm (189 words)

	Amazon.com: Chinese Folk Art: The Small Skills of Carving Insects: Books: Nancy Zeng Berliner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Much more down-to-earth than the silks and porcelain of China's royal courts, Chinese folk art embodies a living tradition that has received scant attention in the West.
		Berliner, who studied art at a Chinese academy, and her husband, Zeng Xiaojun, bicycled through rural villages to gather the papercuts, embroideries, shadow puppets, wood-block prints and dye-resist printed fabrics assembled in this volume.
		The art forms discussed here are those still practiced today, including papercuts, shadow puppets, embroidery, batik, and woodblock prints.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0821216155?v=glance (570 words)

	ACAA - The Profile of He Qi, China
		He is also a member of the China Art Association and a council member of the Asian Christian Art Association.
		In his works, He Qi has blended together Chinese folk customs and traditional Chinese painting techniques with the western painting art of the Middle and Modern Ages, and has created an artistic style of color-on-paper painting.
		Mixing Chinese folk art and modern art styles, He Qi uses a Chinese artistic spirit to break the limits of time and space.
	www.asianchristianart.org /profile/HeQi/HeQi.html (658 words)

	Chinese Culture - Theatrical art, Handicraft art, Cliff Paintings and Sculptures, Architecture, Religious art. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Chinese Culture - Theatrical art, Handicraft art, Cliff Paintings and Sculptures, Architecture, Religious art.
		China is a country with a long history, splendid culture, beautiful mountains and rivers, a large number of ethnic groups and abundant tourism resources.
		In addition, the mysterious and exotic Chinese customs are attracting an increasing number of visitors both from at home and abroad.
	www.chinaplanner.com /culture (283 words)

	Antiques, Regional Art, Asian, Chinese, Folk Art on Trocadero
		Description: Oval Chinese soapstone plaque depicting two court ladies under the shade of a nearby tree.
		The Chinese have a special affinity toward their pet birds, and older men in China can still be seen in the early mornings walking toward the park to practice their tai chi, carrying their birds in their cages with them.
		The custom of bird walking, an ancient Chinese tradition that is solely a male activity, is social in nature.
	www.trocadero.com /directory/Antiques:Regional_Art:Asian:Chinese:Folk_Art.html (722 words)

	Boli Farmer Paintings - Land of Chinese Folk Art - Chinese Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Boli Town, near Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, has been awarded the title of "county of Chinese modern folk paintings" by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.
		Boli farmer paintings have been collected by the China Art Gallery, the China Museum of Folk Art and the Jiangsu Art Gallery.
		They are characterized by their unique artistic style integrating a strong flavor of rural life with the distinctive characteristics of folk art.
	www.chinaplanner.com /culture/folkart/fa_bfp.htm (172 words)

	chinese folk art
		Chinese folk paintings are one of sepcial Chinese folk art.
		Classic simple-line and country antique Chinese furniture, informal and unusual decorative objects, and art works limited to ancestral portraits, Tibetan Thangkas, and contemporary Chinese...
		Welcome to Mingei World Arts, direct importers of antiques, folk art and fine craft, mostly from Asia.
	www.folkartinfo.com /directory/chinese-folk-art.html (412 words)

	Chinese Flower Batik Handbag with Bamboo Handles
		Batik, also known as laran or wax printing, is an ancient Chinese tradition dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24 AD).
		This Chinese folk art combines painting and dyeing fabric.
		Then, the cloth is dyed with indigo blue, after which the wax is removed with hot water revealing the pattern created by the blocked out shapes.
	www.importu.com /acpa-ecb02.html (132 words)

	Chinese folk art - spring festival pictures (nianhua)
		Nianhua is a special type of painting in China.
		The art of printing from engraved plates, which was invented in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.), brought about further development of nianhua.
		The subject matter, form and color of this picture have become the hallmark of Yangliuqing New Year paintings.
	www.chinavoc.com /arts/folk/nianhua.htm (779 words)

	eBay Store - Chinese Folk art painings paper cut: skin Shadow Play puppet, PEASANT Painting, papercut paper cut cuts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		We come from Xi'an of Shaanxi Province of China, Xi'an is located in the west of China, it is a civilized ancient city with long history.
		A lot of Chinese handicrafts with a long history all rise herein.
		Chinese Painting- The family of the Red crowned crane
	stores.ebay.com /Chinesecinnabars-Folk-art_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm (222 words)

	Chinese Folk Art Exhibit Opens At WFU's Anthropology Museum
		Twenty-five original paintings depicting scenes of rural life in China are featured in "The Good Earth: Folk Art and Artifacts From the Chinese Countryside," opening Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Wake Forest University's Museum of Anthropology.
		Examples of Chinese folk art from the Museum of Anthropology's permanent collections are also on exhibit.
		In conjunction with the exhibit, the museum will offer a four-week course on Chinese folk art taught by artist Mona Wu.
	www.wfu.edu /www-data/wfunews/1997/092597m.htm (230 words)

	Chinese Folk Art Paintings from Huxian Shaanxi FOR SALE in Singapore @ Adpost.com Classifieds > Singapore > Chinese ...
		Chinese Folk Art Paintings from Huxian Shaanxi FOR SALE in Singapore @ Adpost.com Classifieds
		The designs of peasant paintings are not only visually appealing but are symbolic wishes for luck, happy marriage, good fortune, respect for ancestors and charms against evil.
		These paintings are of an old folk art form, but it is free of staleness, has a vigorous artistic impact which is at once strong, sincere and bold.
	www.adpost.com /sg/arts_crafts/218 (177 words)

	Chinese boys -- folk costumes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This is a national folk costume of Jingpo boys.
		This diversity is reflected in a rich tradition of folk art, dance, dress, music, and and other cultural aspects.
		An important part of Chinese folk art is embroidery and costume.
	histclo.hispeed.com /country/other/china/folk/ch-folk.html (269 words)

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