Art |

Art

A visit to Jingdezhen - Hometown of China’s ceramic and porcerlain centre

Though I never really did internship as most universities require of their students, the Department of Museology in Fudan University ensured that their students had insights into the various area we can actually choose to work in. Among the places we visited, we touched on conversation practices, architectural practices, archaeology, museum management, as well as [...]


China Lomo and Pinhole Camera

Meet this handmade pinhole camera. Made in China. Design In China. This is one of those radical designs by Chinese who love photography so much that they go all the way back to the most fundamental of photography: pinhole photography using a pinhole camera. But what is so different from the conventional pinhole camera is [...]


Mar 2008 - May 2008 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology

 
Race against time to save relics
Terracotta figures in Xi’an suffer slight damage
Historic, cultural relics to undergo repair work
China to investigate cultural relic damages in quake zones
Age-old heritage site victim of quake in SW China
Qianmen St. to be ready before Olympics
Temples stand the test of time
China’s Inner Mongolia undertakes most ambitious Great Wall survey, repair
Renovation of [...]


Dec 2007 - Feb 2008 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology

Efforts urged to promote Chinese intangible cultural heritage
Co-op needed to stop trade in relics
Research: Christianity popular among China’s Tang Dynasty citizens Artists honored for heritage
Old toys popular in Beijing
China appoints national intangible masterpiece inheritors
China to seek cultural heritage status for Spring Festival
Ancient canal a supply lifeline for east China [...]


November 2007 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology

Descendants donate historic files of Zhou Enlai
Documentaries zoom in on China as Olympics nears
Memorial opened to commemorate Mao’s 2nd wife
Henan issues protective list of folk architectures
Historical sites to get more protection
Tourism helps reviving traditional Tibetan dancing
China to survey ancient villages for cultural heritage protection program
Intangible heritage inventory to be compiled in HK
NW [...]