Tianjin Binhai Library- one of the gems of Chinese futuristic design
The Tianjin Binhai Library looks like a book lovers’ heaven. Upon entering, visitors are welcomed into an atrium that ebbs and flows in what appears to be floor-to-ceiling books, with a luminous spherical auditorium called “the eye” at its core.While
One of the oldest musical instruments in China
The xun is a globular, vessel flute from China. It is one of the oldest musical instruments in China and has been in use for approximately seven thousand years. The xun was initially made of baked clay or bone, and
The Flying Horse of Gansu
The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. Discovered in 1969 near the city
The Chinese 600-year-old paper banknote
The Chinese 600-year-old paper banknote This paper banknote is housed at the British Museum, London. It is over 600 years old and was first issued under the Ming dynasty in China in 1375 and is made from mulberry bark. The writing on
The ancient door-frame housed at Nanjing Museum
This arched door frame is made up of spare components that were unearthed from an imperial kiln site in Nanjing. The door frame was supposed to be a backup for the splendid glazed pottery pagoda in the Great Proclaiming Grace
Chinese Guanyin made of lapis lazuli- a product of cultural exchanges and intersections
By Ani Margaryan Have you ever seen an artwork that is all about one single, intensive, capturing colour your eyescan’t get enough of? Yves Klein’s “Blue Venus” (1961) (Pic.1) is one of that kind: the deep-bluecolour has enveloped the entire figure
