The American figure-skater of Chinese origin performed to Aznavour’s “La Bohème”
The American figure-skater of Chinese origin- Nathan Wei Chen, who is one of the main gold medal contenders of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games men single skating, performed to "La Bohème" by the French-Armenian outstanding chansonnier Charles Aznavour. His score put him ahead of second-place 2018 Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno, of Japan, and third-place Mark Kondratiuk, competing for the Russian Olympic Committee. Nathan himself noted that the melody is very deep and touching.Nathan Wei Chen has been trained under the supervision of the Armenian coach Rafael Harutyunyan for years.
Noodles in Chinese and Armenian traditional cuisine
Zhongjiang dried noodle (面条), purely handmade, can be traced back to ancient China's Song Dynasty (960-1297). It is well known in China as it is as thin as hair and tastes as tender as bean curd. The humid weather of Sichuan province only leaves five months to local noodle makers every year to produce the dried noodles. During the production season, noodle-makers, starting from early morning, strictly follow 18 traditional processes which usually take at least 18 consecutive hours, and will not fully finish until late night. In 2010, the making skills of Zhongjiang dried noodle was enlisted as intangible
Juxtaposition of the Armenian and Chinese people in the Dutch 17th century engraving
A talented Dutch illustrator, engraver, and poet of the late 17th century and early 18th century Jan Luyken lived and worked in Amsterdam. His engravings created for the cartographic 5-volume atlas “The New Marine Torch” published in 1681 as well as illustrations for the books “The Mirror of the Martyrs or the Bloody Theater” (1685) and “Crafts of Mankind” (1694), are considered monumental. In 1680, Jan Luyken created a series of amazing engravings depicting the letters of the ancient alphabets and their Latin names. Interestingly enough, the letters of the Armenian alphabet under the label “Armenisch Alphabet” found their place on the engravings
Armenia as the Bronze Age supplier of iron to China
The excavations of the ruins at a Bronze Age archaeological settlement of Metsamor in central Armenia have revealed a very large metal industry including a foundry with 2 kinds of blast furnaces. The foundry is known to have extracted and processed gold, copper, and several types of manganese, zinc, strychnine, mercury, and iron. Several huge underground caves were uncovered that are thought to have been storehouses for base metal. The first known iron in the ancient world was probably forged here, though it was not as commonly forged as bronze. The various metals from the foundries of Metsamor found their
Tiger in Armenian imagery: the embroidered piece from Ani
by Ani Margaryan The History Museum of Armenia houses an interesting artifact- a piece of silk textile, possibly a shred of the embroidered silk veil with the imagery of a lion and a tiger against the background of the Tree of Life motif. The object is dated back to the 12th-13th centuries CE. The content of this decorative artwork remains unknown, however, the Tree of Life might be interpreted as the symbol of fertility and the idea of family, and the placement of the lion and the tiger within the composition could be associated with the heraldic symbols echoing the
