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 of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. This outstanding bronze horse has become an iconic emblem of China. Racing through the skies, it treads on a swallow (base of statue) that looks up in amazement. Unlike Pegasus, the Western flying horse, the wingless Han steed is meant to be understood metaphorically rather than
An Armenian woman- creator of Singapore’s National Flower
Ashkhen Hovakimian (Agnes Joaquim), a prominent Singaporean Armenian horticulturist, creator of the first hybrid orchid and the creator of Singapore’s National Flower Vanda "Miss Joaquim". Ashkhen Hovakimian (Agnes Joaquim) was born on 7 April 1854, in Singapore. She was the eldest daughter and the second child of Parsick (Basil) Joaquim, an Armenian merchant and commercial agent, and Urelia Joaquim. Agnes was an avid gardener as was her mother. Besides her interest in gardening, Agnes was also an active member of the Armenian Church and a skilled embroiderer.Agnes Joaquim won prizes at annual flower shows and famously won the prize for the
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 top of this note translates as "Great Ming Circulating Treasure Note". Below is the denomination, or amount, written in two characters – "Yi guan" ("one string") – and underneath is a string of 1,000 coins, arranged in ten groups of one hundred coins. The note ends with a stern warning to would-be forgers: "To counterfeit is death. The informant will receive
“Ես իմ անուշ Հայաստանի” interpretation of a charming Chinese girl (video)
Author: Lilit Ghazaryan Her name is Aimee… She has a good habit of counting the days of our Armenian-Chinese friendship. Today she also opened the calendar to remind me that 365 days have passed since our first meeting. We decided to celebrate our anniversary with Armenian wine and Chinese food.That is how people prob… She is joking sometimes that she is a half-Armenian just because she knows who Yeghishe Charents is. I love when we go to the mountain together that is where she likes reading the Armenian poem "Ես իմ անուշ Հայաստանի"…and when she is reading the poem so proudly I usually keep
Nanjing welcomes “The Unknown Picasso”
Nanjing Beiqiu Contemporary Art Museum has opened its space for holding a large-scale exhibition “Beyond Genius: the Passion and Creativity of Picasso.” This exhibition presents 172 selected artworks: 117 paintings, 46 potteries, and 9 photographs by Robert Capa about the daily life of Picasso that unveil the artist’s individuality. This exhibition offers the audience a unique opportunity to watch, feel and comprehend the artist closely, then hopefully decode the mysteries of his special art world. This exhibition might be to some extent considered a departure from the usual division of Picasso’s career into a series of isolated, strictly defined periods, such as
