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Beijing Opera figures, delicate sculpture on China cold pottery:
Huamulan, a woman soldier in South-North dynasty about 1450 years ago. She joined the army in man's dress in substitute for her father who was too old and sick to go to the battlefield. She served in the army for twelve years.
Princess Yang, known as Yang Guifei, is the beloved concubine of Emperor Xuan, one of the Four Beauties in ancient China. She has a surname Yu Huan. Her father died when she was young, and she was raised by her uncle Yang Li. She is good at singing and dancing, professional at music, quite clever and has excellent looks and body shape. She was originally the concubine of the 18th prince in Emperor Xuan time. But Emperor Xuan liked her beauty and later married her as his concubine. After that, her brother Yang Guozhong was promoted to the position of prime minister. In the 14th year of Tian Bao(755) happened An hi Disturbance. Emperor Xuan fled to Sichuan, and killed Yang Guozhong and Yang Guifei in Magui Hill.
ZhongKui: ZhongKui was described is a famous Chinese folk spirit. Also he was absorbed into fairy system by Taoism due to his ghost-catching capability. However, in the history there is a real person called Zhong Kui. He was born in Tang Dynasty and became one of the five gifted scholars in Lingling of Hunan province. He has a barbarous look: A leopard-like head, tiger-like forehead and his face is full of beards. Zhong Kui should be dressed by armature, red cloak and jade band wore in haunch. He waves the sword to command the bat flying in the air, which means? Happiness from the heaven and happiness before your eyes.?
Hand carved combs, selected valuable boxwood or high-quality pear wood.
Ninigou, or Ningou, tiangou, meaning clay dog, is the general term referring to the toys of Fuxiling in Taihao ages, typical of Huaiyang Taihao. It is honored as the no. 1 dog toy of the world. Dog claying has been the local customs in Huaiyang since over 6500 years, its image has remained the same, the genitals totem of the pre-civilizations, implying the eternal theme of life and life reproduction. This kind of art is an important part of the relics of ancient China, simple and true. Ninigou is said to be the celestial dog that keeps watch on the heavenly temples for Nuwa and Fuxi, capable of driving away any kind of misfortunes, diseases. It is our best wish that it could bring bliss and fancy to those who have set their eyes on it. Nini Dog is made by hand with clay, baked to black in pot and painted in red, white, yellow and pink, and drawn in lines and points into wonderful patterns. Every Nini Dog has a hole that can produce clear and profound melody when whistling. Nowadays Nini Dog has been a very popular shopping item for gift and collection. It also has important value for the study of totem society in the primitive ages.
The Zhuxianzhen Festival Block painting emerged in the North Song Dynasty. It originated in the royal celestial paintings which is meant to be set on the doors to keep away evils and misfortunes.
Door god and stove god has its prototype in Han Dynasty, but it all hand drawn before North Song Dynasty. The removable code printing of the North Song Dynasty helped the birth of block painting. After the Qinkang Coup later, the capital of Song Dynasty moved south, the workmen of block painting are other captured or dispersed around the country, and this new art also goes beyond the royal wall and scattered around the country. But Zhuxian block painting is the origin.
Since Ming Dynasty, Zhuxian block painting tends to have its themes from fairy tales, historical or dramatic stories. The celestial painting inherited the style of simple and bold stretch and strong color matching, typical of Chinese block festival painting. Evolved from Tang Song dynasties, through Ming Qing dynasties, Zhuxian block painting is a witness of patriarch history of 5000 years and a treasure of oriental folk.
Zhuxian block festival painting has a mystic color, dyed and soaked with five to nine color masterbatches from herbs and twenty more other materials, its image is vivid and will never fade.
