China Guide

Chinese jade carving art

Jade is loosely understood in China as the collective name for most precious stones, and jade carving in this sense constitutes an important part of Chinese arts and crafts. The love of jade ware, according to Dr. Joseph Needham, the noted British naturalist, has been one of the cultural features of China. Crude jade tools have been found among the archaeological

Hunan Xiang Embroidery

Xiang embroidery, one of the Four Great Embroideries in China (the four schools are embroidery respectively of Suzhou, Sichuan, Guangdong and Hunan), is world famous for its exquisite technics, unique features and long history. Xiang is the shortened form for Hunan Province. Archeologists

上天同雲、雨雪雰雰。
益之以霢霂、既優既渥、既霑既足、生我百穀。

疆場翼翼、黍稷彧彧。
曾孫之穡、以為酒食。
畀我尸賓、壽考萬年。

中田有廬、疆場有瓜。
是剝是菹、獻之皇祖。
曾孫壽考、受天之祜。

祭以清酒、從以騂牡、享于祖考。
執其鸞刀、以啟其毛、取其血膋。

是烝是享、苾苾芬芬、祀事孔明。
先祖是皇。
報以介福、萬壽無疆。

濟濟蹌蹌、絜爾牛羊、以往烝嘗。
或剝或亨、或肆或將。
祝祭于祊、祀事孔明。
先祖是皇、神保是饗。
孝孫有慶。
報以介福、萬壽無疆。

執爨踖踖、為俎孔碩、或燔或炙。
君婦莫莫、為豆孔庶。
為賓為客、獻酬交錯。
禮儀卒度、笑語卒獲。

鼓鍾喈喈、淮水湝湝。
憂心且悲。
淑人君子、其德不回。

鼓鍾伐鼛、淮有三洲。
憂心且妯。
淑人君子、其德不猶。

鼓鍾欽欽、鼓瑟鼓琴。
笙磬同音。
以雅以南、以籥不偕。

His bells ring out jiang-jiang ,
While the waters of the Huai go sweeping on ;
Sad is my heart and wouded .
The virtuous sovereigns [of old] , --