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The work of 20th-century Japanese paper artist Akira Yoshizawa widely popularized the Japanese word origami; however, in China and other Chinese-speaking areas, the art is referred to by the Chinese name, zhezhi. Traditional Chinese paper folding concentrates mainly on objects like boats or hats rather than the animals and flowers of Japanese ...
Origami Ornaments: The Ultimate Kusudama Book Lew Rozelle, St. Martin's Griffin, 2000 ISBN 978-0-312-26369-0; Origami Flower Ball (Origami Hana Kusudama) (in Japanese) Yoshihide Momotani, Ishizue Publishers, 1994, ISBN 978-4-900747-02-9; Marvelous Modular Origami Meenakshi Mukerji, A K Peters. 2007, ISBN 978-1-56881-316-5
Origami tessellation is a branch that has grown in popularity after 2000. A tessellation is a collection of figures filling a plane with no gaps or overlaps. In origami tessellations, pleats are used to connect molecules such as twist folds together in a repeating fashion.
Learn why the lotus flower is such a powerful symbol. The lotus flower has a rich, layered meaning that dates back centuries and spans ayurveda to art history. Learn why the lotus flower is such a ...
Die Lotosblume [1] ("The Lotus Flower") is a poem written by Heinrich Heine, and published in his Buch der Lieder (The Book of Songs, 1827). [2] Set to music by Robert Schumann in 1840, [3] this Lied is part of Schumann's Myrthen collection (op. 25 no. 7)) [4] and Six Songs for Männerchor (op. 33 no. 3). It is written in the key of F Major ...
A cut-paper "window flower" during Chinese New Year. The art of paper cutting (Chinese: 剪紙; pinyin: jiǎnzhǐ) in China may date back to the 2nd century CE, when paper was invented by Cai Lun, a court official of the Eastern Han dynasty. Chinese paper cutting is a treasured traditional Chinese art dating back to when paper was developed ...
The lotus flower, the species of flower said to have been used during the Flower Sermon. The Flower Sermon is a story of the origin of Zen Buddhism in which Gautama Buddha transmits direct prajñā (wisdom) to the disciple Mahākāśyapa. In the original Chinese, the story is Niān huā wéi xiào (拈花微笑, meaning "Picking up a flower and ...
Bingdi lotus belongs to a special type named Qianban lotus (Chinese: 千瓣莲; pinyin: qiānbàn lián) and is a treasure among flowers because it has all the essential parts of both the leaves and lotus. [1] In Chinese tradition, Bingdi lotuses are considered both auspicious and joyous and as an embodiment of kindness and beauty. [2]