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A carved Chinese olive pit at the Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum A carved peach pit at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Fruit pit carving (Chinese: 核雕; pinyin: hédiāo) is a Chinese folk handicraft in which the pits of peach, apricot, walnut, Chinese olive, yumberry and other drupes are used to create minute patterns of the Buddha, nature, or the Chinese zodiac that are said to ...
Fruit carving. Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Europe and Asian countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan. There are many fruits that can be used in this process; the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes.
Sculpture. Medium. Olive pit. Dimensions. 1.6 cm × 1.4 cm × 3.4 cm (0.63 in × 0.55 in × 1.3 in) [1] Location. National Palace Museum, Taipei. The Boat Carved from an Olive Stone (Chinese: 雕橄欖核舟) is a fruit pit carving of a boat made out of an olive pit. It is part of the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Plain of Jars (Lao: ທົ່ງໄຫຫິນ Thong Hai Hin, [tʰōŋ hǎj hǐn]) is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau. The jars are arranged in clusters ranging in number from one ...
This is a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China. China has 59, ranking second in the world, just below Italy . China ratified The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 12 December 1985. These sites comprise some of the most essential part of China's valuable and rich tourism resources.
Shoushan (simplified Chinese: 寿山石; traditional Chinese: 壽山石; pinyin: Shòushān Shí) stone carving is an art originating in Fujian Province (Chinese: 福建省; pinyin: Fújiàn Shěng) in East China. The stones used in carving are also known as agalmatolite and are mined in the Shoushan village in northern Fujian. Use of the stone ...
Genesis Carving Knife. A 10-inch knife is a happy medium between a light 8-incher and a hefty 12-incher. This comfortable carving knife has a sharp pointed end that’s useful for breaking cartilage.
Pages in category "Chinese folk art". The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Chinese folk art. Chinese ornamental gold silk. Chinese patchwork.