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Qun (Chinese: 裙; pinyin: qún; Jyutping: kwan4; lit. 'skirt'), referred as chang (Chinese: 裳; pinyin: cháng) prior to the Han dynasty, [1] chang (Chinese: 常) and xiachang (Chinese: 下常), [2] and sometimes referred as an apron, [3] is a generic term which refers to the Chinese skirts used in Hanfu, especially those worn as part of ruqun, and in Chinese opera costume.
The Goddess of Democracy, also known as the Goddess of Democracy and Freedom, the Spirit of Democracy, [1] and the Goddess of Liberty (自由女神; zìyóu nǚshén [1]), was a 10-metre-tall (33 ft) statue created during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The statue was constructed over four days out of foam and papier-mâché over a metal ...
Images Zhōngyī 中衣 Bàofù 抱腹 Han [1] Dùdōu: 肚兜, 兜肚, or 兜兜 Qing Héhuān Jīn 合欢襟 Chest covering that acts like a camisole. It covers the front and has strings in the back. Yuan dynasty [2] Liǎngdāng 两当 It is an underwear which is made up of a square-shaped back and front panels. [1] A form of hufu. It was ...
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The Zhou dynasty also formalized women's wearing of ji with a coming-of-age ceremony called Ji Li, which was performed after a girl was engaged and the wearing of ji showed a girl was already promised to a marriage. [51] Men could also wear ji alone, however more commonly men wore ji with the guan to fix the headwear. [52]
Native Chinese religions do not usually use cult images of deities, or even represent them, and large religious sculpture is nearly all Buddhist, dating mostly from the 4th to the 14th century. One of the earliest Buddhist sculpture in China is a gilt-bronze seated Buddha with flame shoulders from the 3rd century, which displays influence from ...
A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander has been beheaded at the University of Houston. ‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on ...
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