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Fujian tulou
2019-04-18
Tulou, or earthen houses, are widely scattered in Yongding and Nanjing counties, Fujian province.
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Gulang Islet
2019-04-18
Gulang Islet is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is located to the southwest of Xiamen Island, from which it is separated by a 5 minute ferry ride over the 600-meter-wide Lujiang Strait.
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Nanyin, a living fossil of music
2020-04-15
Nanyin, dubbed "a living fossil of music", is one of the four oldest forms of Chinese music preserved in its original state.
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Shoushan stone carving
2020-04-01
Shoushan stone is a kind of alabaster quarried from a mountain called Shoushan in the northern suburbs of Fuzhou. This craft is prevalent in the Jin'an area of Fuzhou, capital city of Fujian Province on China's east coast.
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Zhangzhou puppet head carving
2020-03-19
Zhangzhou puppet head carving is a special workmanship of props used in puppet shows. It is one of the folk arts and crafts mainly spread over Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and their surrounding areas of Fujian Province.
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Fujian lacquer painting
2019-08-01
In the 1960s, artists applied the decoration skills for bodiless lacquerware to flat surfaces, creating a new kind of painting – lacquer painting. This handicraft, with strong ethnical and local style, features attributes of both painting and carving.
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Fuzhou Bodiless Lacquerware
2019-06-27
As the lacquer species of the most distinctive Qing lacquer features, Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware considered one of the "Three Chinese Handicraft Treasures".
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Min Opera
2019-04-18
Min Opera, also called Fuzhou Opera, is the only opera sung in the Fuzhou dialect. It reached its peak after the 1911 Revolution. It is popular in Fuzhou and central, eastern and northern Fujian, where the Fuzhou dialect is spoken. It is also popular in Taiwan and the Malay Archipelago.
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