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November 01, 2016
Hand-carved buckets face possible extinction in Zhejiang
Bao Mingpei, 58, is an inheritor of a special bucket carving technique that is unique to Ningbo, Zhejiang province.
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November 28, 2016
Customs in Ningbo
In the past, many of Ningbo's people were likely to engage in business, and even young men would leave home to be an apprentice, and to learn the ups and downs of business when they were 15 or 16 years old.
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November 28, 2016
Celadon from the southern Yue Kiln
Celadon from the Yue Kiln, also known as the mother of celadon, is the most famous set of celadon kilns in ancient China. It dates back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25~220) and withered away in the late Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960~1127).
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November 28, 2016
Xiangshan Bamboo Root Carving
Chinese bamboo root carving art dates back to the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) and witnessed its flourishing period in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) by which time the craft was especially popular in Jiading (in Shanghai) and Nanjing.
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November 28, 2016
Hushan Paper-cutting
Paper-cutting artworks (images made from card) were in great demand in Hushan Mountain, Cixi county of Ningbo city, in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
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November 28, 2016
Fenghua rural painting
This form of rural painting, originally done in ink, was popular during the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1636-1912) dynasties.
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December 02, 2016
Origin of Clogs
Clogs are generally called wooden slippers in Ningbo. They were popular around the 1960s. Nowadays, clogs have almost vanished in China but have remained popular in Japan, since being introduced from China over 1000 years ago.
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August 12, 2016
Shengzhou bamboo weaving
Shengzhou, the home of bamboo, is located to the east of Zhejiang province, adjoining Shaoxing and Ningbo.
