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December 02, 2016
Ningbo Yong Opera Troupe
Established after the Liberation of China (AD 1949), Ningbo Yong Opera Troupe is now a first-grade troupe in Zhejiang province.
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November 30, 2016
Teeth playing, a 400-year-old cultural heritage in South China
Xue Qiaoping’s stunt of teeth playing wins the audience applause at the Cultural Expo held in Yiwu. Xue, 32, is the sixth generation descendant of teeth play of the traditional Chinese opera Ninghai Flat Tone created by Zhejiang artists more than a century ago.
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November 29, 2016
Yue Opera
The Yue Opera is popular in the region south of the Yangtze River, and is especially popular in Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu.
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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).
