Objects created by folding paper—this is what was popularized in Japan and known around the world as origami. But did you know that paper was invented more than 1900 years ago and the art of paper folding, better known as zhezhi, originated in ancient China?...
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Play American Mah Jongg! kit offers beginning players a fun and affordable way to start playing the hugely popular Asian game of strategy, skill and luck. This kit comes with a full-color 96-page instruction booklet that provides you with clear and simple...
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Whimsical, exquisite and fragile, butterflies and moths have enchanted and inspired people for centuries. Origami artist Michael G. LaFosse is no exception. His original butterfly paper-folding techniques are a dramatic new development in origami—which some have...
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Lucky Bamboo Book of Crafts is filled with fun projects and creative ideas for kids to learn about Chinese culture and traditional arts. Through the process of making these unique crafts you will learn all about China’s amazing ancient history, folk traditions,...
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Paper cutting is a popular handicraft in today's multicultural world, embracing a great variety of themes, designs and images. In China, its birthplace, it is regarded as an elegant traditional folk art. Chinese paper cuts reflect many aspects of life, including...
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How to Select Chinese Souvenirs : A Quick Shopping Guide for Travelers to China provides you with all of the information you need to choose and buy souvenirs in China with confidence. One in a series of five titles, the book explains clearly and simply what to look...
215 Ways of Paper-cut is specially designed for family activities between parent and child. All activities involve four simple steps: fold, draw, cut, and spread. You and your child is now able to explore the fun and creativity in 215 differernt ways!...
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Have great fun with this set of papercuts books. You can cut into lifelike characters, cute animals, plants and flowers of different shape, the ever-changing patterns of such changes are indeed magical surprises and obsessed, but also the immense interest of children...
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Shadow Play briefly introduces relevant knowledge about shadow play, demonstrates basic ways to manipulate puppets in both pictures and words, and provides the puppet samples and plays. The appendices of the book supply cardboard, shadow puppets, and prop designs,...
As more and more people move from the countryside and into large cities, many traditional games have been set aside or even lost from children's play. Today, children turn to TV or computer games as a distraction. The author of this book seeks to reintroduce the...
Although it is often difficult to fully understand to what extent old customs have survived, they undoubtedly influence life in contemporary China. With the growing consciousness of the importance of protecting traditional culture, some significant folk...
Paper-cuts briefly introduces relevant knowledge about paper-cuts, paper-cut methods and skills, with both pictures and words, and provides 160 innovative designs, covering many different types, for example folding the paper in half and cutting, continuous folding...
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