Chinese Art

Chinese Symbol for Love
Everyone's interested in love symbols, but I am personally more interested in the Chinese symbol for love, purely for its artistic beauty. Chinese symbols and meanings are popular because of their multi-purpose utility in the form of arts and crafts, tattoo designs and t-shirt prints. The Chinese symbol of love is a craze amongst the tattoo loving population. This article explains the Chinese symbol for love in particular.

Double Happiness Chinese Symbol
The Chinese people give a lot of importance to their customs, traditions and language. The double happiness Chinese symbol is one such symbol that holds great importance in Chinese weddings.

Chinese Symbol for Strength
Chinese symbols have always been a matter of interest for scholars from all over the world. The following article deals with the information regarding the Chinese symbol of strength.

Chinese Symbol for Hope
The following article explains in short the importance of the 'Chinese symbol for Hope'. The different Chinese symbols have become popular in recent times and appear on T-shirts, tattoos and other products. The readers can also find information about the Chinese symbols and meanings in this article.

Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is an art that is unique to China. This article gives an insight into the history of Chinese calligraphy. Read on to know more.

The Chinese Dragon Kite - Best Known Of The Centipede Kites
The Chinese Dragon Kite consists of a large head and a long train of small disks that form the tail. Some of these dragon kites are very big and expensive. Most are mid-sized, but still not cheap to buy. These kites make a spectacle, whether hanging in the foyer of a large building as a piece of art or flying with the long tail pointing at the clouds. Imperial Dragon Kites of Shanghai, China, have been making these kites for nearly 2 centuries.

Chinese Work Leads Boom in Art Sales
Chinese artists are at the forefront of an explosion in contemporary art prices in Europe that shows no sign of abating.

Inside Painted Chinese Snuff Bottles
Describes these extraordinary Chinese works of art and what aspects of inside painted snuff bottles intrigue the author (a snuff bottle collector) most.

Chinese Kites - From Battlefield To Art Museums, Chinese Butterfly To Chinese Dragon
Chinese kites have a very long history which stretches all the way from around 1000 B.C.! From the military 'muyuan', Chinese kites later became the smaller 'fengzheng' and were flown as a popular pastime. Very expensive and ornate kites were made for the more well-heeled, which began a tradition of more artistic kites. Examples of all this plus the complex Chinese dragon kite is on display in the Weifang Kite Museum.

Chinese Art Prices Surge As Spending Power Increases
A Beijing auction house sold a landscape by Chang Ta-chien for more than £5m yesterday, the latest sign that China's supercharged economy is inflating worldwide prices for the country's art.