Exactly 124 years ago Southend welcomed its first professional tattoo artist who set up shop in the town, eager to put his ink stamp on the bodies of men, women and possibly sometimes even children.
Ling Ran, founder of the studio, said the costume was inspired by a parrot named "snow-clad lady", which could understand human speech and was kept by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and his ...
Yixing, meanwhile, has always been a comparatively quiet place, albeit one with a dizzying number of pottery studios. This year, though, things are starting to change. October saw the opening of UCCA ...
Hebrew University in Jerusalem researcher Jingchao Chen translated the text, which is the earliest known Chinese inscription ever to be found in Israel, as reading, “Forever we will guard the ...
In fact, there are nine dragon children that can be found all throughout Chinese art and architecture: Bixi, Chiwen, Pulao, Bi’an, Taotie, Suanni, Yazi, Jiaotu and Baxia. In the book Chinese ...