China Tours

Chinese Kongfu

China is also known for its many forms of martial arts, including Tai Chi, Kung Fu, and Wushu. These practices combine physical exercise, meditation, and self-defense techniques, and are often passed down from generation to generation within families and communities.

Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine is also renowned around the world for its delicious flavors and unique cooking techniques. From spicy Sichuanese dishes to delicate Cantonese dim sum, there is a wide variety of regional cuisines to try in China. Popular ingredients include rice, noodles, vegetables, and meats like pork and chicken.

Chinese Papercutting

Papercutting is a centuries-old art of papercutting which involves cutting designs on paper. While the first papercutting machines were introduced in the 1970s, papercutting is the more common term for this art. There are many different types of paper cutting, but they all involve some form of cutting of paper. The more common types are tessellation, tiling, pattern cutting, silhouette cutting, and freeform.

Over the years, the art form has evolved, and today, paper cutters can be found all around the world. The art form continues to evolve, and new techniques are created every day. Artists are constantly experimenting with new ways to cut paper and taking the form to new levels. Before, people have cut or drawn on paper in various ways, using everything from simple scissors to complex cutters and scissors.

Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy, the stylized artistic writing of Chinese characters, the written form of Chinese that unites the languages (many mutually unintelligible) spoken in China. Because calligraphy is considered supreme among the visual arts in China, it sets the standard by which Chinese painting is judged.

Chinese painting

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. The materials used in Chinese painting, brush and ink on paper and silk, have determined its character and development over thousands of years. Derived from calligraphy, it is essentially a linear art, employing brushwork to evoke images and feelings. Once on paper, brushstrokes cannot be erased or corrected, so a painter must have a complete mental concept of the painting before even lifting the brush. Chinese painting is closely related to Zen Buddhist and Daoist ideals of total concentration in the act of the very moment, and harmony between man and nature. The painter must work with speed, pitch, liveliness, confidence, and technical mastery, infusing spiritual energy into the brushstrokes. Chinese paintings do not attempt to capture the actual physical appearance of a subject, but rather its essential nature or character. Chinese paintings do not have a single perspective; every area of the painting is interesting to the eye. Landscapes are often painted from a viewpoint above the scene, so that many areas can be seen at once. In large scenes or landscapes, the eye is meant to travel along a visual path from one area to another.