Embroidery is a form of traditional Chinese art. During the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2,000 years ago, people from Wu State applied embroidery to clothes. That was the origin of Suzhou-style embroidery. Chin...Embroidery is a form of traditional Chinese art. During the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2,000 years ago, people from Wu State applied embroidery to clothes. That was the origin of Suzhou-style embroidery. China's three other well-known styles of embroidery are the Xiang, Shu and Yue. During the development of Suzhou-style embroidery, many famous women pushed the art form to new levels. They displayed their cleverness and talent, and, subsequently, entrenched their names in history.展开更多
Picture this: One woman, playing a maid in a film, shatters age-old mores that women and men cannot perform together on stages or in the movies. It was 1913 and Yan Shanshan turned China's arts community upside do...Picture this: One woman, playing a maid in a film, shatters age-old mores that women and men cannot perform together on stages or in the movies. It was 1913 and Yan Shanshan turned China's arts community upside down-by performing in a male-dominated film-with her portrayal of that maid. Women, until then, were not allowed to star alongside men in plays or movies. Ten years later, China's first professional actress emerged. That was the opening of the floodgates. Over the next 10 years, numerous impressive a...展开更多
Traditionally, in feudal Chinese culture, men and women were kept apart. An ancient motto said "men and women must sit at different tables and use separate bowls at meals." Male and female audiences were sep...Traditionally, in feudal Chinese culture, men and women were kept apart. An ancient motto said "men and women must sit at different tables and use separate bowls at meals." Male and female audiences were separated in Beijing's opera houses before the May 4 Movement of 1919, and it was not until this period that men and women started interacting in public.展开更多
Life just keeps getting better-especially in China. Anyone can see that when comparing women's shopping habits with their mother's-or those of women from two generations ago. Those various coupons all families...Life just keeps getting better-especially in China. Anyone can see that when comparing women's shopping habits with their mother's-or those of women from two generations ago. Those various coupons all families once redeemed for daily necessities are a thing of the past. Nowadays, housewives pay more attention to the quality of their families'lives, rather than searching for ways to save money. Let's track the changes over the years in families' spending habits.展开更多
文摘Embroidery is a form of traditional Chinese art. During the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2,000 years ago, people from Wu State applied embroidery to clothes. That was the origin of Suzhou-style embroidery. China's three other well-known styles of embroidery are the Xiang, Shu and Yue. During the development of Suzhou-style embroidery, many famous women pushed the art form to new levels. They displayed their cleverness and talent, and, subsequently, entrenched their names in history.
文摘Picture this: One woman, playing a maid in a film, shatters age-old mores that women and men cannot perform together on stages or in the movies. It was 1913 and Yan Shanshan turned China's arts community upside down-by performing in a male-dominated film-with her portrayal of that maid. Women, until then, were not allowed to star alongside men in plays or movies. Ten years later, China's first professional actress emerged. That was the opening of the floodgates. Over the next 10 years, numerous impressive a...
文摘Traditionally, in feudal Chinese culture, men and women were kept apart. An ancient motto said "men and women must sit at different tables and use separate bowls at meals." Male and female audiences were separated in Beijing's opera houses before the May 4 Movement of 1919, and it was not until this period that men and women started interacting in public.
文摘Life just keeps getting better-especially in China. Anyone can see that when comparing women's shopping habits with their mother's-or those of women from two generations ago. Those various coupons all families once redeemed for daily necessities are a thing of the past. Nowadays, housewives pay more attention to the quality of their families'lives, rather than searching for ways to save money. Let's track the changes over the years in families' spending habits.
