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Vocal mimicry: noises of nature from the human mouth

December 7 Weiwei Guan, Luyang Wang

Vocal mimicry, or “Kouji” in Chinese, is an art form that mimicks different noisesusing the mouth, teeth, lips, tongue, throat, and cheeks. It has a history of 2,300 years in China.

December 7 Weiwei Guan, Luyang Wang

Beijing embroidery: an imperial needle art

November 27 Weiwei Guan, Luyang Wang

Beijing Embroidery, also known as Imperial Embroidery, was used only on imperial robes during the Ming and Qing dynasties. With more than 1,000 years of history, Beijing Embroidery is known as one of the eight exquisite handicrafts of Beijing.

November 27 Weiwei Guan, Luyang Wang

Beijing in a brush-stroke: a look at Liuba Draws’ Beijing-based art

May 17 Greg Monk

Meet Liuba Vladimirova, a Beijing-based Russian artist who portrays her vision of the city in her watercolor artwork. Read on to find out about what drives and inspires Liuba to create her art.

May 17 Greg Monk

Exhibition of dog-themed artifacts marks the Year of the Dog

March 27 Xinzhu Xiao

The National Museum of China now has a wide range of canine-inspired artifacts on display to celebrate the Year of the Dog.

March 27 Xinzhu Xiao

Smoked paintings

March 28 Siqi Liang

The smoked painting is a unique way to preserve patterns of paper cutting and embroidery using smoke.

March 28 Siqi Liang

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