21. The Magic Artistry of Painted Pottery

AMONG the art which has come down to us from China's neolithic age, the painted pottery is some of the most aesthetically pleasing. The potters of the Yangshao culture, which existed about five to

Author: YANG HUNG    Year 1978 Issue 10 PDF HTML

22. A Cultural Giant

THE late writer Kuo Mo-jo was, with Lu Hsun (1881-1936), one of the two main founders of the new literature following the May 4th Movement of 1919. After liberation he became an esteemed leader in

Author: CHOU YANG    Year 1978 Issue 12 PDF HTML

23. The Chariot in China

THE chariot was already in use in China in the Shang dynasty (16th-11th century B.C.) for war and hunting. Luxuriously-decorated chariots were a mark of rank of the nobility. For a long time, though

Author: YANG HUNG    Year 1978 Issue 12 PDF HTML

24. Memories of Bethune

I WAS one of Dr. Norman Bethune's three bodyguards in the spring of 1939 when he worked in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, an anti-Japanese base led by the Communist Party. Memories of him are

Author: YANG YAOFA    Year 1979 Issue 11 PDF HTML

25. Scenes of Tang Court Life

A YOUNG court lady in a light green skirt with a vermilion silk shawl over her shoulders stands looking up at a bird in flight. Bored with the dull life at court she seems to be yearning for freedom,

Author: YANG HONG    Year 1979 Issue 11 PDF HTML

26. Mechanization of Agriculture

OLD China had no farm machinery, let alone an industry to produce it. After liberation in 1949, implements such as a new-type plow and a horse-drawn harvester began to be made here and small farm

Author: YANG LIGONG    Year 1981 Issue 8 PDF HTML

27. Sketchbook

Author: Yang Zaosan    Year 1981 Issue 9 PDF HTML

28. 'I'll Never Retire from Music'

OVER a thousand music lovers gathered last May in Beijing for the farewell performance of soprano Lang Yuxiu. As Lang began to sing in the soft, sweet voice that belies her 63 years, those over 30

Author: YANG SHUYING    Year 1981 Issue 11 PDF HTML

29. China's Ancient Weapons

IN 1974 one of the great archaeological finds of all times was made near Xian, Shaanxi province - a whole army of life-size pottery warriors of the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.). These realistic

Author: YANG HONG    Year 1982 Issue 1 PDF HTML

30. Amputee Sportsman Wins Five Gold Medals

DURING the Third Asian-Pacific Games for the Disabled in Hongkong last November, five gold medals were won by a Chinese man who had lost both his right arm and leg. ?Li Chenggang came first in the

Author: YANG XUEWEI    Year 1983 Issue 4 PDF HTML