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  • Wood Carving (Zhujin Mudiao)

    2020-05-15

    Wood Carving (Zhujin Mudiao) is one of the traditional crafts of Ningbo. It uses high-quality timber such as amphora wood, linden wood and ginkgo wood as its raw materials.

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    Traditions of Longtaitou Festival in Ningbo

    2020-02-25

    The Longtaitou Festival, or Dragon-Head-Raising Festival, falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year and marks the start of spring and the farming season. This year it falls on Feb 24.

  • Hemudu Culture

    2016-12-02

    Hemudu Site, a Neolithic cultural site of about 40,000 square meters, is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze Valley. It takes its name from Hemudu Town in Yuyao city, Zhejiang province where the site was originally discovered.

  • Vermeil Gold and Lacquer Wood Carving

    2016-12-02

    Ningbo vermeil gilt woodcarving has a history of more than 1,000 years. In the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD 220), with the development of timber construction, a kind of woodcarving decorated with painted lacquer and gold-overlaid became popular.

  • Wedding Custom: 'Ninghai Ten-mile Red Dowry'

    2016-12-02

    Influenced by the thriving local economy of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644) and traditional Chinese wedding customs, people in east Zhejiang province generally married off their daughters with a luxurious dowry, the daughters of rich households having extremely extravagant dowries.

  • Ningbo Embroidery

    2016-12-02

    Ningbo embroidery is a traditional art with a long history. In the Ming (AD 1368-1644) and Qing (AD 1644-1911) dynasties, the market for Ningbo embroidered fabric was greatly developed.

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