Foshan Culture
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City Name:Foshan ( Chinese: 佛山, Pinyin: foshan)
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Population :Prefecture Level: 3,389,000
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Location :Located in the mid-south of Guangdong Province, China, Foshan is at the heart of the Pearl River Delta (“PRD”).
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Overview:Foshan has many sights, including Chinese temples and other examples of Chinese architecture. The old Zu temple in Foshan houses the city's guardian, where it has stood for hundreds of years.
Foshan Paper-cut
Foshan paper-cut has a long history that can trace back to Song Dynasty,
but the prosperous time is in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. From Ming Dynasty, in Foshan there appeared paper-cut profession, the products are very popular in Guangdong Provinces and Central and Southwest of China as well as in Southeast of Asian countries......know more
Ash Plastering
Ash Plastering is one of the architectural arts, also called Ash Sulpture, but generally called Wall Paiting. It is vey popular in Foshan, guangdong province, The mainly contents of the works are handwriting, landscape, figures, flowers, birds, animals, etc......know more
Cantonese Opera
The wonderful Guandong opera, striking paintings, touching music and unique architectures make the province formed a peculiar Guangdong culture. In which, Guangdong opera is divided into three local opera,
including Cantonese opera,Chao opera and Han opera. In Guangdong , there are some magnificent opera and dance drama theaters, which have the first-class actors......know more
Foshan Dragonboat Race Festival
According to the ancient documents, the earliest record of the dragon boat is in the “Story of Mutianzi”. About the origin of the dragon boat race festival, the most popular belief is that resulted from the activity of memorization of Qu Yuan who is a great patriotic poet, his political propositions were not accepted and later he was framed by some insidious officers, at last he sunk himself with hatred into Miluo River. So the Dragonboat Race Festival is held each year on the fifth day of the fifth month to remember Qu Yuan, and on this day chinese people have the habit to have Zongzi ( one special delicious Chinese food) ........know more
Foshan Lantern art
Colorful lantern, which is known as lantern art in tradition. The art is designed and made by Foshan Folk Art Research Institute is a main stream of Chinese traditional lantern arts. It has the characteristics of exquisite and fine workmanship of South China.......know more
Bruce Li
Bruce Li was a kungfu(martial arts) film star that famous both at home and abroad. He is Foshan native, originally named Li Jun Fan, was the son of Li Haiquan who is a famous clown of Guangdong opera. When he was still very young, he started to practise martial arts with his father, and then he formally acknowledge the famous wing chun style of kungfu......know more
Foshan Woodprint
Foshan woodprint also with a long history dating back to more than 500 years ago, started in Yongle Period of Ming Dyanasty. According to “Cihai”, Foshan Woodprint New Year Picture is one of the most popular new year pictures in China, and is a famous folkway woodprint in China's southern area......know more
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