Story of China
中国故事
Zhōngguó gùshì
祥云小屋 xiángyún xiǎowū
Xiangyun Huts

祥云 xiángyún, auspicious cloud (the design of Olympic torch).  小屋 xiǎowū, mini hut

 Get yourself ready to visit Beijing for the Summer Olympic Games, and explore the national immaterial cultural heritage of China.

On July 26, Friday, noted celebrities Jacky Chan paid a visit to the “China Story” Houses in the Olympic Center District, which showcases elements of traditional Chinese culture.

Chan, a huge fan of Chinese culture, was quite impressed by the site, and stopped to shake hands and take pictures with employees. He also expressed his pride about his heritage.

Cultural Exhibition of “Story of China” displays the national immaterial cultural heritage and traditional ethnics, folk customs and folk culture of China along the progress of “stories” by walking through thirty “Xiangyun Huts” of 70 m2 to 100 m2, with the theme of each hut as described below. Native teachers from ChineseHour.com are ready to help you interpret Chinese culture in the ono-on-one instant tutoring classes.

Beijing: Rongbaozhai Woodblock Printing, The Eight Consummate Handicrafts of Beijing’s Arts and Crafts, Beijing Silk Figure, Inside Art Printing Snuff Bottle, Hollow Bamboo, and Kite

Tianjin: Yangliuqing New Year’s Painting, Art of Clay Figurine Zhang

Chongqing: Sailors along Sichuan River, Face-changing of Sichuan Drama, Sichuan Embroidery

Shanghai: Bone Pipe, Tiger/bird-shaped Drum of the style in the Warring States Period, Tang-Dynasty-style Chinese Lute, Ivory Erhu Lute, 18k Golden Kite

Shandong: Weifang Kite, with Wood Engraving Pictures, Paper-cut

Inner Mongolia: Boundless prairie, ethnic clothing, festivals

Hebei: Space combination of folk houses, New Year Picture of Wu Qiang, and acrobatics

Liaoning: Costumes of Manchu nationality, folk apparatus, folk embroidery, Southern Liaoning Shadow Play, Paper-cut, Benxi Stone Sculpture, site teaching and live performance

Jilin: Ice Hut, Jilin Folk House, Costumes of Manchu nationality, Facial Makeup, Embroidery, “Pillow” headdress, and Peasants’ Dance

Hunan: Xiangxiu Embroidery, Beating Symbols, Liuyang Chrysanthemum Stone Carving

Taiwan: Art Glass

Yunnan: Pu’er tea culture, ethnic minority songs & dances, tea art performance

Guizhou: Ethnic clothing

Sichuan: Qiang nationality culture, live performance of Qiang Flute Artist

Shanxi: Traditional hand papermaking of Beizhang Village, Fengxiang Wood-engraving picture, Huaxian shadow play, Northern Shaanxi paper-cut, Fengxiang clay sculpture, Baoji Shehuo facial makeup

Jiangsu: Kunqu opera, Suzhou Music Live, Yangzhou puppet and embroidery, purplish sand pottery, Wuxi Huishan clay figurine, Yangzhou paper-cut

Shanxi: Courtyard of Shanxi Merchantmen, Shangxi Landscape, Paper-cut

Guangdong: Chaozhou Wood carving, Chaozhou embroidery, pottery, clay figurine

Hainan: Tropic customs, beach, shellfish and textile skills of Li nationality

Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival, Cheung Chau Bun Festival, Lantern Festival at Mid Autumn and other Chinese traditional festivals

Macao: Ruins of St. Paul’s, drunk dragon dance

Hubei: Chu cultural customs, Wudang martial arts

Zhejiang: Silk sericulture

Jiangxi: Jindezhen ceramics

Gansu: Mogao Cave Fresco

Tibet: Tibetan medicines, Tangka drawing show, Tibetan songs & dances

Qinghai: Kunlun Jade, The Three Consummate Arts of Tibet, live drawing Tangka, choke silk Tangka

Ningxia: Muslim Costume Show, Mouth String Play and other cultures of the Hui nationality

Xinjiang: Uygur dwellings, Hotan carpet, niche

Guangxi: ethnic customs and costumes, ethnic minority songs and dances