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cowherd and Weaving Maid Qixi festival

Pictorial Presentations of the Story of Cowherd and the Weaving Maid on Chinese Antiques

The Chinese Valentine’s Day, Qixi Festival (七夕节), is just around the corner. It falls on the seventh day of the seventh month of the traditional Chinese year. Dr Yibin Ni has conducted comprehensive research on this topic and has written an article in Chinese 《牛郎织女银河隔 七夕相会胜无数》 with reference to numerous ancient artifacts that depict such romantic story scene.

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Laozi on ox meeting Confucius Tutuhaoyi

Appreciation of Chinese visual art: depiction of Laozi, the personification of Dao (Tao) on a buffalo’s back

Have you ever wondered why images of an old scholarly man riding a buffalo are often depicted on Chinese antiques? What is so special about this man who looks highly respected and followed by yet still sitting on a buffalo’s back? We hereby invite art historian Dr Yibin Ni to solve the mystery…

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