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ART
The Art of China
Produced by the Multicultural Home Page at Purdue University this page has images/recordings of: art; Chinese music & language; scenery; taste of China; zodiac.
Arts Scene China
Features portfolios of modern and avant-garde artwork by more than 20 leading contemporary artists from China.
The Chairman Smiles
Dutch Marien van der Heijden has a collection of great political posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and China along with some background on the periods they're from.
Chinese-Art.com
A pretty thorough online magazine about traditional and modern Chinese art - articles, news, exhibition info, etc.
Chinese Cinema Page
Toronto writer, Shelly Kraicer, specializes in Chinese language films and compiled some great film reviews, news, links, and "extras."
Dance Beijing
A traditional dance troupe in Beijing introduces several types of dance in China and lists their performance details.
Deco Orient
References and links to Chinese vintage posters.
National Palace Museum
This museum is located in Taiwan but it houses perhaps the world's largest imperial Chinese collection. The museum was opened in 1925 and most of the Qing Dynasty art holdings ended up here. Have a look...
Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Posters
Mr. Landsberger may not be a web designer but he has put together a collection of some very beautiful, funny, and disturbing Chinese posters from 1949 to the present.
Tales From the Land of Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston exhibits some great works with interesting text accompaniments. Sections include: tales & legends, birds, flowers & fish, landscapes, daily life, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism.
CULTURE
China the Beautiful
Maintained by Dr. Ming L. Pei this site provides resources for Chinese classics, art, history, literature, poetry, caligraphy & paintings, and philisophy.
Chinatown Online
This not-for-profit organization covers business, a guide to British Chinatowns, legends, beliefs, festivals, and interesting supersitions about pregnancy, marriage, death, and colors.
Chinese Tea Ceremony
Paulette Licitra of Urban Desires wrote this wonderful descriptive essay on Chinese tea drinking that should make the mouths of non-Chinese and Chinese alike water.
Classical Chinese Furniture
Authority, Curtis Evarts, presents the histoty, design, and construction of various styles and categories of Chinese furniture.
Destiny: The Culture of China
Three students have put together this site which covers chinese culture, land and language.
Empty Flower
Hollywood slick boy has made a grapically gorgeous site about internal martial arts, I-Ching and other bits.
Fabrizio Pregadio
This Chinese science and technology professor has taken his passion for Chinese alchemy, Daoism, and medical classics to the web.
Out of the East: China's Influence on Modern Western Fashion
This excellent article also has audio/visual tour of the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan's museum on the subject. (need to register at NYT first, free)
Virtual Museum & Library
California's Chinese Historical & Cultural Project provides this collection of China stuff - particular highlights are: wedding traditions, games, and tea.
MUSIC
Chinese Rock Music Black List
In Canada James Jiang maintains this enormous page about Chinese rock. Sections include: Cui Jian; record labels; Tang Dynasty; Beyond; more band pages; general music page; related articles; organizations & clubs; BBS & chat; foreign sounds; record stores; mailing lists.
SinoMania Music
News, reviews and sound clips of new Chinese music.