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Famous paintings celebrating mother's love

Long before there was Mother's Day, artists have been expressing emotion to their mothers through their brushes. Let's take a look at images of mothers in art pieces.

 

Exquisite magnolia flower-themed relics decorate spring

Since ancient times, magnolia flowers have been favored by people, whether early buds or full blossoms.

 

Roosters in Western paintings

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, this year is the Year of Rooster. The rooster is a common animal and has appeared in many paintings. It is not only depicted by many Chinese painters, but also emerges in Western artwork. Let's take a look at roosters in Western art.

 

Nuo dance performed to embrace Chinese New Year

Folk artisans wearing costumes and masks perform Nuo dance at Dongjiawan village, Rongkou, Qimen county, Anhui province, to pray for the harvest and smooth new year.

 

Rooster-shaped dough modellings made to greet Chinese lunar new year

Folk artist Kan Zongqin makes rooster-shaped dough modellings in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 8, 2017.

 

University students create skeleton paintings

A special art contest combining human anatomy and painting was held in Gansu University of Chinese Medicine recently.

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French royal porcelains shine in Xi'an

More than 300 pieces of porcelain produced by the French Sèvres factory between 1740 and 2016 have come a long way to the Xi'an Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts, in Shaanxi province.

Imperial seal could fetch tens of millions of dollars

Sotheby's Chinese Works of Art Autumn Sales 2016 will take place on October 5 in Hong Kong, offering close to 300 lots with total sales estimated at $US80 million, among which an imperial seal would be the biggest highlight.

Graffiti works revive dilapidated walls

Qi Xinghua's latest graffiti works at a renovation base in Yangpu district of Shanghai, make the dilapidated walls revive.

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