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This indispensable guide gives beginners and enthusiasts a first-hand look into the game that will enable beginners to play within an hour's read, and enthusiasts to develop strategy and tailor their game to win in any situation. Offering a clea...

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Mah-Jongg, the Chinese game of skill, luck, clattering tiles, and "100 intelligences", is more popular than ever and it has a growing cross-cultural audience. This handsomely illustrated pop culture celebration of the game

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Chinese Calligraphy is one of the most revered traditions in China, rivaling painting as the top ancient art form. This easy-to-use guide introduces all the basic elements of the standard Chinese Calligraphy script, Kai Shu, with step-by-step in...

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In ancient China, Emperors used seals to proclaim their decrees to their people, officials used seals to exercise their power, merchants used seals to demonstrate their credibility, land-lords used seals to protect their small properties. Gradua...

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Chinese folk toys have a long history. Folk toys are rooted in folk customs, and spread, developed and evolved among the masses. Full of rural flavor, these toys made by folk artisans contain profound cultural significance. This book introd...

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New Year Picture (Nianhua) derives its name from the age-old custom of Chinese New Year decorations. A fascinating and popular art form, it in fact constitutes a separate branch of traditional Chinese painting. The concept of New Year Picture re...

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Chinese artiest Wang Tao Qi painted 103 western poems with traditional Chinese watercolor paintings. This book includes all these poems in Chinese and English and 103 paintings.Paperback, English, 217 Pages, 11.25" x 8.5"

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The first tai chi book exclusively for children ages 4 to 8. This book uses children's delight in imitating animals to teach the eight basic tai chi forms essential for health. Each exercise is accompanied by colorful artwork and photogr...

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China has been noted for its calligraphy that evolved from handwriting but has developed into an independant art genre that can be placed on a par with the other fine arts of music, dance and literature. This book illustrates the Chinese appreci...

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CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, which introduces the Westerner to a rich and mysterious world, is based on a classic compilation of the Chinese language done in the 18th Century, which determined that all the characters then in use were devised from 214 ro...

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Landscape painting originated during the Wei-Jin period (220-420). Chinese convention holds that the way of heaven is hidden in all creatures in the universe, in other words, the law of nature can be discovered by observing the skies, mountains an...

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The art of knotting is an old and revered part of Chinese life. Used for a variety of practical and decorative purposes over the centuries, Chinese knotwork is intricate and full of magnificent color combinations that lend elegance to everyday obj...

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