Beijing - Chinese knotting was originally developed not as an art form in itself but was used to attach accessories, such as jade pendants, to clothing. Today, it is considered beautiful in its own ...

Chinese Knot is a decorative handicraft that began as a folk art in Tang and Song Dynasties, and became popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is distinctive for its complicated pattern is woven ...

It took three evenings for 21-year-old college student Chen Xing to make a delicate red Chinese Knot (zhongguojie) as a special gift for her mother's 50th birthday, which fell during Spring Festival.

When China's first space lab module Tiangong-1 shot into space on Sept 29 it was carrying a very special cargo that thrilled millions of Chinese folk art fans. "It presented the folk art of the ...

TAIPEI, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — The Chinese knot, crafted by knotting or weaving a single length of cord or rope into a variety of shapes, is a common decoration for the Spring Festival, the most important ...