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Today is the opening session of the Symposium on 100 Years of Traditional Handicrafts, organized jointly by the journal Décor, the Beijing Academy of Handicraft Art, and the Jingdezhen Institute of Ceramic Folk Art. I have been asked to give an academic presentation, but I must tell you that what I am going to say is more of a conversation with you, nothing formal or academic.
Opening speech at the 99th Symposium on 100 Years of Traditional Handicrafts, convened by the Jingdezhen Institute of Ceramic Folk Art. Participants were Japanese and Chinese specialists in the theory of handicraft art. This text is based on the audio recording made by Fang Lili, published in National Art, 2000.
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Ancient Western Han dynasty tomb from 100 BC.
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One of the feudal states of the Zhou dynasty that lasted from 1200 to 473 BC.
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Initiated in 1980, this major policy redistributed the land to rural households that undertook to cultivate it and sell their produce to the state according to a contract.
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1915–1989, formerly General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a key figure in the early days of the reforms after 1978. He resigned after criticism by more conservative members of the Party.
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London: Routledge, 1939.
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In Chinese, Shengyu zhidu (《生育制度》), Beijing: The Commercial Press, 1999.
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1901–1972. Major architect, author of several works on classical Chinese architecture. Liang researched the history of Chinese architecture and strongly advocated its conservation. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and professor at Tsinghua University and participated in the urban planning of Beijing after 1949.
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Fei, X. (2015). Toward a Higher Culture. In: Globalization and Cultural Self-Awareness. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46648-3_11
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