Local craftsmen in Wuxi have created various works inspired by the Beijing Winter Olympics and ice and snow sports in recent days.
Every year, especially during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday－many families in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, hold traditional ceremonies at their ancestral temples in Huishan Ancient Town.
Yufeifeng, a kind of miniature jade engravings unearthed from Wuxi's Hongshan town, is a cultural symbol representing Wuxi's city image.
Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the city of Yixing has been an important center for ceramic production in China. Kilns could once be found in Qinglong (Green Dragon) Mountain, Huanglong (Yellow Dragon) Mountain, Shushan, Qianluo and other places.
Yixing in Jiangsu province has built up a worldwide reputation for a special kind of vessel.
The main decorative methods and features of crafts are Jun glaze and embossed decoration. There are two types of Jun-glazed pottery clay body: white and purple; and dozens of under glazes' colors.
In ancient China, women were considered graceful to embroider in their boudoirs. There is an old saying that among all the needle works, embroidering is the most important one.
The city of Yixing has a pottery-making history of more than 2,400 years, with the Yixing purple clay teapot being the most famous one.
