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Chinese
version by Laura Intrito |
English
version by Costanza Chirico |
| ENTRY |
CHINESE |
ENGLISH |
| Chinese
blue |
中国蓝zhongguo lan
The first two characters 中国 “China” and the third
one 蓝 “blue”
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A pigment in the iron blue family. |
| Chinese
Fret |
中国回形格子 zhongguo huixing gezi
the character格
木“tree”,
“wood”
囗 “enclosure”
夂 “to come after” |
A lattice
pattern of Chinese motif described under Chinese Chippendale.
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| Cchinese
Lacquer |
中国漆 zhongguo qi
Etimology “qi” 漆
Left Root “water”
氵
Superior Root “tree”,
“wood” 木
Inferior Root “water” 氺
The first
two characters中国 “China”. The third one 漆 “varnish object” |
A hard-wearing varnish drawn from natural sources,
as from the Japanese varnish tree. |
| Chinoiserie |
中国古玩
zhongguo guwan
中国 “China”,
gu 古 “ancient”, 玩 “object” |
A Western European and English architectural and decorative
fashion employing Chinese ornamentation and structural elements,
particularly in 18th century Rococo design. |
| Pai-lou
or
Pai-loo |
牌楼
牌pai “decorated archway”, 楼lou “building” |
A momumental Chinese arch or gateway with one, three,
or five openings; erected at the entrance to a palace, tomb, or
processional way. Usually built of stone in imitation of wood construction. |
| Pagoda
The top of Pagoda
Base square |
- 塔
ta commonly called “eight corners tower”八角塔
Etimology: Left Root
土tu “land”
Superior Root 廾
gong “two hands”
人 a roof
一one
囗 enclosure
Ta “pagoda”, dian “top”
塔Ta “pagoda”, 底 “basament, base, 框 kuang “circle”
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A multistoried shrine-like tower, originally a Buddhist
monument crowned by a stupa. Stories may be open pavilions of wood
with balconies and pent roofs or built-in mansonry, of diminishing
size with corbeled cornices. |
| Stupa |
The
same as pagoda |
A Buddhist memorial mound, erected to enshrine a relic
or to commemorate a sacred site; consists of an artificial mound,
raised on a platformand surrounded by an outer ambulatori with a
stone railing and four gateways, crowned by a multiple sunshade.
It is topped by a chattravali. |
| Ba-gua
or Pa-Kua |
八卦
bagua
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A
diagram from the I Ching. The literal translation is "eight
house." It has eight external sections and the center one called
the tai chi. Each of the eight sections have a trigram name; and
references a specific compass direction, number, element, season,
color, various body organs, family member, symbol and life aspects.
The bagua can be drawn in many different forms and is a tool for
most schools of Feng Shui. |
| Feng
Shui |
风水 fengshui. Wind and Water
Origin:
1795–1800 |
A traditional Chinese technique for planning the layout
of a building and for orienting rooms within it, so a sto be in
harmony with nature and with its surroundings. |
| Azure
Dragon |
蓝龙 lan long
蓝Lan “blue”, 龙 long “dragon” |
The Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is
sometimes called the Azure Dragon of the East. It represents the
east and the spring season. It is also referred to in media, feng shui, other cultures, etc., as the
Green Dragon and the Avalon Dragon. |
| China
Grass Cloth |
草席
grass mat |
A loosely woven fabric of vegetable fibers;
used for wall covering. |
| China
Sanitary Ware |
中国卫生器具
中国 “China”,
卫生 “sanitary”, 器具 “object” |
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| China
White or Silver White |
中国白
zhongguo bai
中国 “China”;白
bai “white” |
A
paint using zinc oxide as the principal pigment. |
| China
Wood Oil or Tung Oil |
桐油
tong you
China wood oil / paulownia
oil
桐tong “paulownia”,
油 you “oil” |
A
drying oil which oxidizes very rapidly, at almost twice the rate
of linseed oil; forms a hard dry film when used in paints and varnishes. |
| Classical
Chinese Garden |
中国园林zhongguo
yuanlin
中国Zhongguo “China”,
园林yuanlin “garden” |
Miniature of the Chinese landscape. Its design is a
process of abstraction and stylization of the existing landscape
and the final aim of creating a natural form in Chinese garden is
to celebrate the human spirit.
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