(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-BEIJING-JINGTAILAN-INHERITOR-STUDIO (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-BEIJING-JINGTAILAN-INHERITOR-STUDIO (CN)

(240526) -- BEIJING, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Craftsmen work on Jingtailan artwork at Beijing Enamel Factory in Beijing, capital of China, May 15, 2024. Introduced from the Arabian countries during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and became popular during the "Jingtai" years of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), "Jingtailan" represents a special localized cloisonne wrought of copper and porcelain. With patterns structured with copper wires and painted with enamel glaze all on a copper body, dozens of procedures including burning, grinding and gilding are applied to make a Jingtailan piece. Within 600 years, the craftwork are integrated into the traditional Chinese art. Beijing Enamel Factory, first set up in 1956, is the only China Time-honored Brand in Jingtailan making now also serves as a production and protection base of the crafts. Over the past 60 plus years, the factory cradled a team made up of professional Jingtailan craftsmen, and Zhong Liansheng, a Chinese Master of Arts and Crafts, is one of the best. Zho

China's annual summer fishing ban ends in parts of Yellow Sea, East China Sea

STORY: China's annual summer fishing ban ends in parts of Yellow Sea, East China Sea DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: ZHOUSHAN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishing ships STORYLINE: China's annual summer fishing ban ended on Monday noon in parts of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. The fishing moratorium lasted for about three months. In Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, the first batch of 2,376 fishing ships set sail for the East China Sea. This year's summer fishing ban began on May 1 in China's major seas in the north, east, and south to conserve the marine fishery. The fishing ban covers the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the waters north of 12 degrees north latitude in the South China Sea. China has imposed the annual fishing ban in the South China Sea since 1999, as part of the country's efforts to promote sustainable marine fishery development and improve marine ecology. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zho