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5. Westerners have linked the country of China with porcelain since a long time ago, because the technique of manufacturing porcelain was originally invented in China. Porcelain was developed on the basis of pottery. If calculated from the appearance of the primitive porcelain in the Shang Dynasty, its history has been about 3000 years. The techniques of manufacturing porcelain have developed rapidly since the Eastern Han Dynasty. Famous kilns producing porcelain products with unique features and new pottery and porcelain varieties constantly came forth in subsequent dynasties. Chinese porcelain wares are not only daily handy necessities, but also precious arts and crafts. From the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese porcelain wares and their manufacturing techniques gradually spread all over the world. Today, China continues to create new varieties of precious porcelain. The decoration and design of doors and windows was a fixture in classical Chinese architecture. The ancients believed that Doors and windows were symbolic curtains separating heaven and earth in traditional Chinese architecture, and that the harmony between heaven and earth was realized when these curtains were opened. The elaborately-designed diverse latticeworks that characterize the traditional doors and windows has exerted a far-reaching influence on Chinese architectural ornament. In ancient times, one’s house usually told much about the owner’s taste, status, and wealth. As a result, ancient people paid much attention to the architecture when they build houses. / when a person had a house built for him or her...In some window latticeworks, layers of gold foils, which indicates the houses’past eminence, are still visible. Some others were carved with poems and lyrics, or even calligraphy and paintings, which implies that literary families once lived in the houses. 6.The lion dance originated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, developing into large-scale singing and dancing performed by h