What is the right gift for foreigners

The most attractive to foreigners, the most popular foreigners favorite Chinese top ten gifts

One, the kite: kite for the Chinese invention, according to legend, Mo Zhai made of wood to wood bird, developed for three years and become the earliest human origin of the kite, and later Lu Ban with bamboo, improve the material of Mo Zhai's kite, and more and evolved into today's multi-line kite. Kite is a kind of toy, in the bamboo and gabion skeleton on the paste paper or silk, pulling the long line tied to it, taking advantage of the wind can be released into the sky. There are Beijing kites and Weifang kites.

Two, Erhu: Erhu is one of the main bowed string instruments (stringed instruments) in the family of Chinese musical instruments. The term huqin appeared in the Tang Dynasty, when the western and northern peoples were called hu people, and huqin was the common name for the western and northern peoples' imported musical instruments. After the Yuan Dynasty, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, huqin became the common name for stringed instruments. Dunhuang, Huqiu's okay, to really want to buy good words can only be customized, but it will be expensive, the general piano shop has, a little more advanced to private manufacturers customized.

Three, paper-cutting: also known as paper-cutting, is one of the oldest Chinese Han folk art, its history can be traced back to the 6th century AD. Window decoration or cut-outs. Difference in the creation, some with scissors, some with a carving knife, although the tools are different, but the creation of works of art are basically the same, people collectively referred to as paper-cutting. Paper-cutting is a kind of hollow art, which visually gives people a feeling of transparency and artistic enjoyment. Representatives of Hubei Shinyang paper-cutting, Guangdong Foshan paper-cutting and Fujian folk paper-cutting, Jiangsu Yangzhou paper-cutting, Hebei Weixian paper-cutting and so on.

Four, flute: Chinese flute has a long history that can be traced back to the Neolithic era. At that time the forefathers lit bonfires, set up the prey, around the captured prey while eating and singing and dancing, and the use of flying birds shin bone drilling and blowing (with the sound of trapping prey and passing signals), also gave birth to the excavation of China's oldest musical instrument - bone flute. The flute is a popular wind instrument in China, also known as the "bamboo flute" because it is made of natural bamboo. The flute is a very expressive instrument, capable of playing long, soaring melodies, broad, expansive moods, as well as joyful, gorgeous dance music and graceful ditties. However, the expressive power of the flute does not only lie in the beautiful melody, it can also express various sounds of nature. For example, it imitates various bird calls and so on. The Chinese instrument of the flute in English for its pinyin dizi, the Western instrument of the flute in English for flute. at present, the flute has not formed a brand concept, with the good to be OK.

Fifth, chopsticks: can be said to be China's national treasure. Both lightweight and flexible, unique in the world of tableware, known as the "civilization of the East" by Westerners. It is an important component of Chinese food culture in response to the characteristics of the part. English name: chopstick (single chopsticks), chopsticks (a pair of chopsticks). There is a widely circulated joke, a foreigner asked the Chinese, I heard that there are twenty-four people *** eat a table of wine in China, is it true? The Chinese man said, yes. The foreigner asked, the table is so big, how can I get the dishes? The Chinese said, we have a kind of three feet long chopsticks. The foreigner asked again, "With such long chopsticks, it's no problem to clip the food, but how do you turn the corner and bring the food to your mouth? The Chinese said, "We are you clip for me to eat, I clip for you to eat ah. Famous chopsticks include: branded chopsticks from Wangjiang Mansion in Chengdu, lion's head bamboo chopsticks from Wuhou Ancestral Temple in Chengdu, nanmu chopsticks from Zhongyue in Henan Province, appliquéd chopsticks from Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, ventilated chopsticks from Yangmingshan in Xiangnan Province, tianzhu chopsticks from the West Lake in Hangzhou, water-polished bamboo chopsticks in Ningbo, white wood chopsticks in Suzhou, lacquer chopsticks in Fujian Province, and so on. It is said that in 1972, when U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China for the first time, a pair of chopsticks used at the state banquet held by Zhou Enlai was "stolen" by a clever Canadian reporter, and later bid up to thousands of U.S. dollars.

Sixth, face painting: some characters in the opera face painted a variety of patterns, used to show the character and characteristics of the character. Face painting is divided into four kinds: Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou. The art of Chinese Peking Opera face painting is a very favorite art category of the majority of opera lovers, popular at home and abroad in a wide range of quite widely, has been recognized as the traditional culture of the Chinese nation's logo.

Seven, weaving and embroidery: weaving and embroidery is the use of cotton, linen, silk, wool and other textile materials for weaving, knitting or embroidery process. Chinese weaving and embroidery craft varieties. Colorful. Mainly embroidery, brocade, woof, drawstring, lace, velvet embroidery, machine embroidery, embroidered clothes, embroidered shoes, bead embroidery, carpets, hand-knotted and so on. Weaving and embroidery have a long history. In New China's gifts in foreign exchanges, traditional handicrafts still dominate, of which embroidered products take up a considerable proportion and are favored by foreign dignitaries. Such as the Vantone stage produced by the pocket embroidery in recent years is very popular, more foreign collectors, easy to carry, so that foreigners love, each piece of pocket embroidery are nearly 1,000 meters of nearly 10,000 meters of thread, the picture is elegant and elegant, noble design, art taste full, to show the flavor of a thousand.

Eight, porcelain: China is the hometown of porcelain, porcelain invention is the great contribution of the Chinese nation to world civilization, in English "porcelain (china)" and China (China) with a word. Around the 16th century BC in the middle of the Shang Dynasty, China appeared in the early porcelain. China is a real "porcelain" this country, in recent years the daily use of ceramics such as spring, booming. Porcelain in the new China's foreign exchanges in the gift also occupies a considerable proportion.

Nine, painting and calligraphy: Chinese painting (Xuan painting) in the world of fine arts in the field of self-contained system, both a long history, there are good traditions. It refers to the use of brush, ink, color on silk, cloth, silk, paper, damask and other things painted. Common foreign guests in small stores or stalls to buy a few paintings and calligraphy, and the size is not large, the price is very cheap, the expensive ones do not buy, mainly because of these painters do not understand.

Ten, tea: According to the investigation, "tea" word first appeared in the "Hundred Sound Masters Stele" and "Huaihui Stele", time about the middle of the Tang Dynasty, around 806 AD to 820 AD; a little later, the "Tea Scriptures" also adopted the word "tea". Prior to this, Wengu had produced the word "tea" which was represented by the word "tian" (荼). There are many kinds of tea in China, and tea is equivalent to coffee in foreign countries. Famous teas include: Xihu Longjing, Anxi Tieguanyin, Yunnan Pu'er Tea, Huangshan Maofeng, Dongting Biluochun, Junshan Silver Needle, Lushan Yunwu, Frozen Top Oolong, Keemun Red Tea, and Suzhou Jasmine.

Weaving embroidery, painting and calligraphy, porcelain relative to other gifts in terms of more expensive, foreign guests on the fragile and afraid of pressure of the special gifts in the purchase are very cautious. The above is the most attractive and favorite foreign friends of the top ten gifts, showing the unique charm of China.