Prayer Hall, Towers and Rebuilding at Dongguan Mosque
A five-bay prayer hall, paired towers and a long rebuilding history give Xining’s Dongguan Great Mosque a distinctive place in the city’s architectural landscape.
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From Jiaya Looms to Xining’s Carpet Institutions
A village craft moved through workshops, a city training school and factory production, then entered national heritage exhibitions and contemporary carpet settings.
Jiaya Carpets: Amdo Patterns, Wool and an Unbound Edge
The national intangible-heritage record locates Jiaya weaving in Huangzhong and describes its fibers, linked knots, thick pile and traditional edge finish.
Building an Image in Layers: Huangzhong Appliqué Embroidery
Huangzhong duixiu turns cut silk into raised imagery. Recent preservation work adds a second kind of layering: a digital archive and tools for recording and developing designs.
Paint, Appliqué and Butter: Three Ways Ta’er Monastery Tells a Story
Two exhibitions, six years apart, place mural painting, appliqué embroidery and butter sculpture in a shared cultural frame while showing that each medium has a different life.
A Gallery Made to Melt: Butter Sculptures at Ta’er Monastery
At the 2026 Lantern Festival, works from Ta’er Monastery’s Upper and Lower Flower Courtyards shared a hall. Their brief display begins with a longer winter of careful making.
Four Pairs around a Painted Pot: A Basin from Zongri
A small painted basin now associated with Qinghai Provincial Museum carries four groups of paired figures. Its design is clear; what they carry remains a question for viewers and researchers.