Water Lily Quilt【荷 花 被】

Slik Painting
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Clubs Undergarment【梅 花 兜】

Silk painting

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Orchid Slipper【兰 花 屐】

Slik painting
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naked bosom

Traditional oriental girls are always implicit, reserved and shrinking violet while facing love and ambiguous. Sometimes they only naturally express their feelings which are deeply at heart in their very cosy private rooms where protect their naked body and naked feeling.

Youth & Bloom in the Rural China

Youth & Girls
Plants & Animals
Seasons & Blossom
Study & Amusement

Lovely Chinese and lovely China,
Wish you bloom and grow forever!!
and Bless my homeland forever and ever!!

Lovely Kitty

Zou Li, my mum occasionally draws cats. These cats in the drawing could be the cherished memory from the old days. I love these paintings very much.

When I was a small kid, we lived poor but we still kept cats. Not like the pets nowadays, we couldn’t take care of them often, and basically they only ate what we leftover. However, Cats are quite independent; they always know how to take care themselves. They are clean, they play by themselves, and they ate mouse as I saw with my eyes. They never played with me, but they did please me during my childhood. I still remembered my last cat, I used to kit it because sometimes it was really annoying. But along as I grow up, I realize that it was so bad and I really feel guilty.

I used to hear that cat never move home. It happened when we moved, our cat disappeared; it seems that it doesn’t want to follow us. A few days later, coincidently my father went back and saw our cat, she born 4 kitties and she became so skinny and so poor. The truth was she just hided to born the kitties. My father bought some food to feed them. But this really was the last time. They disappeared and never show up again when father wanted to bring them home the next day.

I want to cry every time I remember my father told me this. I wish my cat and her kitties are safe and all the best.

Revolutionary age

Zou Li created these two paintings in the early 80s. It was a transition decade from a Post-cultural-revolution era to an Open-door and Reform Policy era. At this era, the ideology of people’s spirit and mind was reflected on many art works. Some paintings were still deeply affected by the yielding, passion, revolution and sacrifice spirit. On the other hand, we can still find that people were getting relaxed and enjoyed their life.

Tibetan Buildings that I like

I haven't been to Tibet, but I have visited some Tibetan areas in Yunnan Province. Although we didn't go there in a perfect season, which is around summer, it was still a mind-blowing experience to us( regardless of the slight altitude sickness :P )!!!

I still believe an old Chinese saying, "a picture is worth a thoudsand words". So please enjoy the photos that I took below. Hopefully, you could imagine an even breath-taking scene as I saw via these photos.

17 Luzhi, Queen of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty

Luzhi (given ame Xu) was a well-known female politician in Chinese history. In 202 B. C., Liu Bang procainmed himself emperor and established Luzhi as Queen. Luzhi assisted Liu Bang to kill Han Xin, Peng Yue and other Leuds who were not the same gens in order to destroy the splittist and consolidate the unification of the Empire. After Liu Bang died, Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne. Luzhi was honoured with the title of Empress dowager. Hui was kind and weak in character, the real power in fact was controlled by Empress Luzhi. After Hui died, Liu Gong succeeded to the throne as Emperor Shao. Luzhi's power was even greater and adpoted her own system. Liu Gong complained against Luzhi. Luzhi angered and killed him. Then She raise Liu Yi who was the Leud King of Changshan as emperor. Luzhi attach importance to agriculture when she was in control with the Empire for 16 years. This recovered social economy and improved people's life. Luzhi often resorted to political trickery and was fierce and cruel in means, which was comdemned by historians.

Fanji. Consort of King Zhuang of Kingdom Chu

Fanji, a born beauty with talent. Reportedly, King Zhuang of Chu intended to select one of his consorts to be queen. He ordered the consorts to present him a gift respectively within three days. The one who presents the gift which he is eager for should be prefereed. And then while all the consorts were vexedly guessing what the King needed and preparing the gifts. Fanji was just remain calm and at ease without preparing anything. Zhuang was surprised and inquired into Fanji's reason. Fanji replied: What your majesty really need is a queen. Why bother about anything else. Feeling well with Fanji's answer, Zhuang raised Fanji as the queen.

After became the Queen, Fanji advised King Zhuang to be aristarchy. She had great contribution to make Chu became one of the five powerful Leud Kingdoms during the Spring & Autumn Period in Chinese history.

Although Fanji was King's favourite, she got no child. Fanji persuaded Zhuang to have more consorts to bear offspring without any jealous. A woman with wise but no jealous like Fanji was rarely seen among imperial consorts in Chinese history.

Liji, Consort of Duke Xian of the Jin Kingdom

In 663 B.C., the Jin Kingdom defeated the Lirong Kingdom. The monarch of the Lirong Kingdom decided to give his second daughter Liji to the Duke of the Jin Kingdom as friendly gesture. Liji gave birth to a son Xiqi, who was very adoreble and loved by Duke Xian. Gradually, Liji became Xian's favorite. Xian even deposed the Duchess Qijiang and named Liji as the new duchess.

One day, the crown prince Sheng'sheng prepared the meat offering for ancestors. Liji poison the meat secretly and then stigmatized him. Sheng'sheng became the victim and died. Then she stigmatize two other sons of the Duke, Chong'er and Yiwu, saying that they were involved in a plot. Chong'er and Yiwu had to take refuge out of the state. Liji asked Xian to designate her son Xiqi as the crown prince.

In 650 B.C., Chong'er and Yiwu came back and told Xian the truth. Liji was executed finally.

Leizu, Yellow Emperor's Principal Consort

Leizu was a girl from the Xiling tribe. It is said that while hunting on the Western Hills, the Yellow Emperor saw a girl breeding silkworms and getting raw silk under mulberry trees, which he had never seen before.

Feeling surprised, he approached to her and asked:" I 'd like to learn this technique. Would you please teach it to me?" The Girl answered:" My parents said that I could teach it only to my husband." The Yellow Emperor looked at her from top and toe. She was undistinguished in appearance, yet she was big, strong and handy. So he proposed to her and designated her as Principle Consort. That girl was Leizu.

The emperor then asked her to teach people to breed silkworms, reel silk from cocoons and weave brocade. It was only then that people began to wear cloth and silk instead of leaves and hides. People in later times all regarded Leizu as the mother of sericulture. In the period of Yuanjia of the Southern Song Dynasty, People set up the Altar of the Gods of Agriculture, and worshipped her as the mother of Sericulture ever since.

This is an interesting Chinese myths, which I have never heard before (:P). Zou Li has been created a series of paintings about those great women from Chinese myths and real history. Even though my Chenglish is a bit awful...lol...It could be great to let you know more about the Chinese culture with both of pictures and text.

I hope you would be insterested in her paintings and stay tubed!