The Miao, Dong and Yao minorities are famous for their beautiful embroidery. This traditional craft, which has existed for more than 2,000 years, is still very much a part of the daily life of these populations. Representing mountains, rivers, trees, flowers or animals, the patterns are numerous and colourful! The younger generations now want to…
The start of the school year is scheduled for Monday 30 August 2021 in Guangxi and in particular in the Danian area (dependent on Liuzhou – prefectural city). Due to the health conditions, the provincial authorities have asked schoolchildren to follow the barrier measures during the 14 days prior to the start of the school…
Like every year, June is a very busy month for our Danian team and all the volunteers in France. Even if we try to automate more and more procedures, it is still necessary to carry out control and regularisation tasks. Two years ago, the Board of Directors of Couleurs de Chine endorsed the decision to…
It is with great emotion that Anne-Sophie Demichel, Sophie Franquet, Marie-Laurence Guillon and Séverine Berthet have passed the torch to Lucie Xiong and Chantal Tran. The entire Couleurs de Chine team would like to thank you from the bottom of its heart for your generosity, your commitment and all the actions carried out on behalf…
Miao embroidery has a history of over 2000 years. It is an essential and important aspect of Miao culture. In the past, embroidery was a form of language used to narrate legends, past events, to express feelings or simply to illustrate daily life. Thus, each generation left a trace of its history through embroidery. Elements…
The Qingming celebration (清明节) is an occasion for Chinese people to honour their dead. This year, Qingming took place on April 5th. It is the equivalent of All Saints’ Day, and allows families to come and visit the graves, clean them, make offerings while burning incense and “fake money”, and it is often followed by…
The NGO Couleurs de Chine, represented by its representative office in Guangxi (China), is pleased to announce its cooperation with SOCF (Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation) which will strengthen its charitable causes in Guangxi, China. The main mission of Couleurs de Chine, created by Françoise Grenot-Wang*, is to promote access to education for young people from…
Wherever we have been during the past year, we will all have unforgettable memories. Some say that it was a very difficult year, marked by natural, social and humanitarian crises… that it was a year of losses, for many people and for human society. Others, more optimistic, say that 2020 was a year of rediscovering…
After… The collectivist agrarian system 1962-1980 (part 1) A gradual return to property The “Great Leap Forward” has shown its limits and has not been able to ensure agricultural development, which in the end has resulted in the general impoverishment of farmers and insufficient harvests to provide the population with basic food. The leaders then…
48 hours before the New Year, Danian’s school organises its gala to move on to 2021! All the parents are there to attend and share this festive moment when the students do their dance demonstration.
