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Chinese architecture

Features
Siheyuan a Chinese model in Beijing, which displays the symmetry, the weighing platform and contain a large terrace floating on this basis, with vertical walls not as well emphasized.
Architecture bilateral symmetry
An important feature of architecture China is the focus in the joint and bilateral symmetry, which means balance. bilateral symmetry and articulation of buildings are everywhere in Chinese architecture, from the palaces of humble hamlets. Where possible, plans for the renovation and expansion of a house often seek to maintain the symmetry, provided that sufficient capital to do so. Child elements are placed on both sides the main structure, two wings to keep the overall bilateral symmetry.
Unlike buildings, Chinese gardens are a notable exception tends to be asymmetrical. The basic composition of the garden is to create a continuous flow.
Pregnant
That the towers along the walls of Chang'an Tang, as the eighth century fresco shows that the prince Li Chongrun fall into the mausoleum in Shaanxi Qianling
The contemporary practice of architecture West usually involve building around an open courtyard on the property. This contrasts with a large part of Chinese architecture traditional, which involves the construction of buildings or groups of buildings, which occupy a property of everything, but he himself holds open spaces. These enclosures are of two types: the patio open () and the sky "or" ().
The use of outdoor classes is a common feature many types of Chinese architecture. The best example in the courtyard, which is in an empty space surrounded by buildings, connected directly or through terraces.
Although open courses are less frequent in the architecture of southern China, the concept of an open space surrounded by buildings, seen in the complex north of the patio, you can see in the south of the structure of the building known as the sky "right." This structure is essentially a relatively closed courtyard formed by the intersections closely spaced buildings and offers a small opening to the sky through the roof of the ground up.
These boxes are used in temperature control and ventilation in the building complex. North patios are generally open and facing south allow maximum exposure of windows and building walls in the sun while keeping the cold north wind outside. wells in the southern sky are relatively small and serves to collect rainwater roofs, while limiting the amount of light entering the building. Sky wells also serve as vents hot air for the climb, which extracts the Slow stories fresh air of the house and allows the exchange of fresh outdoor air.
Hierarchical
A portal carved stone pillar, or (), 6 m (20 ft) high, found in the tomb of Gao Yi Ya'an, Sichuan Province, Dynasty Eastern Han (25-220 AD), has announced the decoration carved in the stone roof tiles, although the Han Dynasty stone (part of the wall structures around the tomb entrances) have no components of wood or ceramic (although often imitated wooden buildings with ceramic tiles).
The hierarchy and importance and projected uses of the buildings of traditional Chinese architecture are based on the investment property fences or buildings in complex. Buildings with doors at the front of the property are considered more important than those facing the sides. Construction the opposite side of the front of the property are the least important.
In addition, construction at the rear and private parts of the property are made in highest esteem and the reservation of elderly family members or plates near the ancient buildings before, which are generally officials and hired help. Before building facing the rear of the properties are mainly used for the quarter and rituals celebration for the establishment of ancestral halls and plates. As complex multi patios, central courtyard and buildings are considered more important the devices, they are often used as places of storage or agent stoves.
horizontal emphasis
Classical buildings Chinese, especially those of the rich are constructed by focusing on the extent and less in height, with narrow shelf and a large heavy roof floats on this basis, with vertical walls are not well said. This contrasts Western architecture, which tends to grow in height and depth. architecture China stresses the visual impact of the width of buildings.
The halls and palaces of the Forbidden City, for example, have fairly low ceilings compared equivalent stately buildings in the West, but its outward appearance to suggest the global nature of imperial China. These ideas have found their place in the modern Western architecture, including through the work of Utzon JRN. Of course, this does not apply to pagodas, which are complex and limited to religious buildings.
cosmological concepts
architecture China since early times used the concepts of Chinese cosmology, such as Feng Shui (Geomancy) and Taoism to organize the construction and design common structures imperial residences and religious. This includes the use of:
trellises to face the main entrance of the house, which is derived from the belief that travel the wrong things right.
Talismans and images happiness:
Door gods appear in doorways to ward off evil spirits and promote the flow of good fortune
Three anthropomorphic figures representing Fu Lu Shu () stars are conspicuous, sometimes with the proclamation of the star are taken by three three "()
Animals and fruits that symbolize happiness and prosperity, such as bats and grenades, respectively. The partnership is often through the hieroglyphics.
On orientation on the structure back to the landscape and to ensure that there is high water in front. Considerations are also made so that windows are generally Supported by the structure of the north face, where the wind is the coldest winter
Pools, ponds, wells and other water sources are often integrated the structure
The use of certain colors, numbers and the cardinal points of traditional Chinese architecture reflects the belief in a kind of immanence, where it could be the nature of something quite its own way. Although the Western tradition gradually developed a body of literature of architecture, has recently been written about in China, and the oldest text, the Kaogongji, has never been challenged. However, ideas about cosmic harmony and order in the city were usually interpreted in its most basic level, If ever a reproduction of the "ideal" of the city exists. Beijing, rebuilt 15th and 16th century remains one of the best examples of traditional urban planning Chinese.
Construction
Structure
Main article: Old Chinese wooden architecture
Tenon and mortise work ties and cross beams, Construction of Li Jie Yingzao fashi manual, printed in 1103.
Schema support timber supports ("Dougong") the holding of a multi-gables, Architecture Yingzao fashi Treaty (1103 AD)
The use of large main beams supporting the roof of a building. Timber wood, usually decorated large trunks used as pillars and beams for buildings alongside and support the development of roofs. These timbers are visible in the finished structure. However, we do not know how the ancient builders raised the huge load of wood, bearing columns in place.
Although structural walls are also commonly found in Chinese architecture, most wood-timbered buildings are preferred when it is economically viable.
Wooden frames are usually built with jointnary and ears rarely use glue or nails. The structure is also stable achieved with the use of beams and ceilings, which weighs on the structure.
Using the same number of columns in a building structure to produce an odd number of bays (). With the inclusion of a door of a building in the center of the bay, the symmetry is made day
The joint use of curtain wall panels or door to delineate rooms or attach a building with the general deemphasis walls in most of the class highest building
Flat roofs are rare, while the gabled roofs almost everywhere in the Chinese architecture Traditional. There are three types of roofs are
Leaning right: Roofs with a single slope. These are the cheapest type of roofing and are more frequent in architectures most common
Multi-Leaning ceilings with two or more sections inclination. These ceilings are used in a higher class of buildings, houses wealthy commoners at the palace
Sweep: roofs with a sweeping curve that rises in the corners of the roof. The types of roof construction are usually reserved temples and palaces, but also can be found in the homes of the rich. In the first case, the edges of the roof are usually highly decorated with ceramic figures.
The top of the roof of a large room usually topped with a border of tiles, both for decorative purposes, but also low weight for tile stability. These bridges are often well decorated, especially the religious structures and palaces. Some regions of China, peaks are sometimes extended or embedded in the walls of the building to form matouqiang (horse-head walls), which serve as a deterrent Embers Fire Pass.
Materials and history
The models of towers and other buildings during the dynasty of the Eastern Han (25 AD 220) Although these models were made of pottery, wood versions were real easily perishable and have not survived.
Unlike other materials Construction of buildings, the old wooden structures often do not survive because they are more vulnerable to erosion and fire and are subject the natural decay over time. Although currently lacking wooden residential towers, watch towers and pagodas preceded by centuries Pagoda built in 523 Songyuan is the oldest existing temple in China, and its use of brick instead of wood has a lot to do with its strength over the centuries. Since Tang Dynasty (618 907) from the brick and stone architecture becomes progressively more frequent and replaced wooden buildings. The first of this transition can be seen in construction projects, such Zhaozhou Bridge and completed in 605 or a pagoda built in 636 Xumi, however, stone and architecture brick is known to have been used in the architecture of the falls to the ground of previous dynasties.
In the early 20th century, is not fully known to the Tang Dynasty built wooden buildings that still existed, the oldest discovered to date was the discovery in 1931 of Guanyin Pavilion Dule Monastery, 984 so far during the song. That was up architectural historians Liang Sicheng (19011972), Lin Huiyin (19041955), Mo Zongjiang (19161999), and Ji Yutang (1902. 1960) found that the room is Foguang temple on Mount Wutai in Shanxi is reliable date of 857 in June 1937. The dimensions on the ground floor of the hall is 34 meters per 17.66 Monastic (111 feet by 57 feet). A year after the discovery in Foguang room, much smaller near the main temple on Mount Wutai was reliable Nanchan dating from 782, while a total of six times Tang timber buildings were found in the 21st century. The oldest pagoda in existing multi-storey wood has survived intact is the Temple of the Pagoda of the Liao dynasty Fogong located Ying County of Shanxi. Then the salon is Shrine Foguang offers seven types of support arms in their construction, in the 11th century Temple Pagoda Fogong a total of fifty-four.
The first walls and platforms in China have been rammed earth construction, and over time, brick and stone became more common. This can be seen in sections oldest of the Great Wall of China, while brick and stone of the Great Wall seen today is a renewal of the Ming Dynasty (13681644).
Classification structure
A pavilion in the garden Zhuozheng in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, one of the most beautiful gardens in China
Zhaozhou Bridge, built from 595 605 during the Sui Dynasty. It is the oldest stone bridges completely open tympanic segments of the arch in the world.
classifications China of architecture are:
(Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional:, pinyin: TNG) Ting (Chinese flags)
(Chinese Simplified Traditional Chinese: Pinyin: Ta) tai (terraces)
(Simplified Chinese:, Traditional Chinese: Pinyin: Lu) Lu (multi-storey buildings)
(Chinese Simplified, Traditional Chinese:, Pinyin: G) GE (two-storey houses)
() Xuan (Verandas with windows)
TA (pagodas Chinese)
XIE (flats or terraced houses)
Wu (Room in the corridors of coverage)
(Simplified Chinese:, Traditional Chinese: Pinyin: Dugng) hooks Lock Dougong wood, often used in support groups ceilings and add ornamentation.
Dome housing or casing
architecture types
Commoner
As for ordinary people, be they officials, merchants, farmers, their houses tend to follow a model Overview: The center of the building would be a sanctuary for the gods and ancestors, which is also used to celebrate. In its two sides are rooms for the elderly, the two wings of the building (known as dragons 'mentor' by the Chinese) were for members youngest in the family and living room, dining room and kitchen, although sometimes the living room can be very near the center.
Sometimes extended families became so great that one or two additional pairs of "wings" had to be built. This resulted in a building shaped U with a courtyard suitable for farm work, merchants and bureaucrats, however, preferred to close the front with an imposing gateway. All buildings were covered by the law and the law stated that the number of plants, the length of the building and use of color depends on the owner class. Some Villagers living in areas affected by Communal bandit Tulou forts built to protect themselves.
Imperial
There were certain architectural elements that were reserved exclusively to the buildings built by the Emperor of China. An example is the use of yellow tiles, yellow being the imperial color, yellow roof tiles still adorn most of the buildings of the Forbidden City. The Temple of Heaven, however, uses ceiling tiles to symbolize the sky. The roofs are almost still supported by brackets (Dougong "), a feature shared only with the greatest religious buildings. The wooden columns of buildings, in addition to the surface the walls tend to be red. The color black is also often used in the famous pagodas. They believe that the gods are inspired by the color black to come ashore.
The Chinese dragon with five claws, adopted by the first Ming emperor for his personal use, was used as the setting for beams, pillars and doors of the Imperial architecture. Curiously, the dragon has never been used on roofs of the imperial buildings.
Only the buildings used by the imperial family were allowed to take nine Jian (the distance between two columns), and the gates used by the Emperor could have five arches, with the center, of course, is reserved for the emperor himself. The ancient Chinese favor the color red. The buildings face south because the north wind had a cold.
A vaulted burial chamber in Luoyang, built during the dynasty of the Eastern Han (25 AD 220)
A chamber of the tomb in Luoyang, built during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD 220), with sets incised wall
The Great Red Gate at the Ming Tombs near Beijing, built in the 15th century
The yellow tiles and red walls of the Forbidden City (Palace Museum) Justification Beijing, built during the Yongle period (14021424) of the Ming Dynasty
Beijing became the capital of China after the invasion Mongolian 13th century to complete the migration to the capital of China began since the Jin Dynasty, the Ming uprising in 1368 reaffirmed the authorities Chinese and fixed Beijing as the seat of imperial power for the next five centuries. The Emperor and Empress lived in palaces of the axis central Forbidden City, the crown prince on the east side, and concubines in the back (hence the numerous imperial concubines were often referred to as "The Back Palace Three Thousand"). However, during the dynasty's residence in mid-Qing emperor was moved to the western part of complex. It's a mistake to speak of an axis in the Western sense of perspective about the visual axis facades instead of China is a line of privilege, generally built on regulating access – no opinion, but a series of gates and pavilions.
Strongly influenced Numerology Imperial Architecture, hence the use of nine large part of the building (nine in largest single digit number) and why the Forbidden City Beijing is said to 9999.9 rooms – just under 10,000 units in the mythical heaven. The importance of the East (the rising sun) in the direction and location of buildings Imperial is a form of sun worship in many ancient cultures, which is affiliated to the notion of rule in the sun.
The tombs and mausoleums members of the imperial family, the tombs of the Tang Dynasty in the eighth century Qianling mausoleum, may also be considered as part of the imperial tradition architecture. These mounds of earth on the ground and the pyramids are underground structures of the tree-and-dome is bordered brick walls, at least the Warring States (481 -221).
Religious
See also: Temple (Chinese)
overall architecture, Buddhist follow the imperial style. A Buddhist monastery was usually a large hall, which houses the statue of a Bodhisattva, followed by a great hall, housing the statues of Buddhas. Sleeps monks and nuns are on both sides. Some of the greatest examples of this in the temples of the 18th century Temple and the Temple of Putuo Zongcheng Puning. Buddhist monasteries sometimes pagodas, which may house the relics of Gautama Buddha, pagodas tend to be older than four sides, while later pagodas usually have eight sides.
Taoist architecture, by contrast, tend to follow the style of commoners. Admission primarily, however, usually on the side of superstition demons that may try to enter the principle. (View feng shui.) Unlike Buddhist, Taoist temple in the main deity is in the main hall opposite, less deities in the hallway and back sides.
Group temples at the summit of Mount Taishan, where structures were built to replace the British Columbia 3 during the Han Dynasty
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty
The Nine Pinnacle Pagoda, built in the eighth century during the Tang Dynasty
A wooden hall built in 857 during the Tang Dynasty, located in the Buddhist temple of Mount Wutai Foguang, Shanxi
The Three Pagodas of Chong Sheng Temple, Dali City, Yunnan, built in the ninth and tenth
Fogong Temple Pagoda, located in Ying County, Shanxi province, built in 1056 during the Liao Dynasty, is the oldest existing wooden pagoda in China fully
Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, China, built in 1165 AD Song Dynasty
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing built 15th century Ming Dynasty
Zongcheng Putuo Temple, built from 1767-1771 during the reign of Qianlong, represents a blend of Chinese and Tibetan architectural
If Gongbei Hua (the mausoleum Laich Ma) in the town of Linxia, Gansu
The building most pre-modern China was built for religious and warrior. The pagoda Liaodi 1055 AD is at a height of 84 m (275 ft), and although it was pagoda crowning of the ancient monastery Kaiyuan of Dingzhou, Hebei has also been used as soldiers song dynasty watchtower to observe military movements potential enemy of the Liao dynasty.
The architecture of mosques and shrines falls Gongbei Chinese Muslims often combines traditional Chinese styles with Middle Eastern influences.
Town planning
Main article: Old Urban Planning in China
urban planning in China is based on geomancy and fengshui field and the system of division land used the time since the Neolithic. The first field-plot and covered with a Luoshu, a magic square divided into nine sub-squares, and related Chinese numerology.
Miniatures
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Although most of the ruins of brick and mud walls and towers in the land of ancient China (ie before the 6th century AD) survived, information on ancient Chinese architecture (in particular wooden architecture) can be discerned from the clay models more or less realistic buildings created by ancient Chinese as funerary items. This is similar to the incense burned houses of paper in some Chinese funerals modern. The following models were made during the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220 AD):
A ceramic Palace Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
Two residential towers connected by a bridge, miniature ceramic Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
A tour of the pottery of the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
A ceramic model of a house with a yard, the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220 AD)
A pottery factory from the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
A tour of the pottery of the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
A ceramic model of a well in the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
A tower ceramics from the Han Dynasty (202 BC 220)
During the Jin Dynasty (265 420) and Six Dynasties models of buildings or architectural was often made to decorate the tops of ships called soul "(hunping), found in many tombs of that period.
See also
Architecture of the Song Dynasty
Architecture of Hong Kong
Penang architecture
Housing Architecture (Asia)
Chinese Art
pagodas Chinese
architectural history
Feng Shui
Ancient Chinese wooden architecture
Hakka architecture
Hutong
decor Imperial roof
Imperial guardian lions
Lingnan architecture
Pagoda
Shanghai – for a gallery of modern buildings
Shikumen
Siheyuan
walled villages of Hong Kong
Hao Yu
City Wall Beijing
Precious Belt Bridge
Note
^ Liang, Ssu-ch'eng, 1984, an illustrated history of Chinese architecture: a study of the development of system structure and evolution of its types, ed. By Wilma Fairbank, Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press.
Abcd ^ Knapp, Ronald G., Spence, Jonathan Olivares, A. Chester (2006), Chinese houses: the architectural heritage of Nation Tuttle Publishing, ISBN 978-0804835374
^ Liu, Xujie (2002). "Qin and Han Dynasties" in Chinese architecture, 3360. Edited by Nancy S. Steinhardt. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300095597. Page 55.
^ Steinhardt, Nancy N. (2005). "Model of the Tower of Pleasure" in the past, China Recarving: Art, Architecture and Archaeology "Wu Family Shrines, 275 281. Edited by Richard Noble Naomi. New Haven and London: Press and Yale University Art Museum at the University Princeton. ISBN 0300107978. Pages 279 280.
^ Weston, Richard (2002), Utzon, Edition Blondal, pp. 221, ISBN 978-8788978988
Ab ^ Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. "The Tang architectural icon and the politics of the history of Chinese architecture, The Letter of Arts (Volume 86, Number 2, 2004) 228 254. Page 228.
Steinhardt ^ Shatzman Nancy. "The Tang architectural icon and the politics of Chinese architectural history," The Art Bulletin (Vol. 86, No. 2, 2004): 228 254. Page 233.
^ Shatzman Nancy Steinhardt. "Tang architectural icon and the politics of the architectural history of China", The Art Bulletin (Volume 86, Number 2 2004): 228 254. Page 228 229.
^ Shatzman Nancy Steinhardt. "The Tang architectural icon and the politics of Chinese architectural history," The Art Bulletin (Volume 86, Number 2, 2004): 228 254. Page 238.
^ Shatzman Nancy Steinhardt. "Liao: an architectural tradition in the manufacturing sector", Artibus Asia (Volume 54, Number 1 / 2, 1994): 539. page 13.
^ Guo, Qinghua. "Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China: Issues old and new," History architecture (Volume 47, 2004): 124. Page 12.
^ Steinhardt (2004), 228 229.
^ Schinz, 1996
^ Dien, Albert E. (2007), Six Dynasties Civilization, Early Chinese Civilization Series, Yale University Press, pp. 214-215, ISBN 0300074042, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0zp6iMZoqt0C&pg=PA214
References
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Liang Ssu-ch'eng 1984, an illustrated history of architecture Chinese: a study of changes in its structural system and the evolution of its types, ed. Wilma Fairbanks, Cambridge (Mass.): MIT Press
Schinz, Alfred (1996). The magic: the cities of ancient China. Edition Axel Menges. pp. 428. ISBN 3930698021. http://books.google.com/books?id=qhcRYkz-I3YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. "Liao: an architectural tradition into the manufacturing sector", Artibus Asia (Volume 54, Number 1 / 2, 1994): 539.
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman. "The Tang architectural icon and political history of the Chinese architecture, The Art Bulletin (Volume 86, Number 2, 2004): 228 254.
Weston, Richard. 2002. Utzon: Inspiration, vision, architecture. Hellerup: Blondal.
Further reading
Fletcher, guard; Cruickshank, Dan, one of Sir Banister Fletcher History of Architecture, Architecture Press, 20th edition, 1996 (first published 1896). ISBN 0750622679. See Quarter Party, Chapter 24.
Sick and L A. Soper Art and Architecture of China (Penguin Books, 1956).
References
Yin Yu Tang Chinese house to explore a deep look at the ancient architecture of the Huang family home life in China, Yin Yu Tang house offers an interactive view of the typical architecture of the Qing dynasty house.
Herbert Offen Research Collection is an excellent bibliography of books and manuscripts accessible to the public Chinese architecture.
Architecture traditional Chinese architectural style of the Zhou Dynasty The Tang Dynasty
Islamic architecture in China Introduction to Chinese mosque in the south, west and north, respectively
Chinese vernacular architecture and links China's overall – Chinese Web Links and General Chinese vernacular Architectureeb
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Shui Linear Chandelier by Tech Lighting $1272 The Tech Lighting Shui Linear Chandelier is at once calming, dynamic, soft and contemporary. Taking its name from the Chinese word for “water,” the Shui features a loose fabric thread shade that indeed moves in fluid ripples with the slightest breeze. Makes a textural and dramatic lighting statement over a lengthy dining table. Available in three thread colors. Tech Lighting, headquartered in Skokie, IL, is known for their innovative lighting systems and exquisite lighting designs. Their passion for art, sophistication and imagination is balanced by rigorous testing and quality control in the creation of their line-voltage and low-voltage lighting, including the Tech Lighting FreeJack and monorail systems and track heads. The Tech Lighting Shui Linear Chandelier is available with the following: Details:Fabric thread shadeMetal frameSatin Nickel finishRound ceiling canopySuspension cablesAdjustable heightDimmable with standard incandescent dimmer (not included)ETL ListedOptions:Shade: Golden Bronze, Gray, or White.Lighting: Six 75 Watt 120 Volt Type A19 Medium Base Incandescent lamps (included). Shipping: This item usually ships within 3 to 5 business days. Dimensions: Shade: Height 18 In., Width 60 In. Fixture: Overall Hanging Length Adjustable from 24 In. to 60 In.

Autographed Chin-Feng Chen Photo – 8×10 $34 Autographed Chin-Feng Chen Photo – 8×10 CHIN – FENG CHEN LOS ANGELES DODGERS SIGNED 8X10Every signed item comes fully certified with a tamper proof hologram certificate of authenticity and is backed by the SportsMemorabilia.com Authenticity Guarantee.

Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington Head Resin Bank $20.99 Get a head on your savings with this Nightmare Before Christmas Bank! The Jack Skellington Bank is from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Fully painted and highly detailed NBX bank also makes a great paperweight or holiday decoration! Get a head on your savings with this Nightmare Before Christmas Bank! With the Jack Skellington Bank, you can ornament your office in NBX style as this Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington Head Resin Bank features Jack’s head as a cute bank, complete with a removable lock at the bottom slit on the back of his head for coins. This fully painted and highly detailed Nightmare Before Christmas Bank also makes a great paperweight or holiday decoration!

Snowflake Christmas Tree – American Greetings – Holiday Gift Tags $15 Make your Christmas gift one of a kind with the addition of a cute gift tag! Featuring your favorite photo on one side, along with a sweet decoration of a Christmas tree, this gift tag is sure to make every gift totally unique. 3″ x 2″ Flat Card

Nightmare Before Christmas Jack with Gravestone Plush $11.99 Add a piece of the Halloweentown cemetary to your home! Cuddly plush featuring Jack Skellington and a gravestone! Nearly 2 feet tall! Add a piece of the Halloweentown cemetary to your home, with this Nightmare Before Christmas Jack with Gravestone Plush! This cuddly plush stands nearly 20-inches tall, and features Jack Skellington behind a gravestone emblazoned with The Nightmare Before Christmas logo. Great as decoration or for cuddling up! Order yours today!

Sewing Season’s Greetings 45188 Christmas Projects Book $14.95 Featuring more than 30 Christmas projects and designed to suit a variety of tastes and skill levels, this holiday craft collection covers everything from home decoration to gift giving to entertaining friends and family. Whether creating a whimsical tree skirt, an elegant mantel cloth, a velvet purse, or a Santa coat for your favorite pet, this guide makes it easy to add a personal touch to Christmas decor. With beautiful photos, step-by-step instructions, and helpful illustrations, this resource will keep crafters busy during the holiday season.

LPGA SHANSHAN FENG signed 8×10 GOLF photo with COA $78.07 LPGA SHANSHAN FENG signed 8×10 GOLF photo with COA LPGA SHANSHAN FENG signed 8×10 GOLF photo with COA Every signed item comes fully certified with a tamper proof hologram certificate of authenticity and is backed by the SportsMemorabilia.com Authenticity Guarantee.

Elegant Gold Overlay – Hello Hello Paper – Photo Christmas Card $2.99 Add a touch of class to your Christmas card this year with a design that is undeniably timeless and elegant. Your favorite photo serves as the focus, with a simple greeting in a pretty shade of yellow as the only other decoration on this beautiful card. 5″ x 7″ Folded Card

Christmas Tree Votive $29.95 Light Up Any Room This beautifully crafted stained glass votive will add a whimsical candlelit glow to any room. The perfect winter decoration or last-minute holiday gift. Handmade votive features real stained glass and bright nickel plating that will shine for years to come. Measures 5 x 7 x 4 tall. Sold finished. Includes a candle cup and one candle.

Win Floating Queen Bed $2279 Zen inspired, though with an urban edge, this Rossetto Floating Queen Bed is made in Italy and includes those Italian elements we are so drawn to. This modern look is durable while maintaining its feng shui sense of balance. The low rise design presents a modern feel and the optional removable headboard cushions provide texture and depth. Truly a beautiful design you’ll enjoy for many years.

ZAGGskins (Christmas) $19.99 ZAGGskins (Christmas)