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����what we should be mostlyclear about are the stance that wetake and reality that we are in.Except for the features ofaesthetics��the Chinese-style stuff for show in this book are also characterized by some interesting traits�� intense ethnic preferences�� im provisation��mixing of pragmatism�� flexible accom modability�� political tradition &legacyandgeneofsocialsystem as well as mental state of show-off and affectation...We extract Chinese-style stuff from their ecological environments for an in-depth scrutiny of struaural contexts and cultural connotations ofthe things themselves��trying to deapher the relationships between the stuffand the Chinese people and between them and the Chinese society.Why attention on contemporaneous articles in common use in China ? For China whose influences to the world have been increasingly profound�� we cannot presentit to the world only with its serious politics�� stereotype historical specimens or grand epic image ofelitism.lnstead��we hope to explore cultural values in pristineness and humanity manifested by concrete objects of everyday life ��i.e.articles��architecture��imagery�� men or women��and exhibit a live and animated China to the whole world.uaural contexts and cultural connotations ofthe things themselves��trying to deapher the relationships between the stuffand the Chinese people and between them and the Chinese society.Why attention on contemporaneous articles in common use in China ? For China whose influences to the world have been increasingly profound�� we cannot presentit to the world onlywith its serious politics�� stereotype historical specimens or grand epic image ofelitism.lnstead��we hope to explore cultural values in pristineness and humanity manifested by concrete objects of everyday life ��i.e.articles��architecture��imagery�� men or women��and exhibit a live and animated China to the whole world.