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A thorough research and survey on Chinese influence on Brazilian art and culture, carried out by historian and art critic Julio Bandeira, comprising in this edition three hundred years of history and images. "From the presence of the golden carvings over shadows, multicolor phoenix, the shapes of cabinets of saints decorated with peonies and roses of Malabar, to pagoda-shaped fountains, stone lions, lion dogs or foo guardian dogs and Buddhist motifs, paintings by Carlos Julião and Leandro Joaquim, to the recorded experiences of the most varied European travelers that from Minas Gerais to Bahia, from Belem to Rio de Janeiro documented China among us.ʺ (HKB Translation) --Verso Cover.