General Introduction of Traditional Chinese Arts
• It is well known that China has a long history and glorious history in both arts and traditional crafts. Chinese art, like Chinese literature, goes back many centuries.
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Traditional Festival
Martial Arts (Kung Fu)
Peking Opera
Beijing opera is the most influential opera in China and has a history of around 200 years. It synthesizes the arts of singing, dancing, recitation, martial arts, and instrumental music. Symbolism dominates the motions and stage designs.
Martial Arts (Kung Fu )
• Anyone who has seen classical Chinese Kung Fu movies will be Do you know deeply impresseBdruce Lee, by the ChinJest eLi or Jackie Chan? Wushu, which is called Kung Fu or Chinese martial arts in the west.
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Martial Arts (Kung Fu )
• Kung Fu is an important and unique component of Chinese cultural heritage with centuries of cultural history attached.
• How much do you know about Chinese arts?
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Chinese arts and crafts
1. Traditional Festival:
Spring Festival
• Which kind of Chinese arts do you like best?
My Understanding of Art
a large part of our everday lives.
Art is
both concrete and abstract.
the combination of form and content.
• Early themes were developed from religious and supernatural beliefs or from the natural environment and landscape.
• The arts and crafts are not only the embodiment of the people's longing for aesthetic beauty for themselves and as gifts for others, but also great treasures for China and the rest of the world.
Spring Festival
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Spring Festival
• There are many traditional festivals in China, such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, MidAutumn Festival.
• But Spring Festival, also known as Chinese new year, is the most important in our culture, just as important as Christmas Day in western culture.
2. Chinese Folk Arts:
Beijing Opera, Martial Arts
3. Chinese crafts:
Painting, Calligraphy, China
4. Chinese Architecture 5. Other Aspects
Papercutting, shadowplay
Explore the Traditional Chinese Arts
Let’ s learn together !
Rebecc Yue
lead-in Questions
• What is your understanding of art?
• How much do you know about Chinese arts?