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China Culture
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| China
Painting |
China
Calligraphy |
| Chinese painting
originated over 5,000 years ago. Steeped in Chinese history,
literature and philosophy, Chinese painting is different
from that of the West in its motifs, form and technique. |
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| Chinese painting
originated over 5,000 years ago. Steeped in Chinese history,
literature and philosophy, Chinese painting is different
from that of the West in its motifs, form and technique. |
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| Beijing
Opera |
China
Opera Mask |
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as China's national opera, Peking Opera, which originated
in the late 18th century, is a synthesis of music, dance,
art and acrobatics. It is the most influential and representative
of all operas in China. Based upon traditional Anhui
Opera, it has also adopted repertoire, music and performing
techniques from Kun Opera and Qingqiang Opera as well
as traditional folk tunes in its development, eventually
forming its own highly stylized music and performing
techniques. |
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| The main color in
a facial makeup symbolizes the disposition of the character.
The facial makeups date a long time back to the Song
(960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties at least. Simple
patterns of painted faces are found in tomb murals of
that age. During the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), improvements
were made in the skills of drawing and in preparing the
paints, leading to the whole set of colorful facial patterns
that we see in today's Jingju (Beijing Opera). |
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| China
Opera Theater |
China
Ceramics |
Chinese theatre draws on
very different traditions to Western theatre. The crucial
difference is the importance of music to Chinese theatre,
and thus it is usually referred to as opera. Contemporary
Chinese theatre, of Which the most famous is Beijing opera,
has a continuous history of some 900 years, having evolved
from a convergence of comic and balladic traditions in
the Northern Song period. From this beginning, Chinese
opera has been the meeting ground for a disparate range
of forms: acrobatics, martial arts, poetic arias and stylised
dance. By the 13th century, opera was referred to as zaju,
or literally a 'dramatic miscellany'. Performances were
rarely a single dramatic piece, but rather composed of
a number of sequences around set themes.
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| Ceramics began in China
6,000 years ago during the New Stone Age whose advent was
marked by the invention pottery. The earliest earthenware
was moulded by hand and the potter's wheel was something
that came much later. In the beginning, clay was fired
at a temperature of about 500-600 degrees celsius. Painted
pottery began to be known during the period of Yangshao
and Longshan Cultures. The large legion of terra-cotta
soldiers and horses of the Qin Dynasty (221 - 207 B.C.)
which were discovered in the province of Shaanxi in 1974,
are eloquent proof of the high skills in kiln-firing and
sculpture attained at that early age. The art of pottery
reached another peak of development in the Tang Dynasty
(618 - 907 A.D.), as evidenced by the renowned "tri-coloured
glaze." |
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| China
Furniture |
China
Sculpture |
As in most other Asian
cultures, the custom in ancient Chinese homes was to kneel
or sit cross-legged on floor level mats. Furnishings were
restricted to low level tables, armrests and decorative
screens, with simplicity and minimalism the overriding
themes. Some time during the Tang dynasty (618 - 907 AD),
higher seats first started to appear amongst the Chinese
elite and their usage soon spread to all levels of society.
Evidence as to why this move to higher seating took place
is scarce, although the elevated status associated with
being raised off the floor is likely to have been a major
factor. With the higher level of seating came other types
of furniture, including benches, long rectangular tables
and folding screens.
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| Ancient Chinese people
living along the Yellow and Yangtze rivers began to make
pottery and clay figures towards the end of the Primitive
Society about 6000 to 4000 years ago. In 1975 a beautifully
shaped pottery eagle tripod (Fig.3-1) was unearthed in
a tomb of the Yangshao culture in Shaanxi Province . The
eagle tripod is onlya6 cm high but has a heroic image.
The chest of the bird forms the belly of the tripod while
its back forms the utensil's opening. The eagle's eyes
are wide open, and its body is smooth and clean with no
striations. The beak of the eagle is shaped like a hook
of great strength. The entire form is simple and reveals
a strong sense of volume. The feet and tail Support the
tripod, and the bird's wings stretch backward as if it
is pouncing on something. The big eyes, sharp beak and
the attitude of the eagle make it appear awe-inspiring,
wild and intractable. It is amazing that such a small piece
of pottery can convey so much vigor and boldness. |
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