The Marvelous   Chinese Culture Presented by : Members of 2007th International Cultural Communication 石方玉  李莹莹  黄莉莉 郭顺  陈媛  刘雪青  杨雄英
中华之传统之美 Zero-distance contact with traditional China
Features
 
 
 
武当道士 Wudang Taoist Monk
喇嘛   Lamaist
 
 
 
 
 
Delicacies
饺子   Dumplings
吹糖人  Blown Sugar
 
奶茶   Milky tea
糖 画   Sugar Art
 
花 馍   Flower Bun
粽子  Chinese rice-pudding
老北京酸奶  Old Beijing yogurt
炊饼   sesame seed cake
糖葫芦  sirupy calabashes
Handicrafts
门神   Door God
布老虎   Cloth Tigers
风筝   Kites
 
Customs
地方戏   Local Opera
昆曲   Kun Opera
京  剧 Peking Opera
赛龙舟   Dragon Boat Race
皮影戏   Shadow play
Architecture
天安门   Tian An Men
 
紫禁城  the Forbidden City
飞檐   cornice
四合院   Courtyard
门环 Knocker
 
拱桥    arched bridge
 
 
蒙古包   Mongolian yurts
Cultural icons
华  表   Marble pillar
白马寺 White Horse  Temple
 
日  晷  Sundial
太极图  the Tai Chi Map
佛   Buddha
01/09/12 We are the one !  —— 2007th ICCC
So…Is your impression to China refreshed ? China Modern? Still mysterious? Traditional?
Contents Paper-cutting art Introduction The Marvelous Chinese Culture Folk music & Chinese instrument China today ABCs about Hanzi(Character)
Folk music & Chinese instrument Relax & Enjoy VS Learn & Try ! How much do you know about it ?( To name just a few… ) Let‘s see… By 07 ICCC , Li Ying ying ( Serena )
 
 
What’s this ? Just blurt out ! 编钟: Chime 。( a set of bell chimes  ) 曾侯乙墓编钟: excavated from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Suizhou , HuBei prov Created in Warring States Period Bronze & woodsness---Masterpiece ! Weighing more than 2500 kilograms The crystal of nation wisdom. 欢乐颂( Ode to Joy ) VS 楚裳 — Appreciating
 
Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan was the earliest great patriotic poet as well as a great statesman, ideologist, diplomat and reformer in ancient China.
 
HuangMei Opera What‘s it like ? ---from Huangmei county , Hubei province , Dating back to the Tang dynasty , another name : tea-leaf picking opera 。 VS Beijing Opera ? Just ENJOY !
 
Female Emperor's  Son-in-law .
 
 
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Wedding Oath Cucurbit Flute
Orchestra
 
 
Art Show Cucurbit Flute  &  Paper Cutting  Would you like to have a try?
Paper- cut art Paper-cuts is a folk art of china. It has a long history which can be back to han dynasty. It gives people the look of see-through and an artistic treat.
 
 
A Beautiful Language ABCs about  Hanzi  (Chinese character)
Chinese charm: Hanzi (character) Pictograph s M eanings Phonetics
 
 
Shufa : Calligraphy  7 main writing style  a slow, unbroken fashion structure: complicated->simple image: pictographic->symbolic method: engraving->brush writing
Calligraphy:oracles the oldest calligraphy attested from late  Shang  Dynasty(1200-1050BC) a well-developed  writing system record of divinations
a record of  Shang  lord going hunting and offering sacrifices to ancestors
Calligraphy:bronze inscriptions a simplified form of oracles  popular in Zhou Dynasty(1050-256BC) a decorative style  on bronzewares to remember important events
Maogong Ding  (a three-leg container) 32 lines   499  c haracters the longgest essay  on a broze ware  a record of  appointing an official
Calligraphy:Seal script f irst-ever unification  221BC a standardized and formal script for all a simplified and unified style a much more round and even style widely used in engraving  ever-after
a motto seal showing the owner's intersests and taste content: I get out  and see the great river rolling with a delight smile on my face.
Calligraphy:clerical scripts square  and thick more symbolical than pictographic prevailing in  Han  Dynasty(202AD-220BC)
Huashan  Monument 22 lines ,  38 characters each line a record of the beautiful sight and emperor's journey
Calligraphy:cursive script a subsidiary style of clerical script matured in late  Han  Dynasty “  one-stroke writing”  free and unrestrained  hard to tell
 
Calligraphy: Regular script used for  more than 1800 years  since around 200BC  in  Estern Han neat and formal the dominant modern Chinese script a begining course for kids
 
Calligraphy:Semi-Cursive script between cursive and regular style   written  na t u r al ly and  smooth ly with very few stop a flowing  style   looks flexible and free commonly used in daily writing
Preface of the Orchid PavillionCollection written in 353 AD by  王羲之( sage of calligraphy )
Calligraphy beautiful? yes! impenetrable? no! It won't be difficult to learn Chinese and calligraphy!
What will your name  be like  if written in Chinese?
China  Today
 
 
 
Thank You!

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