Ink and wash is a unique genre of traditional Chinese painting. It uses little or no color but applies black...
Chinese Literature and Arts
In the Hall for Cultivation of Mind of the Palace Museum，there is a Three-treasure Study，which derives its name for the...
Mid-Autumn，by wang Xianzhi（344-386）：aprecious work of chinese calligraphy Calligraphy is the art of lines，or strokes.Lin Huaimin（b.1947），a famous dancer from China's Taiwan...
Yunnan Nuo Drama Leopard Nuo Drama in Chuxiong，Yunnan，differentiates itself by the fact that all dancers are painted with a leopard...
The History of Nuo Drama The Chinese character Nuo originally meant a patterned step to drive away evil during the...
The Origin of Xiangsheng The earliest xiangsheng comedian known by name is Zhang Sanlu，who performed in the mid nineteenth century.After...
A Brief Introduction of Pingshu Pingshu（Popular Tales）is a quyi art form of oral storytelling and it includes its namesake which...
Tibetan Folk Songs The tunes of the Tibetan Folk songs are strong or weak，long or short，and the chorus singers join...
The Origin of Chinese Folk Songs Like any other ancient nations，the primitive Chinese sang folk songs at hunting，sacrificial rites，wooing，wedding，and pasturing."The...
The Development of Dragon Boat Race Local people honor the memory of Qu Yuan on this day by holding dragon-boat...
The Origin of Dragon Boat The dragon boat race is mainly popular in the south of China，where water in rivers...
The Origin of Weiqi Legends aside，weiqi which originated before the Spring and Autumn Period（770BC-476BC）has a history of more than 4，000...
A Brief Introduction of Chinese Chess Chinese chess is a very popular intellectual game with the Chinese people.The basic rule...
Traditional Martial Morality Traditional Wushu morality includes patriotism，uprightness，politeness and faith. In old times，the Wushu community followed strict regulations and commandments.For...
Taiji Boxing Taiji Boxing is characterized by the unification of mind，breath and otions （body），requiring concentration of mind and calmness of...
The Origin of Chinese Martial Arts Wushu in China goes back to ancient times，originating from productive laboring of the ancient...
The“four treasures of the study"-writing brush，ink stick，ink slab and paper-are writing tools with a long cultural tradition and unique artistic...
How to Appraise Caligraphic Work It is very difficult to appraise a calligraphic work.This is because the requirements of a...
Brief Introduction of Caligraphy Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history，and widely practiced throughout China...
Enefit of Uniform Writing This uniform writing has helped China to unite and prosper in at least two ways.First，it is...