The art of Chinese dance traces its origins to even before the appearance of the first written Chinese characters. Chinese...
Chinese Literature and Arts
Like any other ancient nations；the primitive Chinese sang folk songs at hunting，sacrificial rites，wooing，wedding，and pasturing.People pursuedmusic for pleasure.The townspeople were more...
White snow in Spring White Snow in Spring is said to be composed by Shi Kuang in the Jin State...
The Tang Dynasty Emperor Xuanzong，Li Longil，himselif an expert in music，re-organized imperial musicians into two departments of“standing performers”and“siting performers”. The standing...
The Horse-headed fiddle is a bowed stringed-instrument with a scroll carved like a horses head.It is popular in Mongolian music.With...
Pipa（lute）originated in mesopotamia，and later became one of the popular musical instruments in Persia，where the short-necked pipa was called barbat and...
Konghou，an ancient stringed instrument，originated in Mesopotamia. In China，konghou was first produced in the Western Han Dynasty in the form of...
When humans in China first began to use tools thousands of years ago，they also fashioned crude musical instruments from stone，wood，and...
Su Shi made the greatest contribution to the development of ci poetry. He broke through the subtle and decadent style...
The Song Dynasty is the golden age of Ci in Chinese literature.Ci in-stead of regulated poetry could express more refined...
A Brief introduction to Poetry in Tang Dynasty The poetry in the Tang Dynasty was the culmination of the Chinese...
Chinese Shadow Play is also known as Chinese Shadow Puppets.Originated in the Han Dynasty，the play became quite popular as early...
Sichuan Opera is the major form of local opera in Southwestern China，popular in Sichuan，Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.It appeared around the...
Beijing Opera commands the largest following in China and is also the best-known form of Chinese opera abroad.During the mid-Qing...
Traditional Chinese opera commonly has a music band of string and percussion instruments.Some foreigners do not readily appreciate this art，for...
When you are watching an opera，what impresses on you the most may be the “painted face.”Facial patterns date far back...
Character roles in traditional opera are generally divided into four main typesaccording to the sex，age，social status and profession of the...
Opera is the most ancient form of theater that still flourishes in China today.It combines acting，singing，poetry，dialogue and acrobatics.The origins of...
In Chinese literature，the Tang Dynasty is considered the golden age of Chinesepoetry.The Collection of 300 Tang Poems was compiled by...
Journey to the West is also known as Record of a Journey to the West.It was written by Wu Cheng-en（about...