For the first time in history，animal-themed paintings began to become an independent genre of art in the Tang Dynasty（618-907）.The Tang...
Chinese Literature and Arts
In 1935, the great Chinese opera star Mei Lanfang (1894-1961 AD) toured the former Soviet Union. Some fans returned to...
Western opera attempts to reproduce the real world on stage. Kunqu opera, on the other hand, uses stylized performing techniques...
Kunqu librettos are comprised of prose, local dialect, and poetry. Prose and dialect are used primarilyfor dialogues and soliloquies, while...
Kunqu opera is China's oldest existing dramatic art form. As such, it embodies the spirit of traditional Chinese culture in...
Kunqu opera originated among the common people，and owed its wide appeal to the creative reformsof folk musicians such as Wei...
To a certain extent，the development of Kunqu opera reflected the evolution of mainstream Chinese culture.The traditional Chinese arts are comprised...
Kunqu opera's elegant and innovative style elevated it far beyond the other more unsophisticatedtheater forms of its time. Kunqu continued...
Folk artists played a critical role in the early development of Kunqu opera. After Kunqu opera became established as a...
Kunqu opera emerged as a new dramatic art form during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). Starting in the late 16th...
During the reign of Yongzheng and Qianlong in the Qing dynasty, the monarch had gone in for "Wenziyu" (imprisonment due...
Calligraphy of the early Qing dynasty continued the trend toward innovation and was practiced mainly by adherents to the Ming...
The late Ming dynasty was a period full of acute social conflict and different thought trends. The orthodox Confucianism and...
From Chenghua to Jiajing's reign (1465-1566) in the Mid-Ming dynasty, the rise of Wumen school announced another new stage of...
In 1638, Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the reign of the Yuan dynasty and established the Ming dynasty which lasted for more...
In 1271, Emperor Shizu of the Yuan dynasty, Kublai Kahn changed the title of reigning to Great Yuan. In 1279,...
In 1127, the second year of Jingkang's reign in the Northern Song dynasty, Emperor Huizong and Qinzong were captured by...
Calligraphers of the Jin dynasty pursued charms of penmanship; in the Tang dynasty they emphasized rules of calligraphy while in...
During the early Tang dynasty, Emperor Li Shimin's admiration of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi contributed to the predominance of...
The Four Masters of the early Tang dynasty mainly made achievement in regular ot. And Lu Jianzhi is the representative...