ChineseTraditionalCultureChineseTraditionalCultureTheCultureofChinaishometooneoftheworld'soldestandmostcomplexcivilizations.Chinaboastsahistoryrichinover5,000yearsofartistic,philosophical,political,andscientificadvancement.TherearesomanyculturalsymbolicelementsthatcanrepresenttherichnessandexquisitenessofChinesetraditionalculture.SymbolsofChinesetraditionalculture1HanFu汉服Cheongsam旗袍2food食物TeaCulture茶文化3Calligraphy书法Confucianculture儒家文化4Kungfu中国功夫5BeijingOpera京剧Instrument乐器Hanfu(汉服)isthetraditionalcostumethathasbeenwornbyHanChinesepeopleforapproximately5000years.AstheskinofChinesenation,HanFudeeplyimprintedinallaspectsofChinesecivilization,thisancientnationonbehalfofthegorgeous,elegant,richintemperamentHanFuHanfuhasmanypatterns.Zhongyiisusuallyworninside,whichlikeashirt.Wearinginthehouseaspajamas,too.Usually,it’swhiteorotherplaincolour.Ruquiswornbywomen.Whenitscollarlikestheletter“y”,wecalleditJiaolingruqun.Ifitscollarlikesthenumber“11”,wecalleditduijinruqun.Whentheyareclassifiedbyitsheightoftheskirt,wecancalledthemqiyaoruqun——Whichwaistbandisonthewaist.Orqixiongruqun——Whichwaistbandisabovethechest.Shenyi(深衣)isusuallywornasafulldress(礼服),whichwecanwearonChineseholidayandsomeimportantceremonies.Ifitsedgeisbent,wecancallitQuju(曲裾).Ifitsedgeisstraight,it’scalledZhiju(直裾).Theycanbewornbybothwomenandmen.CheongsamTheQiPao,alsoknownasmandaringown,isabody-huggingone-piecedress,itisoneofthemosttypical,traditionalcostumesforChinesewomen.1920s1930s1940sNowFrog盘扣Mandarincollar立领Lapel/frontofagarment襟Openings衩Embroidery刺绣ChineseFoodChineseRiceDumplings(粽子)TheMoonCake(月饼)Traditionalholidaymealsaredifferentfromeverydaymealsintermsofquantityandquality.Inaddition,somefoodswithalonghistoryandsymbolicsignificanceareindispensableontheseoccasions.Forexample,ontheDragonBoatFestival,adaysetasideinmemoryoftheancientpoetQuYuan,peoplewillholddragonboatracesandeatzongzi,akindofglutinousricedumplingswrappedinbambooleaves.DumplingisapopularcivilianfoodinChina.AsayingsaidNothingismoredeliciousthandumpling,whichgivestheimportantpositionofdumplinginpeople'slife.ThemostcommonfoodforthedinneronNewYear'sEveisdumpling.水煮鱼BoiledFish回锅肉Twice--cookedPork豆汁MungBeanMilk驴打滚FriedChopRiceCake爆肚Quick-FriedTripe糖葫芦candiedgourdBeijingChineseTeaCultureReferringtoChinesetea,itcanbetracedbacktotheancienttimes,anditwasflourishedintheTangdynastyandtheSongdynasty.Chinaisthehomelandoftea,andteahavebecomethenationaldrink.SixkindsofteainChina绿茶:greentea红茶:blacktea白茶:whitetea花茶:scentedtea黄茶:yellowtea黑茶:darkteaChinesecalligraphyispartofthehumanculturewealthandprecioustouringresourcesofChina.Calligraphyistheartofmakingbeautifuloreleganthandwriting.Itisafineartofskilledpenmanship.RegardedasthemostabstractandsublimeformofartinChineseculture,ShuFa(calligraphy)isoftenthoughttobemostrevealingofone'spersonality.Duringtheimperialera,calligraphywasusedasanimportantcriterionforselectionofexecutivestotheImperialcourt.CalligraphyUnlikeothervisualarttechniques,allcalligraphystrokesarepermanentandincorrigible,demandingcarefulplanningandconfidentexecution.Sucharetheskillsrequiredforanadministrator/executive.Whileonehastoconformtothedefinedstructureofwords,theexpressioncanbeextremelycreative.Toexercisehumanisticimaginationandtouchunderthefacelesslawsandregulationsisalsoavirtuewellappreciated.ConfucianismConfucianismwasoriginallythephilosophyofConfuciuswhostressedthemaintenanceofastablesystemofinter-personalrelationshipsatdifferentlevelsofsociety.Kongfu(MartialArts)AnyonewhohasseenclassicalChineseKungFumovieswillbedeeplyimpressedbytheChineseWushu,whichiscalledKungFuorChinesemartialartsinthewest.不要祈祷生活静好,要祈祷自己有勇气承受艰难的生活。BeijingOperaBeijingoperaisthemostinfluentialoperainChinaandhasahistoryofaround200years.Itsynthesizestheartsofsinging,dancing,recitation,martialarts,andinstrumentalmusic.Symbolismdominatesthemotionsandstagedesigns.male男female女painted-face画脸Clownish小丑comicroles喜剧角色ChineseInstrumentWindInstruments(吹管乐器PluckedInstruments(弹拨乐器)StringedInstruments(擦弦乐器)PercussionInstruments(打击乐器)Sheng(笙)Hsiao(箫)Ditze(笛子)Cheng(筝)Pipa(琵琶)Yangchin(扬琴)Erhu(二胡)LargeDrum(大鼓)Bangtze(梆子)Yunluo(云锣)OurShiningDay《闪光少女》Thankyou!