The top ten quintessences of China are: embroidery, paper-cutting, Go, porcelain, tea ceremony, Hanfu, Peking Opera, traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts, and calligraphy.
1. Embroidery
Embroidery is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft with a history of at least two to three thousand years in China. The embroidery fabrics are mainly silk and silk thread. The four famous embroideries in China are: Su embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Shu embroidery.
2. Paper-cutting
China invented papermaking in the Western Han and Eastern Han dynasties, and then paper-cutting came into existence. Paper-cutting, also called paper engraving, is a hollow art and is the most popular art of Han Chinese. One of the ancient folk arts, it has been circulated in my country for more than 1,500 years, giving people a visually transparent feeling and artistic enjoyment.
3. Go
Go is one of the "four major arts of ancient China" and one of the "four arts" of chess, calligraphy and painting. The "chess" in "chess, calligraphy and painting" refers to Go is a strategic two-player chess game that integrates science, art, and competition. It has the characteristics of developing intelligence, cultivating will and quality, and being flexible and strategic.
4. Porcelain
China is the hometown of porcelain, with five famous kilns, Tang Sancai, etc. Porcelain is an important creation of the working people of the Han nationality. China’s porcelain manufacturing technology has spread to countries around the world. He has made important contributions to cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
5. Tea Ceremony
my country is the first country in the world to discover and utilize tea trees. It is the hometown of tea. Tea is the national drink of the Chinese nation. The tea ceremony is expressed through tea tasting activities. Certain etiquette and spiritual thoughts are loved by people all over the world.
6. Hanfu
The full name of Hanfu is "Traditional Costume of the Han Nationality", also known as Han Clothes, Han Clothes, and Chinese Clothes. Since the Yanhuang Dynasty, when the Yellow Emperor hung down his clothes and ruled the world, Hanfu has It has taken a basic form and has been standardized and standardized in the Zhou Dynasty. It was fully perfected and popularized in the Han Dynasty.
7. Peking Opera
Peking Opera is the first of the five major Chinese dramas. Its tune is mainly Xipi and Erhuang, and it is accompanied by Huqin, gongs and drums. Hui Opera is the predecessor of Peking Opera. It formed In Beijing, it was around 1840, popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and has a history of 200 years.
8. Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine is China’s traditional medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine generally refers to the traditional medicine created by the working people of the Han nationality in China, so traditional Chinese medicine is also called Han medicine.
9. Martial Arts
Chinese martial arts has a long history, which can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It has an extremely broad mass base and is the continuous practice of the Chinese working people in long-term social practice. A valuable cultural heritage accumulated and enriched.
10. Calligraphy
Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters, including oracle bone inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, bronze inscriptions and stone inscriptions in the Zhou Dynasty, seal scripts in the Qin Dynasty, and official scripts in the Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the art of calligraphy reached maturity and prosperity.