Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art in China, and old Beijingers call it "donkey shadow play". Formerly known as "Shadow Play" or "Light Shadow Play", it is a kind of folk drama that uses light sources such as candles or burning alcohol to illuminate the silhouette of people made of hides or cardboard to perform stories.
During the performance, artists manipulated the opera characters behind the white curtain, sang stories with local popular tunes (sometimes in dialects), accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor. In rural areas such as Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Tianshui, Gansu, this simple Han folk art form is deeply loved by people.
2. Chinese paper cutting
Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.
It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social cognition, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication. In 2009, Chinese paper-cutting was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.
3. Guqin art
Guqin is the oldest and purest traditional musical instrument. Guqin music has a long history of more than 3,000 years. It is an important part of China music and a representative of China traditional music culture. In ancient times, it was called "Qin", and there were other nicknames such as "Stone" and "Seven Laws". Legends such as "Fuxi made the piano", "Shennong made the piano" and "Shun made the banjo" are not credible, but their history is really quite long.
4. abacus
Abacus is a numerical calculation method with abacus as a tool, and it is known as the fifth invention of China. Abacus is a simple calculation tool invented and created by the working people in ancient China. The word "abacus calculation" first appeared in Xu Yue's Arithmetic Notes in the Han Dynasty, in which there is a cloud: "abacus calculation _ controlling the four seasons _ three talents in latitude and longitude".
5, 24 solar terms
Twenty-four solar terms are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, which embodies the historical and cultural essence of Chinese civilization. "Twenty-four solar terms" and "December construction" are the basic contents of the calendar, which were concluded in ancient times (or ancient times). According to ancient records, Emperor Tiandi began to determine his age in the name of cadres and branches.
6. Acupuncture in China
Acupuncture is the general term for acupuncture. Acupuncture means that under the guidance of TCM theory, needles (usually millineedles) are inserted into patients at a certain angle, and acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting are used to stimulate specific parts of the human body, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases. Puncture points are called human acupoints, or acupoints for short.
7. China Calligraphy
China's calligraphy is a unique visual art, and Chinese characters are an important factor in China's calligraphy, because China's calligraphy was produced and developed in China culture, and Chinese characters are one of the basic elements of China culture. Relying on Chinese characters is the main symbol that distinguishes China's calligraphy from other kinds of calligraphy. In 2009, it was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.
8. Peking Opera
The art of Peking Opera is profound and profound, and both literature and martial arts are beautiful. Beijing Opera, centered on Beijing, has spread all over the world and become an important medium to introduce and spread China's traditional art and culture. 20 10, 1 10, 16, Peking Opera was listed in the "Representative List of World Intangible Cultural Heritage".
9. The Great Wall
The Great Wall is an ancient military defense project in China. This is a tall, solid and coherent wall, which is used to limit the enemy's actions. The Great Wall is not a wall, but a defense system with the Great Wall as the main body and many cities, fortifications, pavilions and targets. The construction history of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the famous allusion "the war drama princes" took place in Xie Jing (now Xi, Shaanxi).
10, movable type printing
As early as 1 1 century, China people invented movable type printing in the Northern Song Dynasty. Printing, as one of the "four great inventions" in ancient China, had a great influence on the progress of world civilization and the development of human culture.
The invention of movable type printing is a great technological revolution in the history of printing. It is a printing method, which replaces the traditional copied or non-reusable printing plate with movable metal or mud.