Chinese Culture

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Chinese Culture
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Chinese Culture

• Chinese culture goes far back as over 5000 years
  ago.
• The main influence of the culture come from
  ideas such as Confucianism and Taoism, and
  Buddhism
• Art, music, philosophy and poetry play major
  roles in Chinese culture.

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Art

• Chinese art varied depending on the dynasty at
  the time, like how art is Victorian or
  Elizabethan
• The first art in China is found during the
  Neolithic period in which pottery and jade used
  often.
• Later on Chinas main sculptural type of art
  became porcelain around 1st century AD. Around
  the Han period

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More about Chinese Art

• Chinese Architecture began reached heights when
  Buddhism arrived around the time of the Sui And
  Tang dynasties, around 600-700AD.
• This architecture was inspired through art period
  from Gupta.

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More on Chinese Art

• Chinese art reached its climax during the Qing
  dynasty.
• In this time the Chinese form of painting know as
  Guohua was created.
• Later china descended into deeply political art
  which revolved around socialist ideology.

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Chinese Religion

• Confucianism- Highly philosophical religion that
  stresses the importance or reverence for parents,
  and harmony in thought and conduct
• Taoism emphasizes the simplicity of life and the
  idea of not interfering with the natural order of
  life.
• Buddhism- Stresses how life is full of suffering
  caused by desire, so in order to achieve
  fulfillment is through cessation of desire,
  enlightenment

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Chinese poetry- Li Po

• Chinese poetry is influenced mostly by the ideas
  of their religious thought.
• Li pos specifically is influenced by Taoism
• Li po likes to expresses thought on his
  interactions with nature, his friendships, love
  for wine, and acute observations in life. He also
  refletced on the hardships of people

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Drinking Alone Under the Moon

• ?????? Among flowers with a pot of liquor
• ?????? I pour alone but with no friend at hand
• ?????? So I lift the cup to invite the shining
  moon
• ?????? Along with my shadow, a fellowship of
  three.
• ?????? The moon understands not the art of
  drinking
• ?????? The shadow gingerly follows my movements
• ?????? Still I make the moon and the shadow my
  company
• ?????? To enjoy the springtime before too late.
• ?????? The moon lingers while I am singing
• ?????? The shadow scatters while I am dancing
• ?????? We share the cheers of delight when sober
• ?????? We separate our ways after getting drunk
• ?????? Forever will we keep this unfettered
  friendship
• ?????? Til we meet again far in the Milky Way.

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Women

• Women are to submit to their father in youth,
  husband in marriage, and son in old age.
• Women often in the past were subjected to being
  sold as concubines and foot binding.
• Foot binding is when at age 6 girls have there
  feet bound with tape so strong they could not
  grow much longer. Because small feet are
  attractive.

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Chinese New Year

• Largest celebrated Chinese holiday.
• The festival begins on the first day of the year
  there is a lunar month and ends on the 15th.
• Celebrated by countries influenced by Han
  culture.
• Every year is assigned an animal 2007 year is the
  pig. So the children will be happy and honest.

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