Category: Chinese Culture

The Han people have their own spoken and written languages, namely Chinese. It is the most commonly used language in China, and one of the most commonly used languages in the world. All China's 55 minority peoples have their own languages except the Hui（回族，Huí zú） and Manchu（满族，Mǎn zú） , who use Chinese; 21 minorities have their own scripts, in which 27 languages are written. Classes in schools in predominantly national minority areas are taught in the local language, using local-language textbooks, as well as in Putonghua（普通话，Pǔtōnghuà） or Mandarin — the official national standard spoken language of China, based on the principal dialect spoken in and around Beijing.

Chinese Culture: Chinese Couplet (对联)

Couplet (对联 duì lián) is a pair of antithetical phrases (sometime added a horizontal hung phrase) written on papers, silks hung on the columns of halls or just engraved on the columns, with concise characters but rich and deep connotations. It is a cultural gem of Chinese nation that has been listed into the non-material cultural heritages. Let's have a brief introduction of it.

Wuxia

The Wuxia(武侠wǔxiá) is a broad genre of Chinese fiction that concerns itself with martial arts adventures set primarily in ancient China. Although traditionally a literary art form, it is now also found in art, comics, films, games, television, theatre, and other media. Wuxia forms a large part of popular culture for most Chinese-speaking communities around the world.

About Wuxia (knight-errant) Culture

Wuxia (knight-errant) culture(武侠文化wǔxiá wénhuà), called chivalry culture, enjoys significant popularity and has been deep-rooted in Chine.

Chinese Culture: Modern Chinese Literature (中国现代文学)

Today, I will introduce the modern Chinese literature. Modern Chinese literature refers to the works created from the First Opium War in 1840 to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

Chinese Culture: Contemporary Chinese Literature (中国当代文学)

Today I will introduce the Chinese contemporary literature. First, let's have a brief introduction of Chinese literature.

Artistic Gold peacock

Regarded as the most famous traditional folk dance of the Dai Minority(傣族Dăizú) in China, the peacock dance(孔雀舞kŏngquèwǔ) is prevalent in the Dai and Jingpo minority autonomous prefectures as well as gathering areas of the Dai people. Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, Zhaomali Jieshu, the head of the Dai minority, learned dance through imitating the elegant gestures of the peacock. The dance was afterwards promoted by later generations of folk dancers and went widely round before it finally became the present peacock dance.

Yangko Dance in China

Yangko dance(秧歌yānggē), also called "twisting Yangko dance", is a folk dance most representative in China and a unique dancing art and collective singing. The Yangko dance is smooth, happy and compact in rhythm. Thanks to its jolly scene, abundant dance language, exuberant gestures, and vivid performing style, it is always favored by Chinese.

Jiangzhai Site in Shaanxi

Geographical Location: Lintong County, Shaanxi Province Period: 4600-4400 BC Excavated from 1972 to 1979

Talk about Long Melody Ballad of the Mongolians

The Long melody is a sort of ballad which was created by nomadic tribes in North China in the course of stockbreeding(畜牧业xùmùyè) activities and is sung at the time of grazing and during traditional festivals of Mongolian. It is featured by long-drawn-out and leisurely rhythm, extensive artistic conception, magnitude of tones, fewness of lyric, long tinge, and highly decorative rhythm. Long melody with the most distinct feature is coloratura singing style evolving from the singing type of "Noguerra" (Mongolian, means twisted and turned sound or decorative sound). It is the typical music style of the Mongolian ethnic minority.