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Ten Essentials of Traditional Culture

1, calligraphy. All nationalities in the world have their own personalities, and the Chinese nation is no exception. However, China's writing not only has the function of expressing thoughts and inheriting culture, but also has the function of artistic appreciation. This is not available in other languages. China's Chinese characters include Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, bronze inscriptions in Zhou Dynasty, seal script in Qin Dynasty, official script in Han Dynasty, regular script, running script and cursive script from Eastern Jin Dynasty to Tang Dynasty.

2. Wushu. Wushu, also known as China Kung Fu, has been popular since Shang and Zhou Dynasties and has a very broad mass base. Wushu routines technically require the close combination of internal spirit and external body movements, so that the mind follows the shape, the shape breaks the meaning, and the potential breaks the gas, that is, the body and mind are exercised with the changes of "hands, eyes, body movements and mental strength", forming a unique national style exercise method.

3. Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a traditional medicine in China, also known as TCM. Chinese medicine is an important part of China's splendid ancient culture, and it also includes Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine originated in the Shennong era 7,000 years ago, and there has been a legend of "Shennong tasting a hundred herbs" in China since ancient times. The theoretical basis and source of TCM is Huangdi Neijing.

4. Beijing Opera. Peking Opera is the first of the five major operas in China, and it is one of the major operas with national influence. It is the representative of China modern opera, with comprehensive business, mature performance and magnificent momentum. From the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Peking Opera began to take shape slowly. At first, it developed rapidly in the court, until it spread to the people in the Republic of China and reached unprecedented prosperity. This is an important means to spread the traditional culture of China. It is the product of the cultural changes in China. As an important manifestation of China's traditional culture, various artistic elements in Peking Opera are used as symbols of China's traditional culture.

5.silk. China was the first country in the world to invent silk. Western countries know China through silk. Beautiful silk is China's most beautiful contribution to mankind-the Great Silk Road is the best interpretation of this sentence.

6. tea. Different from the coffee widely consumed in Europe and America, our Chinese nation has long had its own national beverage tea. My tea is the most natural and healthy drink, which has the extraordinary charm of nature, culture and fashion, and is more and more loved by people all over the world.

7. China. China is a world-famous China porcelain, a great creation and invention of the Chinese nation, a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation and a great contribution of the Chinese nation to world civilization.

8. Let's go. Weiqi is an ancient intellectual game originated in China and a great invention of the Chinese nation. Weiqi is one of the "four great ancient arts in China" (piano, chess, calligraphy and painting). According to the pre-Qin classic Shi Ben, "Yao made Weiqi and was good at it". It can be seen that its origin has been more than 4000 years ago.

9. embroidery. Embroidery is a general term for all kinds of decorative patterns embroidered on fabrics with needles and silk threads. Embroidery can be made into clothes, decorations, trinkets, handkerchiefs, etc. Embroidery is a traditional handicraft art in China, which has a history of at least two or three thousand years in China. After several dynasties' development, China has formed four famous embroideries: Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery.

10, paper cutting. ? Paper-cutting is a very popular traditional folk handicraft in China. China had paper-cut in the Western Han Dynasty, which has been circulated in China for more than 1500 years and has been deeply loved by people. Paper-cut art is a treasure of China folk art, and it still shines.