What are the four national quintessences?

The four quintessences of China are China Wushu, China Medicine, Chinese Peking Opera and China Calligraphy. To put it another way, Dr. Sun Yat-sen summed up four most representative national quintessences: Chinese Peking Opera, China Chinese Painting, China Medicine and China Cuisine. These are the characteristic cultures handed down by China for a long time.

The significance of China's four quintessences;

1. China's calligraphy: From Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen, it gradually evolved into Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan and Li Shu, and then it was finalized in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties, with cursive and regular script gradually appearing.

2. China Wushu: Created and developed by the Chinese nation, it has the functions of strengthening the body, protecting the body and resisting the enemy. Known as one of the four quintessences of China, it is deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups.

3. Chinese Peking Opera: It was formed by the fusion of four classes in Huizhou in the Qing Dynasty and many other operas, and gained unprecedented prosperity during the Republic of China.

Chinese medicine is an important part of China's splendid culture and one of the four quintessences of the Chinese nation. It has more and more important influence in the world and is deeply loved and welcomed by people in China and the world.