A brief introduction to the basic knowledge of traditional culture in China

Chinese folk music, also known as China traditional folk music. Refers to China traditional music played by Chinese traditional musical instruments in the form of solo and ensemble. China has a long history of national instrumental music. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, blowing sheng, hammering, drumming, percussion and playing the piano were popular among the people. At that time, Qin musicians such as Shi Juanhe appeared, as well as the famous piano music "Mountain" and "Running Water".

Percussion music in Qin and Han dynasties, commercial music in Wei and Jin dynasties, pipa music in Sui and Tang dynasties, fine music and pure music in Song dynasty, top ten gongs and drums and strings in Yuan and Ming dynasties, etc. , there are various forms of performance. Modern genres and forms are the inheritance and development of traditional forms.

2. Cantonese Opera

Cantonese Opera, also known as "Cantonese Opera" or "Grand Drama", is one of the traditional operas in Guangdong. It originated from Southern Opera, popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao, and sometimes performed in Chinese-speaking areas abroad.

Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty began to appear in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is a performing art that combines singing, reading, playing, musicians' music, stage costumes and abstract forms. Every business of Cantonese opera has its own unique costumes.

Cantonese opera was included in the first batch of 5 18 national intangible cultural heritage list published on May 20, 2006. On September 30, 2009, Cantonese Opera was recognized by UNESCO and included in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

3. Shadow play

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light shadow play", is a kind of folk drama in which people made of animal skins or cardboard perform stories.

During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain, telling stories with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor. Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places.

Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art in China, and old Beijingers call it "donkey shadow play". According to historical records, shadow play began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, and spread to West Asia and Europe in the Yuan Dynasty. It has a long history.

4. China classical literature

China's classical literature generally refers to China literature from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, including writers, works, literary events, the origin and development of literary styles, literary movements, literary schools, literary theories, textual research and research of writers' works, etc.

Similar to the history of ancient Chinese literature. In a narrow sense, it refers to China's classical literary works. According to the habit of literary history, it can be divided into pre-Qin literature, Qin and Han literature, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties literature, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties literature, Song and Yuan literature and Ming and Qing literature. Representative literary works include poems, words, songs, poems, essays and novels. And a lot of chapters are well known. China's classical literature is one of the most precious cultural heritages of the Chinese nation.

5. China myth

China myth is a traditional myth in ancient China, which reflects the simple thoughts of early children in China and the primitive fantasies of ancient people about natural phenomena and social life. The stories and legends expressed through supernatural images and fantasies are "natural and social forms themselves processed by people's fantasies in an unconscious artistic way".

Myths take gods as the leading role, including all kinds of natural gods and deified heroes. The plot of myth is generally manifested as change and divine power. The meaning of myth is usually manifested as the explanation of some natural and social phenomenon; Some expressed our ancestors' desire to conquer nature and change society.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Culture