A small gift that can reflect the characteristics of China

Small pieces of porcelain such as tea cans.

Porcelain is made of porcelain stone, kaolin, quartz stone and mullite. , the surface is coated with glass glaze or painted objects. Porcelain is fired in a kiln at a high temperature (about 1280℃- 1400℃). The glaze color of porcelain surface will undergo various chemical changes due to different temperatures, which is a treasure displayed by Chinese civilization. China is the hometown of porcelain, which is an important creation of ancient working people.

Xie recorded in "Five Miscellanies": "Today, there are porcelain, which covers the most Cizhou kilns, hence the name Yan. For example, silver is called Mi Ti, and ink is called." At that time, replacing kiln furniture with "porcelain" was caused by the largest output of Cizhou kiln. This is the earliest historical material to find the title of porcelain.

2. Peking Opera Mask

Peking Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with China cultural characteristics. Because every historical figure or a certain kind of figure has a common score, just like singing and playing music should be based on the score, it is called "Facebook". As for the source of Facebook, it is generally said that it comes from a mask. The facial makeup art of Peking Opera is a favorite art of the majority of opera lovers, which is widely popular at home and abroad and is recognized as one of the symbols of China traditional culture. Facebook has three main characteristics: the unity of beauty and ugliness, the close relationship with characters, and the stylized model.

3. Folding fan

According to the History of Song Dynasty, on February 8th, the year of Duan AD (988), Japanese monk Jiayin visited Song Taizong in Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan) and presented 22 pavilion fans and two bat fans as precious gifts. This fan and bat fan refer to folding fans.

Folding fan is an ornament to beautify life. It is a luxury that hangs on the waist of the times. Folding fan has long been divorced from its original intention of fanning the wind and has become a completely emotional or cultural thing. Folding fans in the 20th century became folding fans in China. China is the largest producer and exporter in the world, and it is very popular in many countries. ?

4. Silk and scarves

Silk is a specialty of China. The ancient working people in China invented and mass-produced silk products, which opened the first large-scale trade exchange between East and West in the history of the world, and was called the Silk Road. Since the Western Han Dynasty, China's silk has been shipped abroad in large quantities and has become a world-famous product. At that time, China's road to the west was called "Silk Road" by Europeans, and China was also called "Silk Country".

5. Hanfu and Hanfu

Modern Han people believe in Taoism and Buddhism, and some people in remote mountainous areas and many ethnic minorities in China still maintain the characteristics of Hanfu. Some elements of Hanfu can still be seen in some important sacrifices, commemorative activities and folk festivals in modern society. At the beginning of the 20th century, with the development of China's national strength, people began to examine the outstanding parts of their traditional culture. Some people have restored the traditional costumes of the Han nationality by studying Hanfu and removing its dross. At the same time, they advocated the restoration of traditional Hanfu again, and promoted it by restoring traditional festivals, restoring traditional etiquette, offering sacrifices to sages, popularizing traditional theories, and popularizing traditional musical instruments, and called it Hanfu Movement.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Chinese style