What does the quintessence of Chinese culture mean?

China's national quintessence refers to the most representative and unique cultural heritage in China's traditional culture, which is well received by people. For example, Chinese characters, Chinese medicine, calligraphy, Chinese painting, tea culture and wine culture are not only components of China traditional culture, but also spread overseas, which has a great influence on world culture.

Chinese Peking Opera, Chinese medicine, martial arts, calligraphy and painting, which are well-known at home and abroad, are called "the four quintessences of China" by the world, which embodies the unique cultural connotation of the Chinese nation.

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Three national quintessences: Beijing Opera, Chinese Painting and Chinese Medicine.

Peking Opera has a history of 200 years and is the most popular drama in China. In the performance, singing, reading, doing and playing are combined, and virtual movements are often used.

As early as the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, after the reform, innovation and development of Cheng Changgeng, Tan Xinpei and Mei Lanfang, many schools and famous artists with different styles emerged. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it has made further development and can be called an artistic model.

In addition, Chinese medicine is often called Chinese medicine. The development of traditional Chinese medicine has a long history, which has a history of thousands of years. The basic theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine is the theory of yin-yang and five elements, which has endless mystery; The main means of TCM diagnosis of diseases are "four diagnoses", that is, looking, smelling, asking and feeling.

Dialysis diseases in traditional Chinese medicine are mainly divided into eight categories, namely, yin, yang, exterior, interior, cold, heat, deficiency, excess, the location and nature of the lesion and the confirmation of mutual strength and decline. This is just the basic connotation.

There are also Chinese paintings, referred to as Chinese paintings. The main kinds of oriental paintings in the world have a history of thousands of years. Chinese painting is basically divided into three categories: figure painting, landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting.

Chinese painting advocates the combination of realism and romanticism in the expression method. What is outstanding is that Chinese painting can be organically combined with literature, calligraphy and seal cutting, and can be decorated on the picture frame with a unique mounting process. This artistic height is also unique.

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