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What are the outstanding traditional cultures of China?

Chinese excellent traditional culture includes: national music, national drama, folk art, Chinese painting, calligraphy and so on.

1, folk music

Folk music is a song or music produced and circulated among the people, which expresses folk life and production. China's national music art is a very distinctive art form in the world. In the course of thousands of years of civilization, the Chinese nation has created a large number of excellent national music cultures and formed a profound and rich national music system.

2. National drama

China's national drama refers to the unique dramas of various ethnic minorities in China, mainly including Tibetan drama, Bai drama, Zhuang drama, Dong drama, Dai drama, Miao Ju drama, Yi drama, Buyi drama and Maonan drama.

3. Quyi

Quyi is the general name of all kinds of "rap art" of the Chinese nation. It is a unique art form formed by the long-term development and evolution of folk oral literature and singing art. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 400 kinds of folk songs of all ethnic groups living in China.

4. Chinese painting

The word Chinese painting originated in the Han Dynasty, which mainly refers to scroll painting painted on silk, rice paper and silk and framed. Chinese painting is a traditional form of painting in China, which uses brush strokes dipped in water, ink and color on silk or paper.

5. Calligraphy

Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the unique beauty of words in China and neighboring countries and regions deeply influenced by China culture. Including China calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy. Its "China Calligraphy" is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China.