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What are the Eight Elegant Arts

The "eight elegance" in traditional Chinese culture refers to: zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers and tea, each of which represents an ancient literati lifestyle and is a symbol of Chinese culture. The Eight Elegant Arts refers to the eight traditional Chinese arts: qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers and tea. The good qin people understand the calm, the good chess people planning wisdom, the good book to the feelings of the sex, the good painting to the good and beautiful, the good poetry rhyme to the voice of the heart, the good wine people love to meet the confidant, the good tea people cultivate the sentiment, the good flower people taste pleasant.