What are the eight traditional cultures of China

What are the eight traditional Chinese cultures?

01, the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac

Zodiac:Zi rat, ugly ox, Yin tiger, rabbit, chenlong, Snake, afternoon horse, un goat, Shen Monkey, You chicken, Hundred Days Dog, Ohio pig.

02, the four great inventions

The four great inventions are the ancient Chinese innovative wisdom achievements and science and technology, including papermaking, compass, gunpowder, printing. They had a great impact on the political, economic and cultural development of ancient China, and these inventions were spread to the West through various ways, which had a great influence on the history of the development of world civilization.

03, Four Books and Five Classics

The Four Books are the Analects of Confucius, the Meanwhile, the University of Mencius, and the Five Classics are the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Annals. The name of the Four Books began in the Song Dynasty, and the name of the Five Classics began with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

04, Three Emperors and Five Emperors

The Three Emperors and Five Emperors are the legendary "emperors" who appeared in China before the Xia Dynasty. Nowadays, it seems that they were all tribal chiefs who became leaders of tribal alliances because of their power. Qin Shi Huang, to express his lofty status, had adopted the "Emperor" of the Three Emperors and the "Emperor" of the Five Emperors to form the title of "Emperor". But different historians have different definitions of "three kings and five emperors". The Three Emperors have eight sayings, and the Five Emperors have six sayings. There are many different ways of saying who the Three Emperors were and who the Five Emperors were.

Basically, both according to historical records and myths and legends, it is believed that the Three Emperors lived in an era earlier than that of the Five Emperors. Roughly speaking, the era of the Three Emperors is a long time ago, or in 4,000 to 7,000 to 8,000 years ago or even more, and the time span may also be very large; while the era of the Five Emperors is not far from the Xia Dynasty, in more than 4,000 years ago.

05, five elements gossip

Five elements are gold, wood, water, fire, earth; gossip is Qian, Xun, Kan, Burgundy, Kun, Zhen, away, against.

06, the four great masterpieces

The four great masterpieces: respectively, "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Dream of the Red Mansions".

07, Tang and Song dynasty eight

Tang and Song dynasty eight:Tang dynasty Liu Zongyuan, Han Yu and Song dynasty Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong.

08, China's top ten traditional festivals

China's top ten traditional festivals:New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chungyang Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Lapa Festival.