wisdom and beliefs 1.confucian thought on heaven and humanity confucius on heaven:the source of everything confucius on people:ren(仁) and li(礼) confucius on the state of life 2.laozi‘s philosophy of non-action naturalness and non-action the philosophy of non-contention returning to a newborn state 3.sunzi‘art of war:source for all books on war the strategic thoughts of sunzi the dialectical thinking of sunzi sunzi‘s cautions against war sunzi‘s wisdom beyond the military 4.the temple of heaven:reverence with awe and gratitude ceremonial offerings of the emperor hol nature in awe humanity and heaven in munion 5.eco-awareness in traditional chinese culture the philosophy of“life” ecological aesthetics humans at one with other living things greativity and exchange 6.chinese characters:poetic symbols symbols of sentiment graceful olympic symbols 7.the silk road zhang qian,trail blazer opening to the“west” murals in the kuche grottoes 8.openness of the great tang arts fromall corners ofthe world religious diversity seeking buddhist truths chang‘an as an international metropolis 9.zheng he‘s voyages to the western seas advanced navigation civilization sprea peace 10.the great wall aspiration for peace separation and integration spirit ofthe greatwall wonder of the great wall 11.the forbidden city:glorious and awe-inspiring concealed contours of a dragon the colors of the forbidden city art and aesthetics 12.music:govern the country,nourish the mind governance through music consoling the mind with music
13.spiritual essence in bronzeware great for yu lotus andcranekettles galloping horse overtaking a flying swallow 14.a silent army discovery of the terracotta army vivid sculpture 15.the eternal smile of the buddha beautiful guanyin in the mogao grottoes smiling buddha in the maijishan grottoes buddha of brightness in the longmen grottoes passionate buddha of qingzhou 16.flying strokes of calligraphy rhythm of calligraphy wang zhi andpreface to the lantingpavilion collection “hidden style”of the yan script 17 the charm of ink and wash black-and-white world shaping beyond likeness landscape painting of the song and yuan dynasties innovation after the ming and qing dynasties 18.porcelain-calling card of chinese culture nature‘s craft pure blueandwhite porcelain a subtle and reserved world shape and imagery 19.gardens south of the yangtze river a win path to ces of interest fascinating stones a sense of space 20 peking opera:artistry of performers the delights of peking opera masks peking opera performance:sing,speak,act,and fight the beauty of a“virtual world” “watching a y is watching famous actors” mei lanfang,great peking opera artist 21.a variety of splendid folk arts cloisonn6:artifacts with the gleam of precious gems new year pictures:enhancing the festive atmosphere papercuts:a world created with scissors embroidery:ten fingers like a spring breeze shadow y:the art of light and shadow folk gustoms 22.urban customs in a riverside scene at qingming fesgval a horizontal scroll of the scenery along the bianhe river urban civilization of the northern song dynasty 23.customs and charms of old beijing food in old beijing alleys and hawkers‘cries bustling tianqiao
temple fairs in old beijing leisure life in old beijing 24.modern g1amour of old shanghai the most open city fashion seekers shikumen and the customs of the alleys 25.traditional costumes graceful tang-style fashion beautiful cheongsam natural wax printing splendid stage costumes 26.culinary delights in china local chinese cuisines every dish has a story warmth and hospitality expressed by food superb skills of chinese chefs 27.life with fragrant tea magical functions of tea ways of savoring tea tea drinking and folk customs 28.civil residences in deep alleys siheyuan in beijing ancient town of lijiang white walls and black tiles,anhui tang,a serene water w0rld 29.martial arts and cuju martial arts of the shaolin temple flowing shadow bong martial arts from the heart cuju flew higher than birds 30.go:a game of wits a game on rotted ax-handle mountain wisdom at y a game of peace hand conversations a brief chronology of chinese history index of persons index of major sights
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