CHINESE ART AND CULTURE

                                                CHINESE ART AND CULTURE

Chinese culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures and it is older than 5000 years. Chinese is the majority language. While there are some minority groups which have other languages which are slightly different from Chinese. Twenty one ethnic minority groups have unique writing systems. Chinese cultural history has enormous diversity and variety. There are many numbers of martial arts in china some of them are karate, Kun fu, tai chi, whing chun and many more. Among them kun fu is one of the famous arts it combines Zen Buddhism and martial arts and was originated and developed in the Shaolin temple.

China also has Folk art is the art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other labouring trades people it is contrast to fine art. The sophisticated Chinese civilization was rich in the Arts and Sciences, elaborate Painting and Printing techniques and delicate pottery and sculpture.

China has one of the wonders of the world that is the great wall of china. The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, wood, and other materials. It is built along an east to west line across the historical northern borders of China. It was built to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC, later those were joined together and made bigger and stronger which are collectively referred to as the Great Wall.

Chinese architectural traditions were much respected all over the world. Chinese language and literature, philosophy and politics are still reckoned as a strong influence.

-Tejaswini