We have talked about the features, evolution and major functions of Chinese calligraphy. Now we will talk about the relations between calligraphy and the traditional cultural mindset of the Chinese people. The cultural mindset of the Chinese people can be…
Human beings have all kinds of emotions, including happiness, hatred, grief, desire, love, disgust and fear. The brief emotions such as joy, fury and extreme grief are called passions, while the sustained emotions such as happiness, sorrow, hatred, boredom, admiration…
Address: Taiwan, Taipei City, Shilin Wai Shuangxi Zhishan Lu Er Duan, #221 (a kind of ancient vessel)” width=”83″ height=”90″ />The Taipei Palace Museum is located in the northwestern part of Taipei City, facing Shuangxi Park and surrounded by verdant trees…
class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-359″ title=”a pottery jar of the Yangshao culture that existed 5,600 years ago, which” src=”http://www.chinascan.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/a-pottery-jar-of-the-Yangshao-culture-that-existed-5600-years-ago-which-91×150.jpg” alt=”a pottery jar of the Yangshao culture that existed 5,600 years ago, which” width=”55″ height=”90″ />At first, pottery vessels were produced just for…
For people in the earliest stage of human development, it is earth on which they lived that gave them the earliest artistic inspiration. That may explains how the earliest pottery was made. The process seems pretty simple: mixing earth with…
The Chinese civilization is one of the four most ancient in the world. Relative to the Egyptian, Indian and Tigris-Euphrates civilizations, it is characterized by a consistency and continuity throughout the milleniums. Rooted deep in this unique civilization originating from…