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Chinese art has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology. Different forms of art have been influenced by great philosophers, teachers, religious figures and even political leaders. Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts. |
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The Chinese words “ tao ci ” (ceramics)are the general term for pottery and porcelain together.To elaborate,pottery comes from baked clay(usually kaolin,shaped and dried and baked in a kiln at the temperature of950 ° C- 1 163 ° C) ． |
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Calligraphy,native to China,is a traditional art with a long history and national characteristic features .It is the happy result of the painstaking and creative efforts of generations upon generations of artists. |
Traditional Chinese Figure
PaintingTraditional Chinese Landscape
PaintingTraditional Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting |
| Seal cutting ,though based on Chinese calligraphy,is a comparatively independent traditional art form.It takes Chinese characters as its form of expression,using carving knives instead of the writing brushes,and stone instead of paper ． |
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Embroidery(ci xiu),also called zhen xiu,zha hua ， commonly known as xiu hua,is a folk handicraft that involves decorating cloth of cotton or silk by sewing patterns of flowers and words on the fabric with colored thread. |
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In Chinese,gold ,silver and jade wares are usually referred to together as jewelry or visual handiwork processed by forging gold,silver or other metals or by cutting and polishing jade ． |
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Kites (feng zheng)，known in ancient China as zhiyuan(paper kites)or muyao(wooden kites)，fall into two major groups-the Southern Group and the Northern Group． |
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In Chinese,gold ,silver and jade wares are usually referred to together as jewelry or visual handiwork processed by forging gold,silver or other metals or by cutting and polishing jade ． |
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