The culture and arts of a nation,with their captivating content,inform others about the way their people view the world,the way they think and the way they live.In this booklet,we will take the readers on a journey of Chinese arts.

With a lasting civilization of several thousand years．China offers the world a rich culture．which constitutes an important part of human civilization and wisdom．Chinese culture is both unique and inclusive,and consists of what is grown in this 0riental 0and as well as diverse elements from other Cultures．

Chinese arts are the gems of Chinese culture．They carry the heritage of traditional Chinese culture,embody the personalities of artists and cultivate the national character．Chinese artists strive for an integration of beauty and goodness,communication between passion and reason and harmony between man and nature．For several thousand years,Chinese people have enjoyed their lives and creations through their artistic pursuits．

Foreword

Calligraphy

 Calligraphy：The Core of Chinese Culture

 Evolution of Styles：The Growth of Calligraphy

 The Four Treasures of the Study：They Record Civilization

 Forms of Calligraphic Works

 Inner Mirroring：The wav to Enjoy Calligraphic Works

 Lanting Xu：7he Zenith of Running-Script Calligraphic Works

 The Four Masters of Regular-Script Writing

 Crazy Zhang(Zhang Xu)and Drunken Su(Monk Huaisu),Masters of the Grass Script

 Personality Decides Calligraphic Quality

 Chinese Seal：Dancing Beijing

Painting

 Chinese Painting：Unity of Poetry,Calligraphy,Painting and Seal-Cutting

 The Childhood of Chinese Painting

 Figure Painting：Vivid and Lifelike

 Genre Painting：Snapshots of Ancient Life

 Landscape Painting：Indoor Tour of Mountains and Waters

 Flower-and-Bird Painting

 Noble Symbols in Flower-and-Bird Painting

 Dunhuang Frescoes：Treasures of Chinese Art

 Paintings and Poems：Sister Arts洱

 Meticulous Style and Sketching-Thoughts Style

Music

 Chinese Music：An Art of Harmony

 Ritual,Music and Civilization

 Guqin：The Oldest Plucked String Instrument of China

 High Mountains and Flowing Streams：Guqin Music in Outer Space

 Pipa：“Like Pouring Large and Small Pearls Onto a Plate of Jade”

 Zheng：Another Chinese Zither

 Erhu and Spring Water Reflects the Moon

 The Butterfly Lovers：A Violin Concer to

 What a Beautiful lasmine Flower

 Shanqu Folk Song

 Muqam and Folk Long Song,f)6

Opera

 Four Basic Skills：The World as a Stage

 The History：Over 2,000 Years

 Kunqu Opera：Orchid in the Garden of Operas

 Peking Opera：The National Drama

 Mei Lanfang：Introducing Peking Opera to the World

 Local Operas：The Significance of Gongs and Drums

Dance

 Chinese Dance：Close Ties with Music and Opera

 Primitive Dance：The Dancing Shadows of the Primitive People

 Ceremonial and Music Dance：Dancing for Ceremony and Propriety

 Professional Female Dance：Carefree Soft Music and Graceful Dance

 Religious Dance：Dancing upon the Encounter between Gods and Humans

 Ethnic Dances：Flowing Customs

 Modern Dance：Confluence of Oriental and Western Dance

Epilogue

Appendix：Chinese Dynasties