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传统艺术的英语作文
【篇一:中国传统艺术英语介绍】
chinese folk arts
papercut
the papercuts of
shanxi feature a wide variety of themes,
including flowers, human figures,
animals, legends, folk tales
all
stoties from operatic works, and showing a bold
and
uestrained style, simple and
unsophisticated presentation and
strong
local
characteristics.
there are two types - colored and
monochrome.
chinese papercut
clay
figurines
the huishan clay
figurines made in wuxi, jiangsu province
emerged in the ming dynasty and have a
history of over 400
years. thanks to
their unique art style, these colored figurines
have been well received by the chinese
people throughout the
country and have
been sold to 50 countries and regions.
masters of the art have given
demonstrations in japan, the u. s.,
australia
and
other counthies. hence huishan clay figurines
display the
best color modeling art in
the east.
a coloured
sheep
woodblock new year
pictures
yanghabu woodblock
new year pictures originated in the ming
dynasty. yangjiabu is located near
weifang city in shandong
province. the
original settlers, mostly with the family name
yang, moved here from zitong county in
sichuan province
during hongwu reign
period of the ming dynasty. the
woodblock pictures used new year
decorations have mainly
buddhist
themes, while
the
horizontal wall pictures are based on woodblock
illustrations.
folding fan
the folding fan
is a folk handicraft for use in cooling oneself in
summer, and is also used as a
decoration or a stage prop in
traditional chinese operas. due to
their fine workmanship, the
folding fans produced in rongchang, chongqing, are
prized
both at home and abroad.
since
ancient times,
rongchang folding fans have been sold well
throughout the country, as well as
to
india, myanmar and other
countries.
folding
fan
embroidery
embroidery is traditional chinese
handicraft art. which is
divided into
the suzhou, sichuan, guangdong and hunan
schools. suzhou embroidery is
celebrated for its sophisticated
stitching, vivid pictures, beautiful
patterns and elegant colors.
human
embroidery emphasizes vivid patterns. guangdong
and
sichuan embroideries feature
popular motifs, such as a
peacock
spreading its tail, a magpie on the branch of a
plum
tree, pines and cranes as
symbols
of long life, two
dragons playing with a ball, and a phoenix and
peony. the embroidery items have varied
themes: some are
romantic and
exaggerative, others reflect the reality, or are
vivid
and true to
life. both are of practical and ornamental
uses.
chinese
embroidery
yang liuqing new
year pictures
one of chinas
three famous folk new year picture styles, yang
liuqing new year pictures originated in
yang liuqing town, in
the westem
suburbs of tianjin city, in the early l7th
century.
adopting the method of
integrating block printing and
hand-
colored decoration, they are
characterized by varied themes
such, as
brightness, vivacity, happiness, auspiciousness
and
fascination. the pictures by the
young people in yang liuqing
have
enjoyed ahigh reputation in
china.
farmer calligraphy
and paintings
xukou town in
jiansu province is known as a town of chinese
calligraphy and paintings. yushe and
yaoshe villages in the
county are
particularly famous for their output of
calligraphy
and painting. over five
million calligraphy and paintings have
been produced in the county
by
more than 600 artists
since 1956. in 1988 the youth calligraphy
and painting research society of the
fragrant hill of wuxian
county was
established. xukou villages farmer paintings are
renowned for their unique style
integrating a strong flavor of
life
with the fragrance of the soil. huangzhong county
in
qinghai province is also called a
county of farmer calligraphy
and
paintings by artists. over 70 local farmer
painters have
created more than 1, 000
art works, of which some have been
displayed in the international and
national exhibitions. their
paintings
are
characterized by a
simple, vigorous natural and fresh style
with traditional folk
features.
shadow plays,
puppets and marionettes
shadow plays are a traditional folk art, the
origin of which can
be traced back to
the western han dynasty (206 bc ~ 24 ad).
with puppets made out of cows leather
or donkey hide, the
shadow play figures
of the guanzhong area of shaanai
province are modeled on the stone
relief pattems of the han
dynasty, the
academic-style painting of the song dynasty and
folk paper-cuts. guanzhong shadow play
figures are popular
with collectors and
as home decorations. yangzhous puppets
are controlled by three wooden sticks -
one to maulpulate the
ears, eyes, nose
and mouth of the puppet, and the other two to
manipulate the puppets hands. the music
of the show is based
on beijing and
local operas. the yangzhou puppet arttroupe
has toured many countries and regions
in the world, such as
japan, the united
states, australia, russia, france, italy, holland,
taiwan and hong kong and has been well
received by the
audiences.
quanzhou city in fujian province is
noted for its marionettes.
four
puppeteers manipulate the figures, each of which
can
have up to 30 strings. two
international puppet festivals were
held in quanzhou in l986 and l990,
respectively, in which over
300 artists
from all over the world participated, including
those
from britain, germany, austria,
italy, spain, holland, japan and
the
philippines. quanzhou also hosted the
international puppet
festival february
2002.
chinese leather
shadow play puppet
stone
carvings of huian
the stone
carvings of the huian area of fujian province have
a
history of over 1,600 years. over the
centuries, they have
developed into
over 250 varieties in six categories. huian
stonemasons created such treasures as
the east and west
pagodas in quanzhou,
the peristyles of the dragon hill temple
in taipei, the stone lion at the sun
yat-sen mausoleum in
nanjing, the
statue of
zheng chenggong on
drumming wave islet in xiamen, and the
peristyles of the great hall of
the
people in beijing. the
stone carvings by huian have a ready
market at home and abroad.
the capital of porcelain
located in northeastern jiangxi
province, jingdezhen is one of
the
famous historic and cultural cities in china. it
has a l,000-
year history of making
porcelain, and has long been known as
the capital of porcelain. during the
sui and tang dynasties, the
white-
glazed porcelain produced in jingdezhen was called
artificial jade ware.
chinese lunar new year and 12
animals
china uses the
gregorian calendar for civil purposes, but the
chinese lunar calendar is also
important in china. the chinese
lunar
new year - known as spring festival today in china
- is the
biggest holiday in china. the
chinese lunar calendar is the
longest
chronological record in history dating back to
2,600 bc
like the gregorian calendar,
the chinese lunar calendar is a
yearly
one, but the start of the lunar year is based on
the
cycles of the moon so that new year
day can fall anywhere
between late
january and the
middle of
february. each lunar year is associated with one
of
12 zodiac animals.
the mouse, or rat, is the first in
the cycle of l2 animals
representing
years. the others are,
chronologicaily, the ox, the tiger, the rahbit,
the dragon, the
snake, the horse, the
sheep, the
monkey, the
rooster, the dog and the pig. how come animals,
specific animals, designate years? why
l2, no more, no less?
and why these
specific animals are chosen?
there are different explanations
about their origin. a popular
legend
says, long long ago, a certain god ordered all the
animals to pay him a visit on new years
day, that is, the first
day of the
first month. he said he would give the first 12
animals to come the title king of the
animal world and let each
hold the
title for one year.
the l2
winners happened to be those mentioned above.
another theory holds that the animals
originated from the 28
constellations,
or the lunar mansions, which are named after
animals. every two or three
constellations stand for a year, and
the most commonly known animal in each
group was chosen
for that year. thus we
have the l2 animals.
a
more convincing theory maintains that using
animals to
symbolize years began from
totems of minority peoples in
ancient
times. different tribes had different animals as
their
totems; gradually, these animals
were used as a means to
remember the
years. alongside the increasing exchanges
between the
hinteriand and the border regions, the
custom of using animals
to designate
years made its way to the
hinterland and was adopted by the han
people, the largest
national group in
china.
at that time, the
hans were using the 10 heavenly stems and
the 12 earthly branches to designate
years. they took one from
each series
to make a pair for one year and developed a
system based on a 60 year cycle. it is
back to square one and
the cycle begins
again.
when the method of
using animals to represent years was
introduced into the hinterland, the
ancient chinese married
them to the l2
earthly branches, one to each. so 12 animals
were used. and animals officially began
to be used to
designate years during
the later han of the five dynasties
period a little more than 1,000 years
ago.
the new year visit-
to-the-god story explains how the
unpleasant mouse managed to become the
first of the 12. as
the story goes,
when the ox heard of the gods decree, he said
to himself: its a long journey to visit
that god. i am not a fast
traveler and
id better start early. so he set out on the eve of
the
lunar new year. the mouse heard the
ox and jumped onto his
back, without
being noticed. the ox, sweating all over, was so
glad to be the first to arrive at the
gods place. but just as he
was about to
express his new year greetings to the god, the
mouse jumped down over the oxs head and
became the first to
kowtow to the god.
so he was appointed the first king of the
animals and consequently, the first of
the l2
animals to designate
years.