Paintings of a herd of horses are very common to find in both companies and homes, showing people's yearning for a good future, success or victory.
The second art piece I want to mention is the Night-Shining White, which is also one of our core objects- a scroll painting by the leading horse painter of the Tang dynasty Han Gan. The reason I picked this portrait was because that The Tang Dynasty is known as the most creative era and also one in which horse painting reached its pinnacle of glory and splendor in Chinese fine arts history. Han Gan, who was known for portraying not only the physical likeness of a horse but also its spirit. The fiery-tempered steed, with its burning eye, flaring nostrils, and dancing hooves, epitomizes Chinese myths about imported "celestial steeds" that "sweat blood" and were really dragons in disguise. The "blood-sweating" horse was not only fanatically treasured by the military, but was also a highly praised and popular topic for ancient Chinese writers and poets. The drawing, reinforced by delicate ink shading, is an example of "baihua" (white painting) a term used in Tang texts on painting to describe monochrome painting with ink shading, as opposed to full color painting. Around the drawing, there are numerous seals and inscriptions added to the painting and its borders by later owners and experts. It is a distinctive feature of Chinese collecting and connoisseurship. While collectors are sometimes overzealous in showing their appreciation in this manner, the addition of seals and comments by later viewers served to record a work's transmission and offer vivid testimony of an artwork's continuing impact on later generations.
Aside from the mythological figure, horses also played a very important role in every day life of ancient Chinese. In the Tang Dynasty, hunting and horse performance were already popular activities. And horse training has became a very important aspect in the equestrian history.
The Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the marvelous sceneries of China. ... Secondly, tourists will get to know a unique food culture when they travel in China. ... Peking Opera is no doubt the most marvelous art in China. ... Another featured Chinese art is the Chinese calligraphy. It has developed various styles and constitutes an important part of Chinese culture. ...
AN LESSONS Culture and Geography Culture What is culture? ... Elements of culture: values norms beliefs emotions relationships language and technology General Characteristics of Chinese culture: 1. ... The mobility of the dwellings (yurts), of the herds (oxen, sheep, horses, camels, yaks), and other property. 2. ... He is mainly responsible for inventing the wooden plow and teaching people the art of agriculture. ... He invented the wheel, discovered the art of making pottery, and improved communication by building roads, bridges and ships. ...
The ideas and teachings of the most respected philosopher in Chinese history, Confucius, have had a major impact on the beliefs, customs and culture in Traditional China. ... According to Traditional China, such experiences practised on Chinese women proved that they truly were inferior. ... The Chinese unicorn is said to have a scaly body, with a body of a horse and of a lion. ... Buddhism invigorated Chinese culture and introduced the idea of representing religious figures with statuary idols and other forms of art. ... The twelve animals of the Chinese horoscope include the rat, rabbit, hor...
In 1974, thousands of clay figures of people and horses were discovered near Xi'an in burial pits near the tomb of Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. ... Porcelain dishes and vases produced during the Tang and Song dynasties, and during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and the early part of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) are among the greatest treasures of Chinese art. ... The key to why ceramic art has been able to develop to such a high level in China lies in the spirit of Chinese craftsmen to strive for excellence. ... In the Republic of China on Taiwan, some ceramists h...
Among them are a pair of friezes from a Batak granary (sopo) , two Batak staffs, and an ancestral commemorative horse and rider figure (jara heda) from Flores. ... The emphasis is on the ways in which the art of these cultures expresses their belief systems and reflects their origins on mainland Southeast Asia. Themes such as boats and horses are represented in textiles, metalwork, and beadwork, as well as figurative sculpture in wood and stone, much of it dating from the early 20th century or earlier. Another section is devoted to the diverse cultures of the South Pacific. ... Each group ha...
Archaeological Report "The Shang Culture" INTRODUCTION: The Shang culture, which existed from 1776 to 1122 b B.C.E, was known as a Dynasty of ancient China. ... Many of the modern Chinese historians feel that the Shang culture was one of a "slave society". ... The Shang culture was quite refined. ... An extremely bright culture, they developed scripture, similar to modern Chinese writings. ... We have absolute proof that the social classes existed from an excavation near Anyang, where a chariot with horses and the charioteer were dug up. ...
The practice of tattooing means different things in different cultures. ... Roman and Greek culture did not see tattoos in a positive light. ... If he had none to show he and his horse would be pushed off of the path and fall to the earth where they would be come aimless wandering spirits. ... Tattoos in the Chinese History a tattoo is called "Wen Shen" or "Ci Shen" in Chinese. ... Tattooing has been known and practiced in China for many years. ...
Have Hong Kong martial arts films managed to rise from "low" art to "high" art? ... High and low culture is usually consumed by the "high" class and "low" classes. Often it is argued by those of low culture that high culture is just a label made by those of high culture to alienate or place themselves above those of "low" class. ... The genre remains popular, with both the Taipei Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards including honours for best martial arts direction in their annual ceremonies. ... Today, well-known western directors such as Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quent...
Political Yang Jian sent military expeditions into central Asia and southern china, which by 589 the house of Sui ruled all of China. ... Tang Rulers maintained an extensive communications based on roads, horses,and quite sometimes human runners. ... Culture Buddhist concepts in vocabulary borrowed from Chinese cultural traditions, particularly daoism. ... When fired with glazed, porcelain could also become aesthetically appealing utensil and even a work of art. ... Indeed, Song military difficulties stemmed partly from the fact that nomadic peoples quickly learned chinese techniques and fashi...
