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