Zhang Jizhong’s family reads poetry and drinks tea at the beginning of spring. Isn’t the Chinese quintessence particularly elegant?

It is not the quintessence of Chinese culture that is elegant, but reading poetry and drinking tea are particularly elegant. The quintessence of the country refers to the cultural essence of a country or a nation that has been precipitated by history. It represents the unique connotation of a country or a nation. There are too many quintessences of our Chinese nation, some of which are elegant and some are vulgar, so it does not necessarily mean that the quintessence of the country is elegant. of. 1: The eight most elegant things in traditional Chinese culture

The eight most elegant things in ancient China: piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea. Those who are good at playing the piano are understanding and calm, those who are good at chess are wise and wise, those who are good at calligraphy are full of emotion and nature, those who are good at painting are the most perfect and beautiful, those who are good at poetry are rhymed to the heart, those who are good at wine are in love with their close friends, those who are good at flowers have a pleasant character, Tea drinkers cultivate sentiment. 2: China's Four National Essences

1. Peking Opera

Peking Opera is also called "Pihuang". Its musical material is composed of two basic tones: "Xipi" and "Erhuang". He also sings some local tunes (such as Liuzi tune, blowing tune, etc.) and Kunqu opera tunes, and is a representative of modern Chinese opera. It was formed in Beijing around 1840, became popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and has a history of 200 years. Its performance art tends to combine virtual and real expression techniques, transcending the limitations of stage space and time to the greatest extent, in order to achieve an artistic realm of conveying spirit through form and combining form and spirit. It is one of the major operas with national influence. With its comprehensive range of skills, mature performances and magnificent momentum, it is a representative of modern Chinese opera.

2. Martial arts

Martial arts is one of the quintessences of China. Martial arts also has other names: kung fu, martial arts and guoshu or martial arts, traditional Chinese sports. Its content is to combine kicking, hitting, throwing, grabbing, falling, hitting, splitting, stabbing and other movements according to certain rules to form various offensive and defensive fighting skills, routines and single-position exercises with bare hands and equipment. Martial arts has an extremely broad mass base and is a valuable cultural heritage that the Chinese people have continuously accumulated and enriched through long-term social practice. Wushu is divided into Sanda and Taolu. Sanda, also called Sanshou, is the ring form of martial arts, and Taolu is the performance form of martial arts.

3. Calligraphy

Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. Chinese calligraphy is an original expressive art in China and is known as: wordless poetry, lineless dance, pictureless painting, and silent music. In the long history of evolution and development, Chinese characters have played an important social role in ideological exchange and cultural inheritance. On the other hand, they have formed a unique plastic art in themselves. Chinese writing originated very early. It has developed the writing quality of writing to an aesthetic stage, integrating the concept, thinking, and spirit of the creator, and can stimulate the aesthetic emotions of the aesthetic object (that is, the formation of a true calligraphy) .

4. Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine refers to traditional Chinese medicine, also known as Han medicine and Kampo medicine. The Japanese call it "Kampo medicine". Traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of the splendid culture of ancient China. It has gradually begun to be accepted by most contemporary Chinese people. At the same time, it has become more and more important internationally and has gradually become deeply loved and welcomed by people around the world. The highest state of traditional Chinese medicine is "neutralization", which is the ideal state for the existence of all things in the world. To achieve this ideal state through various methods is to achieve neutralization. Heaven and earth each have their proper place, and all things grow and develop. It can be said that the physiological mechanism of "the harmony of yin and yang" and "the secret of yin and yang" clarified by traditional Chinese medicine is the best embodiment of the Confucian thought of neutralization. Under this ultimate goal, traditional Chinese medicine uses the theory of essence, yin and yang, and the five elements, which are three major theories from classical Chinese philosophy, to specifically explain the secrets of life. The main means of diagnosing diseases in traditional Chinese medicine are inspection, smelling, questioning, and incision; the diagnosis of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly based on eight principles, which refers to the eight aspects of yin, yang, exterior, interior, cold, heat, deficiency, and excess. To summarize and summarize the location and nature of the lesions and confirm the growth and decline of each other's strength.