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The Classic of Mountains and Seas, also known as Shanhai jing ( Chinese: 山海经 ), [ 1] formerly romanized as the Shan-hai Ching, [ 2] is a Chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography [ 3][ 4] and beasts. Early versions of the text may have existed since the 4th century BCE, [ 5][ 6] but the present form was not reached until ...
The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves an abridgment of the Thirteen Classics. The Chinese classics used a form of written Chinese ...
Butterflies. Butterfly/ butterflies. A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [ 12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [ 12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [ 6] Pair of butterflies. Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love.
From ancient representations and literature it is clear that fishing boats were typically small, lacking a mast or sail, and were only used close to the shore. In traditional Chinese history, history begins with three semi-mystical and legendary individuals who taught the Chinese the arts of civilization around 2800–2600 BC: of these Fuxi was ...
Great Flood (China) The Great Flood of Gun-Yu, also known as the Gun-Yu myth, [ 1] was a major flood in ancient China that allegedly continued for at least two generations, which resulted in great population displacements among other disasters, such as storms and famine. People left their homes to live on the high hills and mountains, or nest ...
The history of Chinese literature[ 1] extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han (202 BC – 220 AD) and Tang (618–907 AD) dynasties were considered golden ages of poetry, while the Song (960–1279 ...
Classical Chinese[ a] is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE. [ 2] For millennia thereafter, the written Chinese used in these works was imitated and iterated upon by scholars in a form now called Literary Chinese, which was used for almost all formal writing in China until the ...
Chinese Jade ornament with flower design, Jin dynasty (1115–1234 AD), Shanghai Museum. The arts of China ( simplified Chinese: 中国艺术; traditional Chinese: 中國藝術) have varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology, but still containing a high degree of continuity.