In ancient China, playing the piano (guqin), playing chess (Weiqi), calligraphy (writing brush) and painting (traditional Chinese painting) were the skills that literati and poets (including some aristocratic families) had to master in order to cultivate their self-cultivation, which were collectively called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Guqin is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China, Weiqi was initiated by China, calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China, and ink painting is also unique in China. Therefore, Chyi Chin's paintings and calligraphy embody China's long history and traditional culture.

2. Opera

Traditional Chinese opera is a traditional form of drama in China, and its origin has a long history. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 360 kinds of traditional operas and tens of thousands of traditional plays in ethnic minority areas in China. The more popular and famous operas are: Beijing Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yue Opera, Henan Opera, xiang opera Opera, Guangdong Opera, Qin Opera, Sichuan Opera, Pingju Opera, Shanxi Opera, Han Opera, Chaozhou Opera, Fujian Opera, Qi Opera, Hebei Bangzi Opera, Anqing Huangmei Opera and Hunan Opera? There are more than 50 kinds of operas, especially Peking Opera, which is the most popular in China, regardless of geographical restrictions.

3. Shadow play

Shadow play originated in Shaanxi during the Western Han Dynasty in China, with a history of 1000 years. It is the earliest art of moving shadow play in the world. Some people think that shadow play is the modern "ancestor of movies". In China, many local operas are derived from shadow play, and the performance principles and artistic means adopted by shadow play have also played an important leading role in the invention of modern films and the development of modern film art films. It can be seen that the art of shadow play has high artistic value in China and even in the world.

4. Paper-cutting

Paper-cutting is one of the most popular traditional folk decorative arts in China with a long history. Paper-cutting can be seen all over the country, and even formed different local styles. Paper-cutting not only shows the aesthetic taste of the public, but also contains the deep social psychology of the nation. It is also one of the most distinctive folk arts in China, and its modeling features are particularly worth studying. Folk paper-cutting has the characteristics of comprehensiveness, beautification and auspiciousness in the form of expression, and at the same time, folk paper-cutting conveys the connotation and essence of traditional culture with its own specific expression language.

5. Clay sculpture art

Clay sculpture art is an ancient and common folk art in China. It takes soil as raw material, hand-shaped, or plain or colorful, with figures and animals as the main ones. The clay sculpture art in China can be traced back to the Neolithic Age from 4000 years ago to 1000 years ago, and there are also many discoveries in the underground archaeology of prehistoric culture. The most famous clay sculptures in China are Zhang in Tianjin, clay figurines in Huishan in Wuxi and colored sculptures in Dunhuang Grottoes. The present clay sculpture art is a concrete portrayal of people's pursuit of returning to nature.

6, knitting technology (Chinese knot)

Weaving technology has a long history in China. As early as 1000 years ago, there were exquisite woven daily necessities in Liao Dynasty. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has spread all over life, and the weaving materials are varied, including wickerwork, rattan, sorghum straw, straw, bamboo, rope and metal. In fact, the Chinese knot is a unique folk hand-woven ornament in China, which started from the notes of ancient ancestors. It is a traditional auspicious ornament with unique shape, bright colors and rich connotations.

7. Puppet

Puppet art has a long history of development in China, and the earliest puppets may be related to the funeral figurines in slave society. There are many kinds of puppet shows, including western Liaoning, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Shaoyang, Gaozhou, Chaozhou Tiezhi, northern Sichuan, Shiqian, Yangti, Taishun Medicine and Lingao. As far as the performance forms are concerned, they can be summarized into five types: marionette, stick puppet, bag puppet, iron puppet and medicine puppet.

8. Acrobatics

Around the Neolithic Age, acrobatics had sprouted in China. Han Dynasty is the period of the formation and growth of acrobatics in China. Jiaodi Opera in Han Dynasty quickly enriched the content, increased the variety and improved the skills, and finally formed a new variety of acrobatic art in Eastern Han Dynasty-"Hundred Operas" system. China acrobatics has strict introversion, and every skill is handed down from generation to generation. It is also regional. For example, wuqiao county, Hebei Province in the north of China, is a famous hometown of acrobatics. Acrobats respect teachers and always try their best to preserve and inherit the skills handed down by their ancestors.

9, kites

Kites were invented in China. It is said that Mo Zhai made wooden birds out of wood, and it took three years to develop them. This is the earliest origin of kites. Later, his student Lu Ban used bamboo to improve the materials of kites in Mo Zhai, and even evolved into today's multi-line kites. Nowadays, flying kites in China plays an important role in foreign cultural exchanges, strengthening friendship with people all over the world, and developing economy and tourism. Weifang City, Shandong Province holds the Kite Festival every year.

10, Dragon and Lion Dance

Dragon and lion dancing is an excellent folk art in China. Whenever the Lantern Festival or the celebration of the general assembly, people always come to dance dragons and lions to add to the fun. This custom originated in the Three Kingdoms period and was popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a history of 1000 years. China folk tradition holds that dragon and lion dances can exorcise evil spirits. Therefore, whenever there are festive festivals, such as the new Zhang celebration and the Spring Festival competition, people like to play gongs and drums and dance dragons and lions to help celebrate.