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————唐裝TwodifferentdefinitionsChinese-stylecostume(中式服裝)Thedefinitionisgivenbythewesterners.Theycall“中華街”Chinatown,”town”soundslike“Tang”,therefortheycallwhatwedress“唐裝”.CostumesheremeanclotheshavingChineseuniquecharacteristics.ThecostumehereisimprovedafterDynastyQingandisstillbeingimproved.DressesoftheTangDynasty（唐朝人的裝束）ThisdefinitionisnaturalwiththemeaningofcostumesofTangDynasty.HereitmeansclotheswithcharacteristicsofDynastyTang,itsmeaningisnarrow.ThecostumehereseemstobeoflittlechangebecauseTanghasgoneawayanditsinconvenience.TellthedifferenceDressesoftheTangDynastyChinese-stylecostumeSymbolsofChineseCultureThepaper-cutThepaper-cutisoneofChinesemostpopularfolktraditiondecorationart,hastheglorioushistory.Becauseitsmaterialisprobablyeasy,thecostinexpensive,theeffectstandssees,theadaptationsurfacebroadandgenerallyiswelcome;Becauseitmostsuitstheruralwomenleisuremanufacture,bothmaymakepractical,andmaybeautifythelife.Eachplaceallcanseethepaper-cut,evenhasformedthedifferentplacestyleschool.ZodiacPaper-cutFolkpaper-cutSpringFestivalPaper-cutWindInstruments(吹管樂器)PluckedInstruments(彈撥樂器)StringedInstruments(擦弦樂器)PercussionInstruments

(打擊樂器)ChineseInstrumentSheng(笙)Hsiao(簫)Ditze(笛子)Pipa（琵琶）Yangchin(揚琴)Cheng(箏)Erhu(二胡)Gehu(革胡)Bangtze(梆子)LargeDrum（大鼓）Hsiangban(響板)Yunluo（云鑼）DingyinGanggu(定音缸鼓)calligraphyCalligraphyistheartofmakingbeautifuloreleganthandwriting.Itisafineartofskilledpenmanship.ChinesecalligraphyispartofthehumanculturewealthandprecioustouringresourcesofChina.RegardedasthemostabstractandsublimeformofartinChineseculture,"ShuFa"(calligraphy)isoftenthoughttobemostrevealingofone'spersonality.Duringtheimperialera,calligraphywasusedasanimportantcriterionforselectionofexecutivestotheImperialcourt.Unlikeothervisualarttechniques,allcalligraphystrokesarepermanentandincorrigible,demandingcarefulplanningandconfidentexecution.Sucharetheskillsrequiredforanadministrator/executive.Whileonehastoconformtothedefinedstructureofwords,theexpressioncanbeextremelycreative.Toexercisehumanisticimaginationandtouchunderthefacelesslawsandregulationsisalsoavirtuewellappreciated.Introduction

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Everybodyknowsthatbamboo,chrysanthemum/kr??s?nθ?m?m/,orchid/???k?d/,plumblossomarethefoursymbolsinChina.Wetreatthemhigherthanotherplants,becausetheyrepresentsomeelegantqualityweadmirefor.Plumblossomrepresentakindofhaughty,orchidrepresentsecludedwhilebamboorepresentstrongmind,chrysanthemumrepresentthebalance.AncientChineseareeagertouseplantstoshowtheirspirit.Andactually,theremustbesomereasonsthatthepoetswouldliketochosethiskindofplants.Then,Iwouldliketochosebambooasanexampletoshowsomereasons.Ononehand,Bambooisoneofthemostpliableplantsintheworld.Nomatterhowstrongthewindis,bamboowillnotbehurtbyit.Onanotherhand,bambooisgrowingfast,thoughtherearemanyanimalstreatbambooasfood,bamboowillneverdisappear.Ithinkthatmaybethatisthetworeasonsaboutwhysomanypoetsandpainterswould