Legacies of the Chinese Civilization PDF

Legocies of 6e Chinese Civilisüfion onÆ Their 1nFuance on Our Lives Today The Chinese civilisation contributed much toourlives todoy throU! legacies in language, arts and croks, and sciences. Let us read tofind out about some ofthese legacies. Language Chlnese Xrltt«n Character› The Chinese longuog...

Legocies of 6e Chinese Civilisüfion onÆ Their 1nFuance on Our Lives Today The Chinese civilisation contributed much toourlives todoy throU! legacies in language, arts and croks, and sciences. Let us read tofind out about some ofthese legacies. Language Chlnese Xrltt«n Character› The Chinese longuoge has been in use for mony years ond is one of the oldest wrihen longuoges. Todoy, the Chinese may speok different diolects,’ such os Contonese ond Hokkien, but they write using the some stondord Chinese characters. During the Qin dynosty, the Qin ruler stondordised Chinese written characters. This mode it eosier for people across China to communicote. Alt6ough they spoke diFerent diolects, they could reod ond understond one onother's writing. A Tél aoma writltn charactor la pronounted dlffzrently In Chlricso dloltck. Diolect:o form oflanguoge spoken that is peculior too specific region or social group. Scanned with CamScanner Chinese writing evolved from picture symbols to ideo symbols and sound symbols. They included chorocters thot were originally pictures of the things or activities they described. I Scanned with CamScanner Chinese opera has been in existence since the Oin dynasty. In Chinese opera, stories are told through song, dance, drama and acrobotics. In the past, only men could appear on stage. Thus, all female roles in opera performances were played by mole actors. Very New props were used and there were no backdrops or curtains put up on stage. Scanned with CamScanner The colourful make-up and costumes ore designed to make it easier for the audience to identify each character. For instance, villains usually have white faces. Scanned with CamScanner Scanned with CamScanner ontheOreal wall of China x A llllerypersonnel during tha €}(ng dynasty c. 1BB8i Scanned with CamScanner II 1 :i Silk isa ttrong and luxurious fabric. It comes from silkworms, wfzfch oa theco&rpiIIors ofo species of moth. Before turning into mo6hs, they spin cocoons mode ofrowsilk. Silk is a precious material ond on importont item of trede in Chincz. There ore dikerent stories of how silk came about. Let us read one of these stories. Scanned with CamScanner