The Arts
May 2013
Exploration of the Chinese Civilization (the Chinese and English Versions)
by Bai Wei
This series comprises enlighten categories, namely Chinese charaters, literature, architecture, paiting, calligraphy, traditional handicraft, music, science and techonology, lengendary stories, garden, Chinese opera, matial art, Chinese folk art forms, solar terms, costume, medicine, bronze ware and jadeware. These are the shining points handpicked from the traditional Chinese culture that is rich content, abundant cultural deposits and elegant styles. Every category is recounted in concise and elegant language that is easy to understand. Attention is paid to the inheritance of each category and vatality in reality. In this way the two-dimensional rigid past is turned into colorful, living and vibrant 3-D pictures, which enables readers to understand the Chinese culture and peope's mind, hence dreams, attitudes, mindsets, aesthetic sentiments of the Chinese people. No matter you are one-hundred-year old or ten-year-old, Chinese or foreigners, you are bound to find pleasure and edificatons through reading this book.
