中国文化英语课件

1、 There is an old country in the world, its every word, is a beautiful painting, a beautiful poem -Indian prime minister jawaharlal Nehru How do you understand Chinese calligraphy ?1 chinese characters evolved from pictures and signs it is also called the art of lines2 fist written over 5000 years ag

2、o3 is the oldest ,continous written language in the world4 is square-shapedHow do we know they evolved from pictures and signs ?Dont lie to me! Chinese is very difficult to learn .口 mouth 人 person 火 fire 木 tree 山 mountain 日 sun 月 moon personfollow(two person) crowd (three person) 人从众 fundation tree

3、wood idiot forest木林 森本呆 fire hotflame burning火炎焚焱 sunprosperoussparklebright tomorrow旦horizon 日昌晶明sunrise女women奻argument姦 adultery nuan jian婚 marry氏日duskif you got married, your world will be close to dusk猜字谜（Guess they corresponding Chinese characters）一百减一 (one hundred minus one) 猜一个字: 一人 (one pers

4、on ) ,猜一个字:一人在内(one person inside) 猜一字: 八十八 (eighty eight)猜一个字:大（big）肉 (meat)白 (white)米 (rice)How do you understand Chinese calligraphy ?1 chinese characters evolved from pictures and signs it is also called the art of lines2 fist written over 5000 years ago3 is the oldest ,continous written languag

5、e in the world4 is square-shapedthe oracle bone script(甲骨文）the oldest chinese inscriptions are the oracle bone script(甲骨文),most of the them were inscriptions on tortoise and animal bones of Shang dynasty.Now we have been found more than 4600 oracles,including 1000 recognized.Are youinterested in it？

6、archaeology(考古)Five styles of chinese scripts1 the seal script（篆书）2the cursive script（草书）3 the official script（隶书）4 the regular script（楷书）5 the running script(行书) 1 during the warring states period and pre-Qin time2 mainly appeared on the bronze vessesls(青铜器) 3 including”Dazhuan(大篆) ”and “Xianzhuan(

7、小篆)”The seal script At the begining of Qin Dynasty, The first emperor contended(主张) the idea that the written scripts should be standardized in form because The character forms different from area to area in zhou time ,it is said that Li Si(李斯) compiled and The script emerged finally. The official s

8、cript came into being during the period between the Qin and Han dynasties . lays a fundation for the square shape of chinese charactersThe cursive script 1 originated from the Han dynasty 2 smooth and lively with strokes flowing and characters liking togather.3 vary in size in the same pieces of the

9、 writing ,all of them seeingly dictated by the whims(奇想) 1 emerged at the end of the Easter Han period 2 it is kind of between regular script and cursive script 3 runing cursive script and runing regular scriptRuning scriptThe regular script 1 developed during the Weiand Jin dynasty, 2 set an good e

10、xample for writing. 3 called Kaishu(楷书) in chinese,because in chinese kai（楷）means good examples Five styles of Nanjing Techseal script(篆书)cursive script（草书）official script（隶书）regular script（楷书）running script（行书）Famouse chinese Calligrapher in HistoryWang xizhi(王羲之)-the sage of Chinese calligraphy Th

11、e preface to the lanting of Calligraphy兰亭集序 Four Great Reglar Script MastersOu YangXun(欧阳询)Yan Zhenqing(颜真卿)Liu Gongquan(柳公权)Zhao Mengfu(赵孟頫)Ouyang Xun(欧阳询)1 The regulation is strict,the vigour of the strokes is outdanding2 canocial(规范的)，easy learn by beginner3 “Ou ti(欧体)”Yan Zhengqing (颜真卿) LiuGongquan(柳公权)Yans are famous for his vigorous regular script and itset a good example in the Tang Dynasy ,also is called “Yan yi(颜体)”Liu s are famous for thier powerful strokes, also is called “Liu ti(柳体)”Yan Zhenqing （颜真卿）Liu Gongquan