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1、AmazingLandChinaScenicspotsinChinaTheImperialPalaceTheGreatWallTaishanTheHuangdiMausoleumBeautifulChinaChinaisoneoftheFourAncientCivilizations(alongsideBabylon,IndiaandEgypt),accordingtoChinesescholarLiangQichao(1900).Itboastsavastgeographicexpanse,3,600yearsofwrittenhistory,aswellasari
2、chandprofoundculture.ManyaspectsofChineseculturecanbetracedbackmanycenturiesago.Chinesecultureissodiverseandunique,yetharmoniouslyblended,andpresentsitself aninvaluableassettotheworld.ChineseCivilizationOracleoneoftheoldestlanguageintheworldDescendantsoftheDragonChineseArtsandCraftsItis
3、commonknowledgethatChinahasalonghistoryandglorious['ɡlɔ:riəs](光荣的)historyinbothartsandtraditionalcrafts.Chineseart,likeChineseliterature,goesbackmanycenturies.Earlythemesweredevelopedfromreligious[ri'lidʒəs](宗教的)andsupernatural(超自然的)beliefsorfromthenaturalenvironmentandlandscape.Thearts
4、andcraftsarenotonlytheembodiment[im'bɔdimənt](体现)ofthepeople'slongingforaesthetic[i:s'θetik](审美的)beautyforthemselvesandasgiftsforothers,butalsogreattreasuresforChinaandtherestoftheworld.ChinesePaintingisdividedintothreegenres(流派)-figures,landscapes,andbirds-and-flowersandeachtypehasitsd
5、istinctivecharacteristics.Inaddition,difficultskillsarerequiredtothepaintersofChinesepainting.ThetoolsusedintraditionalChinesepaintingarepaintbrush(毛笔),ink,traditionalpaintandspecialpaperorsilk.BathingHorsesbyZhaoMengfu(赵孟頫)ChinesePotterymaybetheoldestartwork（艺术品)ofhumanbeings.Asfarback
6、astheNeolithic[,ni:əu'liθik]Age(新石器时代)(morethan8,000yearsago),peoplebeganmixing(v.混合)clayandwaterthenbakingituntilithelditsshape.Ancientpeopleattachedtheword'pottery'totheirdiscoveryandusedittocreatevariousvessels(容器)andtoolstoimprovethequalityoflife.Overthecourseofthousandsofyears,pott
7、erybecamedominant['dɔminənt](支配的)waresinpeople'sdailylife:usedtocook,tostorethings,andtoholdcuisineorwatersasdishes.Abasinwiththepatternof humanfaceandfish,NeolithicAgeAstimepassed,thetechniquebecamemoreandmoreconsummate(至上的).Differentkindsofpotteryappearedindifferenttimesandr
