Chinese Culture: Art (中国文化·艺术)

Art has a history as long as that of human being itself. In the past thousands of years, Chinese art developed in the spirit of China's traditional culture, pursued unity of beauty and virtue, coordination of emotion and theory, and harmony between man and nature, emphasized improvement of artists' personal qualities and the educational function of art. Doubtlessly, Chinese art is a marvelous world with unique Chinese characteristics.