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	Chinese Music Chinese Music JIN Jie ISBN: 9787508513294 China Intercontinental Press 2010 1st Edition Music reflects thoughts of people, sense of beauty and arts of the human being. It, in a special way, shows different cultures of people and concepts in the world. That is why it is considered as a gem in the history of human civilization. The Chinese music is of a unique style, featuring various form sand graceful expressions. The Chinese musical instruments, of different varieties and colorful tones, constitute an important part of the Chinese folk music, which, together with the Chinese operas, plays an important role in the development of Chinese culture. The exchanges and conflicts between the Chinese and Western culture can be extended to the music world. The Chinese music, after thousands of...	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Myths & Legends Chinese Myths & Legends: Legends of the Universe, Deities & Heroes CHEN Lianshan [Other titles by this author] ISBN: 9787508513232 China Intercontinental Press 2009 1st Edition Chen Lianshan The author believes that ancient Chinese myths and legends were gradually formed on the basis of those of the Huaxia (Han) and by absorbing from the Dongyi (ancient eastern tribes) and the Miaoman (ancient Southern tribes). The author sorted materials from various ancient Chinese books and records, and arranged the myths in order to aid readers' appreciation of the materials. In some chapters, he compares Chinese myths with western ones (especially the Greek). Full of fascinating material sand lucidly written, this book enables readers to enjoy the charm of Chinese myths and legends as well understand...	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Painting Chinese Painting LIN Ci ISBN: 9780521186636 Cambridge University Press 2010 1st Edition From ancient scroll paintings to Buddhist grottoes to modern art, Lin Ci explores the theory and development of distinctive styles of Chinese painting, illsutrated throughout with full color examples of these unique treasured works of art. 151pp	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Philosophy WEN Haiming ISBN: 9787508513195 China Intercontinental Press 2010 1st Edition This book aims to explore Chinese philosophical characteristics of different philosophers in various periods, and distinguish "Chinese philosophical sensibility" motivating their thoughts. In doing so, the author employs Western philosophical categories to descdbe different issues in the history of philosophy: Chinese political philosophy in pre-Qin era, Chinese metaphysics from Han to Tang Dynasties, Chinese epistemology from Song to Ming Dynasties, and modern Chinese-Western comparative philosophy. The author provides readers with a clear conception of Chinese philosophical sensibility and its evolution throughout history. 152pp	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Publishing The time-honored Chinese civilization has nurtured the distinctive Chinesepublishing industry. To some extent, its formulation and development mimics that of Chinese civilization. Chinese civilization is unique in the world in itscontinuity. As a significant activity of knowledge accumulation and culturalinheritance, publishing has contributed greatly to the spread and inheritance of Chinese civilization. In the past thousands of years, Chinese civilizationhas spread all over the world with books as carriers and has taken asignificant part in the development of world culture by constructing the Asian Confucianism civilization circle.	$20.00 Add:
	Chinese Sculpting Paperback ASIN: B004Q75N1O by Zhao Wenbing Publisher: China Intercontinental Press Chinese sculptural arts have gradually developed their own style over time and managed to display aesthetic features and cultural concepts unique to ancient China. The development of Chinese sculpture parallels the history of the ancient Chinese culture and aesthetics. It is a visible witness to the cultural fusion and exchanges between the Hans and other ethic groups as well as between the Chinese and foreign cultures. As the essence of cultural spirit and the records of social life in different periods, the Chinese sculpture vividly depicts the Chinese history. This book follows the historical development of Chinese sculpture, selects representative works in various historical phases, and presents the...	$25.00 Add:
	Chinese Tea Chinese Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide LIU Tong ISBN: 9787508516677 China Intercontinental Press 2010 1st Edition China is the homeland of tea, taking a leading position in the planting, producing and drinking of tea. Because of their different producing techniques, Chinese tea is divided into six major types-green tea, black tea, oolong tea, dark tea, yellow tea and white tea. Some people say that green tea, simple and light, stands for the scholasticism of south China; black tea, mild and reserved, is quite ladylike; oolong tea, warm and persistent, resembles the perseverance of gymnosophists; dark tea, with lingering aftertaste, symbolizes the wisdom of the elderly, and so on and so forth. 157pp	$20.00 Add:
	Chinese Theater Chinese Theatre FU Jin [Other titles by this author] ISBN: 9787508516837 China Intercontinental Press 2010 1st Edition China is a country with multiple theatrical activities spread over its large area. Chinese traditional opera, an integration of singing and performance, is the most common, unique and representative form of Chinese theater. Over more than 800 years, it has maintained its basic form. In the beginning of the 20th century, subject to the impact of the West, the modern drama without singing appeared in China. The development and prosperity of modern drama has added a new landscape for Chinese theater, which, as a whole, has become more diversified. 153pp	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Vernacular Dwellings Publisher: China Intercontinental Press (December 1, 2009) China has a vast territory and an extremely long history with the natural and cultural environment differing from region to region. Therefore the diversification of Chinese vernacular dwelling is rarely seen in the architectural history of the world. This boo k has chosen some settlements which are representative and widely spread to introduce basing on the interaction of the living customs, action characteristics and the space mode of people who inhabit the traditional vernacular dwellings. This book has described the origin, architectural characteristics and the passing-down value of the Chinese traditional vernacular dwellings in a popular way but with the professional accuracy. This book is dotted with related historical...	$30.00 Add:
	Chinese Wine Chinese Wine HAO Guanlong ISBN: 9787508516714 China Intercontinental Press 2010 1st Edition The Chinese do not see wine as one of the necessities of life, but in their social life the culture of wine as a distinct cultural form has made and continues to make an impact on the way the Chinese live. Chinese alcoholic drinks are chiefly made from grain. Throughout the long history of China, with its large population and long-term reliance on agriculture, the ups and downs of the wine trade have been closely bound up with political, economic and social conditions. The fluctuations in the grain harvest were like a barometer for the ups and downs of the wine business. The successive ruling dynasties issued or relaxed restrictions on wine production according to the grain harvests to make sure...	$25.00 Add: