wawa#3 The Bright Pearl of Chinese Culture【东方古老文明，华夏文化传承】

Many ancient nations in the world have their own unique artistic temperament and aspirations Greek tragedies

Chinese opera,Greek drama and Indian Sanskrit drama are recognized as the world's three major ancient dramatic culture forms.

Chinese opera appeared later than the other two; but its superb achievements and unique charm has been the “spiritual home" of Chinese for thousands of years.

Peking Opera represents the finest combination of literature music,dance,martial arts,fine arts,acrobatics and many other arts available.

Its way of performing is different from opera,pantomime and drama.The Peking Opera is a kind of art that pays equal attention to Chang (Singing),Nian (Speaking),Zuo (Acting) and Da (Fighting)'.

Singing in Peking Opera has the certain tune that the sentiment of the dramatic persona; Speaking in the play expresses is the speech except singing; Acting is the performance of movement and expression; Fighting is the martial arts performed by dancing.

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick,tamped earth,wood,and other materials,generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or fores.

Several walls were built as early as the 7th century BC; these were later joined together and made bigger,stronger,and unified which are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.

The most 220BC to 206 BC by the first Emperor of famous is the wall built from China,Qin Shi Huang.

Little of that wall remain The majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.

中国，屹立于世界的东方，浩土万千，厚德载物，文明圣火，千古未绝。

尤其是拥有悠久历史的长城和京剧，更是我国的古老文明，博大精深，源远流长，为一代又一代人传递着中国的优秀传统。

万里长城，众所周知，它是中国最伟大的建筑。它规模宏大，气势磅礴，被誉为人类历史上的一次最伟大的奇迹。

长城，开始建于春秋战国，历经后代的不断维修扩建，到明代末年，前后修筑了两千多年。长城如一条巨龙横跨东西南北，绵延上万里，雄踞在中国辽阔的大地上。

亲爱的朋友，若是你登上过长城，你会感觉到一种苍凉的悲壮。那是一种傲视群雄的豪情壮志，那是一种充满着大漠般的空旷却又领略八面威风的舍我其谁的气概。

倘若你抚摸城墙，感受岁月侵蚀的斑驳，你会感受到一种民族的厚重和博大，你会感受到一个民族的伟大的灵魂，是如何度过漫长的岁月迎风破浪迎来如今的政通人和繁荣昌盛。

说到这里，不得不说中国另外一种古老的传统文化，那就是京剧。

京剧距今已两百多年，是中国最大的戏曲剧种，虽然设有长城的悠久，却是中国的“国粹”。

唱念做打舞，生旦净末丑，诠释者人世的悲欢离合。人物有忠好之分、美丑之分、善恶之分，形象鲜明，栩栩如生。

那些五颜六色的丝绣和头饰，那些咿啷呀呀的旁白和哼唱，那些浸染着中国历史的传统典故，唱不尽天下离合悲欢，诉不完世间哀怨情仇，都会令你沉入其中不能自拔。

古老文明，文化传承，它们体现着中国历史的悠久，浓缩着中国传统文化的精髓，值得每一个喜爱中国传统文化的人去了解和学习!