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 Everyone
knows about painted silk scrolls, blue and white porcelain, lacquered
screens and unbelievable acrobatics, but these are just a few of the
arts that have evolved in china. For instance´
Music
has been made to accompany love, war and religious ceremonies for
7,000 years in china, although the oldest instruments yet unearthed！sets
of bronze bells！date from 300 BC.
Opera
became a true art form in the Song Dynasty (960！1279) and developed
into more than 300 different schools. The most famous are Beijing,
Shaoxing and Cantonese. The stylized acting and falsetto singing are
hard for most Westerners to comprehend, although most enjoy the brilliant
costumes and make！up.
More accessible are the traditional
court dances dating from the Tang Dynasty (618！907). They are regularly
performed in Xi¨an and feature in hotel cultural shows. Also popular
are folk dances of the minority people of the west and southwest.
Acrobatics have been folk
entertainment since ancient times. The center for modern acrobatics
is Wuqiao in Hebei province, where a large number of the residents
are born acrobats, who walk around the street juggling or balancing
tools on their heads. There are regular shows in Beijing and Shanghai,
while troupes perform occasionally in other cities.
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