translated to English is "Zaju".

Author: Luo Ping
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The series takes Chinese figures, social classes, historical sites, cultural relics, folk life, and other humanistic phenomena as its themes. Through highly visualized images and text, it recreates the profound historical and cultural information and traditional cultural elements of China. Whether in content or expression, it strives to break the boundaries between sophistication and popular appeal. While incorporating advanced academic research, it also maintains a sense of reading enjoyment, offering a comprehensive interpretation of Chinese culture. It is a classic illustrated book that appeals to both the refined and the popular.
Whirling balls and leaping swords, fish and dragons intertwining;
Dancing horses and roaring elephants, stepping on jars and playing with handkerchiefs;
Swallowing fire and holding flowers, climbing pillars and walking on ropes.
Once a tool for politicians and monks, it was also a source of joy for the masses;
Once a deterrent that shook foreign lands, it was also a culture that spread far and wide;
Once a hundred of court music, it was also grassroots art that flourished among the people.
It is Chinese! embraces performance forms that other arts find difficult to accept, yet it is also absorbed and integrated by other arts due to its irreplaceable charm. And its development, like its diverse content, has risen and fallen throughout Chinese history. Its history reflects the ebb and flow of Chinese society, economy, politics, and culture, yet it also highlights the of Chinese philosophy, thought, aesthetics, and technology. What remains unchanged is its relentless pursuit of the extreme, its unwavering quest for beauty, and the lasting joy it brings to us.