Dance Knowledge 100 Questions

Author: Jiang Xin
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: There are seventy-two trades or three hundred and sixty trades in the world, each with its own expertise, and they are highly specialized. It is said that "a man of one trade knows nothing of another." Some trades may seem simple, and people might rely on their own small cleverness to tackle them, only to end up making a fool of themselves. This only shows that knowledge must be studied seriously. However, art is interconnected. For example, Peking Opera itself is a comprehensive art form. From the performances of Peking Opera actors, we can appreciate Chinese music, painting, poetry, dance, acrobatics, and history. Understanding the expressive nature of Peking Opera performances will also benefit our appreciation of Chinese expressive painting. This art series includes eight aspects: opera, theater, film, painting and sculpture, music, dance, folk customs, and craft design. Each category of art, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, holds extremely valuable knowledge. You won’t know unless you see it, and the more you see, the more amazing it becomes. However, respecting knowledge should not make us its prisoners. Using this series of books to appreciate a painting or watch an opera and then match it to a specific interpretation is also inappropriate. Because art is subjective—，. If you love Qi Baishi, I love Wu Changshuo; if you like "Qilin Tong," I prefer Ma Lianliang; if you admire Mei Lanfang, I enjoy Cheng Shouqiu, we should all be considered connoisseurs of art, and that is perfectly correct. It cannot be like arithmetic problems, where there must be a single correct answer. Therefore, I strongly advocate for everyone to learn some basic knowledge to appreciate and master art, because art is the beautification of life and originally belongs to everyone. I congratulate the publication of this series of accessible, easy-to-understand pamphlets designed to bring art more broadly into people's lives.