导游英语口语-Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture Ⅱ

Dialogue: Art Exhibition Liu Ping: Mike, come and look at this painting of shrimp! It is so simple yet so vivid! Mike: Yeah. It is incredible! Is it the work of Qi Baishi? L: Yes, it is. How do you know that? M: Well, Qi is famous all over the world, isn't he? Besides I am quite interested in Chinese painting. L: Cool! What kind of Chinese painting do you prefer, Xieyi or Gongbi? M: I prefer Xieyi painting, especially the landscape paintings. I can always sense peace and harmony from those landscape paintings.
Answer the Following Questions 1. What is calligraphy? 2. How many types or styles of calligraphy? What are they?
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Module 1 Chinese Calligraphy
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Passage: Calligraphy Easier—Calligraphy is the art of making beautiful or elegant handwriting. It is a fine art of skilled penmanship. Harder—The word calligraphy literally means beautiful writing. Before the invention of the printing press some 500 years ago, it was the way books were made. Each copy was handwritten out by a scribe working in a scriptorium. The hand writing was done with quill and ink onto materials like vellum or parchment. The lettering style applied was one of the period bookhands like rustic, carolingian, blackletter, etc.
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
4. Thil expression that can link the whole world together.
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Today, there are three main types or styles of calligraphy: (1) Western or Roman, (2) Arabic, and (3) Chinese or Oriental.
M: I love this art exhibition! This is a kind of universal expression that can link the whole world together. L: So do I. Let's go to other areas to see what they have got, shall we? M: OK. Answer the Following Questions 1. Is Mike interested in Chinese painting? 2. Which does Mike prefer, Xieyi or Gongbi? 3. What does Chinese art stress?
Module 2 Chinese Painting
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
Useful Expressions 1. What kind of Chinese painting do you prefer, Xieyi or Gongbi? 中国写意画和工笔画你喜欢哪一个？ 2. I can always sense peace and harmony from those landscape paintings. 从那些山水画/风景画里我总能找到宁静与和谐的感觉。 3. Chinese art stresses the harmony between Man and Nature, which is an important part of China's traditional culture. 中国的艺术总是强调人类与自然的和谐，这是中国传统文化的重要部分。
Unit 8 Tour of Chinese Characteristic Culture II
L: That's true. Chinese art stresses the harmony between Man and Nature, which is an important part of China's traditional culture.