Traditionalarts, asvaluableculturalrelicsofanation, aredisappearingfarawayfromthemodernsociety. China, asoneofthehighly-civilizedcountriesintheworld, aboundinvariousformsoftraditionalarts, suchaspainting, calligraphy, music, architectureanddramas, whicharenotonlyournationalculturaltreasures, butalsoarichfortuneoftheworld.
Asessenceofalocalculture, traditionalartsreflectanationsartistictalentsandtraditions. Forexample, water-colorpaintingdepictsaharmonybetweenpeopleandnature. Architectureillustratesanationsaestheticvalueandreligiousbelief. Cathedrals, highlightedbyBaroquestyleinthe 17thcentury, representChristianity. Pagodas, totallydifferentfromcathedralsstylistically, areasymbolofBuddhism. PekingOperadescribesthehistoryofourcountry.
However, traditionalartsareleavingcontemporarypeoplefurtherandfurtheraway, oneofthemainreasonsforwhichisthattheauthoritiesconcernedandsomeinstituteslackfundsandprofessionals, whicharequiteessentialtotheresearchandpromotionoftraditionalculture. Anotherradicalreasonshouldbeattributedtotheimpactofwesternculturesontraditions. Youngpeople, especiallyyoungsters, areaddictedtowesternmusiclikerockandroll, withoutanyknowledgeabouttraditionalmusicalinstruments. Withtheeconomicglobalization, traditionalcultureandartswillbeinthedangerofassimilation. Howtomaintainanddeveloptraditionalartsbecomesthebiggestconcernofagovernment.
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