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Thông tin chi tiết về Christian Arts in China
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Among the five major existing religions, Daoism is the only original one and is has kept a widespread and far-reaching influence upon the Chinese society. Daoist arts have always occupied an important position in the art circle of China. This book, mainly photos illustrated by texts, gives a comprehensive introduction to the history, development and current situation of Daoist arts in China, hoping foreign readers come to understand traditional Chinese religion – Daoism, and appreciate traditional Chinese Daoist arts.
Chapter One:Christian Arts in China
The Almost Ignored Beauty:Early Christian Arts in China
Early Attempt of Inculturation:Modern Christian Arts in China
The More Blossoming Garden:Contemporary Christian Arts in Chin~
Chapter Two:Christian Music in China
The Praising and Singing Afore Time:The Christian Music in the Nestorian Period
Expecting the Oriental Tune:Modern Christian Music in China
Trying the Refreshing Fruits:Church Music during the Autonomous Movement of the Chinese Church
The Singing of All Birds:Church Music in New China
Chapter Three:The Diversity of Christian Arts in China
The Diversity of Christian Arts
Postscript
The Chinese churches have been through a winterfrom the middle of 1960s to the end of 1970s.Thechurches,however,are quickly restored with the arrivalof new age of reform and openness to the world,Whenthe churches were iUSt reopened,what the Christianshad in mind was to find places where they couldworship.At that time,on average three meeting pointswere opened every twodays jn China.What Christiansneeded for the church were simply a house,a Bible,ahymnaI and a person who could lead them to worshipGod.The cross was almost the only symbolic decorationof the church.However.God grants human beingsthe instinct to pursue beauty,just as spring bud mustbloom when time and condition permits.As the policy ofreform and opening-up brought about unprecedentedchanges in economy,politics and thinking,SO thelraditional aesthetic cOnsciOusness of Christianity alsodemonstrates itself in the fertile soll of Chinese culture.
What can not be neglected,however,lS the factthat the church had Iost too many achievements accumulated by former generations due to the brokenness of traditions in the past decades.The policyof reform provided the church with space to developfreely,but with the strong and multifarious influence fromthe west.the church could easily Iose jtself jn terms ofthe indigenization of Christian arts.The simple“take·in principle”again made Chinese Christians start toimitate western church buildings.For some time,theChinese architects do not know much about Christianunderstandjnas of church buildings and lhe churchesare short of experts to contribute to the design of churcharchitectures.Therefore,although many churches couldinvite the specialized designers,what they do wasto simply impose the Christian feature jnto assemblyhalls.Consequently the Gothic and the Romanesquechurch styles come back.The same iS also true of otherChristian indigenous arts in China.
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