Intangible cultural heritage art and Chinese traditional culture (part II)
非遗艺术与中国传统文化(下)

Course Syllabus 课程章节
1The cultural psychology behind the intangible cultural heritage art is the auspicious culture and harmonious culture in Chinese traditional culture. The primitive ancestors has had the consciousness of praying for peace and luck at the beginning period of human beings. This consciousness was expressed through some kind of collective activities, the selection of objects or the implication of decorative patterns. Harmony is the best wish of the Chinese people and the ultimate pursuit of Chinese culture, Both Confucianist’s "Harmony in diversity" and Taoist's "All things carry Yin while embracing Yang, and new things are formed in the harmony and balance created by the conflict of Yin and Yang " embody the principle of harmonious coexistence of all things in contradiction. Tai Chi embodies the philosophy of Yin and Yang, being contradictory and compatible and the integration of Central Plain culture and foreign culture in lion dance reflects harmonious culture.
非遗艺术背后的文化心理是中国传统文化中的吉祥文化和和合文化。蛮荒时代原始先民就有了祈求平安吉祥的意识,这种意识通过某种集体活动、器物选择或纹饰寓意进行表达。和合是中国人最美好的愿望,也是中华文化最极致的追求,儒家的“和而不同”、道家的“万物负阴而抱阳,冲气以为和”都体现了万物在矛盾中和谐共生的道理。非遗艺术中太极拳体现的阴阳相对、相融的哲理,舞狮艺术中,中原文化对异域文化的融合正是和合文化的具体体现
