Featuring the distinctive heights of Chinese culture, this book presents the readers with authors' insights into the concepts and passions of the Chinese nation over the past 5,000 years. On reading through this historical range of remarkable creativity and flair for innovation, still evident today in living artistic masterpieces and folk traditions, the readers interested in the Chinese culture will soon acquire a better understanding of the cultural character, life views, aesthetic pursuits and national spirit of the Chinese people, through every work of art or architecture, a fascinating story or legend
