Culture

Religion

There are five major religions of Taoism, Catholicism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam in Nanjing. Nanjing has a long history of Taoism, occupies an important position in the history of Taoism in ancient China, high road. Nanjing is one of the earliest China Buddhism culture dissemination areas, since ancient times is Chinese Buddhist cultural center, is also on the spread of Buddhist culture, modern China center, is the birthplace of the Pope, the fayan sect and other Buddhist sects, Jinling carved by the Department is in the world of Chinese wood carved Buddhist Publishing center. [230] Nanjing, as one of the national centers of Christianity in China, has two divinity schools, the Jinling Seminary and the Jiangsu Seminary. The Christian social service agency, the Edward foundation and the world's largest Bible printing company, ed printing company are all in Nanjing. The history of the Catholic Church in Nanjing since 400 years ago, Ricci, Shigu Road, the Catholic Church is the Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Nanjing, with Nanjing as the center of the Diocese of Nanjing area wide. Nanjing is the birthplace of the "Renaissance", has an important influence on the development of Chinese Hui culture, Nanjing Hui mostly belongs to the lattice patand pie.

folk custom

Nanjing local folk activities is the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming outing tour of Qinhuai, the mid autumn moon touched the autumn, double ninth, Laba porridge, small goods to welcome the God of wealth etc.. (for details see [Nanjing culture] section [part of folklore])

Painting and Calligraphy

Nanjing is the heavy town of Chinese painting and calligraphy. In the Six Dynasties, there were Wang Xizhi, Gu Kaizhi and other calligraphy and painting. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, there were eight Jinling and the nine Jinling in Nanjing. In 1930s, Lv Fengzi, Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Yan Wenliang, Lv Sibai, Chen Zhifo, Gao Jianfu, Pan Yuliang, Pang Xunqin and other painting celebrities gathered in Nanjing, including Xu Beihong, Zhang Shuqi, Liu Zigu was known as "Jinling painting three". There are 12 famous Nanjing painters and calligraphers in the modern painting and calligraphy circles, which are called the twelve Jinling. In late twentieth Century, Nanjing also appeared in the "new Jinling flower" Jinling four - Li Weiqing, Zhao Lianghan, Han Shaoying, Zhang Zhengyin.

Traditional opera

Nanjing local folk white Nanjing Bureau, Nanjing, Nanjing, Gaochun Yang Pinghua vernacular, Hongshan opera, Mulian opera chamber.

Jasmine is a famous folk song in Nanjing. It originated from the folk singing of flowers in Nanjing Liuhe. It was compiled by the famous folk composer He Fangcai from Liuhe's folk songs. "Jasmine" has a very high reputation at home and abroad, in the world widely famous, is one of the typical elements of China culture, because of its special status and representative, known as the "Chinese second national anthem". [237] in addition to the Gaochun folk song "red mining" "May Zaiyang", Liuhe folk song "left percussion music" etc..

Technology

The arts and crafts of Nanjing variety, some of the most famous Nanjing brocade, Jinling carved velvet, gold, ivory carving, antique Nanjing Jinling fan, Nanjing wood carving, Nanjing paper-cut, Jinling bamboo etc.. [238-239]