论语 Analects of Confucius

发明纸和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain

发明火药 invention of gunpowder

发明印刷术 block printing was invented

科举制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants

丝绸之路 Silk Route

京剧 Peking opera

昆曲 Kunqu opera

中国画 traditional Chinese painting

人物画 portrait

秦腔 Qin opera

功夫Kungfo

太极Tai Chi

口 技 ventriloquism

木偶戏puppet show

皮影戏 shadow play

折子戏 opera highlights

杂技 acrobatics

相声 witty dialogue comedy

刺绣 embroidery

苏绣 Suzhou embroidery

泥人 clay figure

书法 calligraphy

中国画 traditional Chinese painting

水墨画 Chinese brush painting

中国结 Chinese knot

山水 landscape painting

花鸟 flower and bird

草虫 grass and insect

泼墨 paint-splashing style

写意 impressionistic style

工笔 elaborate style

毛笔 writing brush

书法 calligraphic art

书法家 calligraphic artist

楷体 formal script/regular script

行书 running script

宋体 Song-dynasty script

工艺品 handwork/handicrafts

手工艺品 articles of handcraft art

文物 cultural relics/antiques

国宝 national treasure

人民大会堂 Great Hall of the People

故宫博物馆 Imperial Palace Museum