Art of Ancient China
The Chinese civilization has helped cultural traditions of many East countries: Japan, Korea, to Indochina, Mongolia.
All Chinese civilization shares for the periods named by names of ruling dynasties of the country.
Ancient finds are dated 3 thousand to R.H.Eto the rests cultural Jangshao (ceramics of the geometrical ornament, the polished bone, stone tools). 2 thousand to River H is created black not ornamental ceramics (Lungshansky culture). The oldest Chinese religion which bases interpret in Jangshansky culture starts to be formed.
Religion essence - to idolize the phenomena and forces of the nature: the sun, the moon, the earth, the rivers and mountains. The sky was the main deity. A victim and a prayer concerned forces of the nature. The highest functions of priests concerned to to the lord.
The big role was played by a cult of the dead. In tombs of the dead put many different things which should see off and protect them in afterlife. On the various sepulchral rests it is possible to judge accurate class division.
16-11 centuries to River H - the Inksky (Shangsky) period. The old surrounding plan of cities (Anyang) in which center built a palace of the lord and a temple has started to be formed.
Apartment houses and palace built of a firm mix the earths (loess) and the wood additive without stones. There was a pictography and hieroglyphic records, bases of a lunar calendar. SHoroko products from bronze, the white clay, engraved by a nephrite, inlaid with gold, malachite the bronze weapon extended. During the Shangsky (Inksky) period many products from bronze, especially household and cultural value, ware, ornaments with an ornament are found. At this particular time the style of an ornament saved still of a long century was generated. The simple bronze ware was outside decorated in the symbolical images, and inside - hieroglyphic records, with names of notable people or donative inscriptions. During this period symbolical images are far from a reality and differed the abstract form.
