Chinese scholar by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
On Wikipedia we only find the term Scholar-official. But the idea of the ancient Chinese scholar is a bit wider as a concept, and even people who were not trying to be officials could thrive to follow certain aspects of the scholar way of life.
List of Chinese ethnic minorities by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Jugalbandi by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Cinema of Hong Kong by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Chinese regional cuisine by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Chinese food by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Chinese painter by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Scholar-official by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The "Chinese scholar" is one of the traditional male ideals of Chinese culture.
Particular attributes the ideal Chinese scholar would have include:
It is in a sense sad (or awesome) that the computer has essentially replaced, or one may argue, enhanced beyong recognition, all of the traditional four arts, to the point that Ciro can't touch anything that is not a computer. Sometimes the old arts live on particularly closely though, e.g. in computer music, computer graphics and computer Go.
Chinese scholar house by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Video 1.
Confucian Scholar's House by Asian Art Museum (2009)
Source. The only video on YouTube showing the house of a scholar!? It is alas about Korean scholars, but the concept is basically the same.
Chinese traditional music label by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Sitar player by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Tabla player by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Two are riculously well known:
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Big collection of a bunch of ghost stories. 90% of them involve some dude dating a beautiful ghost woman or animal that can shapeshift as a woman.
Organized into 12 chapeters as seen on the Chinese wiki: zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/聊齋志異#章節
Erhu by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 1.
A blind erhu street performer playing in Jingzhou, Hubei (2006)
Source. Playing the erhu is a traditional occupation for blind people in China, a notable example being Abing.
Video 2.
The 12 Most Famous Erhu Melodies in China (2021)
Source. TODO transcribe list.
Warring States period by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Figure 1.
Warring States period map c. 260 BC
. Source.
Junzi by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Classic Chinese Novels by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
The best Chinese traditional instrumental music by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Video 1.
High Mountain and Flowing Water performed on the guzheng by Xiang SiHua (2000)
Source.
Video 2.
Suwu herding sheep performed on the erhu by Song Fei (2017)
Source.
Video 3.
Ambush from ten sides performed on the pipa by Jiaju Shen (2017)
Source.
Video 6.
Wang Jin beats Gao Qiu theme music from The Water Margin featuring a suona solo
. Source.
Douhua by Ciro Santilli 35 Updated +Created
Freshly made douhua is a blessing.

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