Chinese Art Vs. Japanese Art

 There was repeated-invasions and conquest from north to south in China; it shaped Chinese thinking and arts. Most Chinese Arts have been found with artifacts in jade and ceramics. The Japanese Art of Neolithic Cultures established on the island by 10,000 B.C.E. Japanese culture came into clear focus (burial mounds and architectures) during the first century. Its geography –separated from another country or lands- affects of Japanese Art.

Both Chinese Art and Japanese Art based on Neolithic Cultures during the first century. Since the art material was ceramic sands, their art works being called ‘burial mounds’. These art works relate to their beliefs or their important object in their century as ‘Haniwa’ from Japanese Art. During the first century, the horse is very important to Japan because it is one of transportation and represents ‘honor of Samurai’- means soldiers. Additionally, their art works are not colorful as current art pieces and can recognize its natural resources to just see it closely as shown in the bottom of this paragraph.

Chinese Arts are based on their beliefs. Shihuangei was the first emperor in China, and he worked on his underground burial site called ‘Terra-Cotta-Army’ based on his believe ‘immortality’. He made the soldiers, archers, cavalrymen, and charioteers’ burials in ghostly gray color, whose stand around his tomb because he believed he needs them after him dead. He also placed soldiers to facing east and the directions that danger might occur suddenly to protect his tomb. ‘Bronze’ is another example of Chinese Art; the only elite family could use it valuably as a wine vessel or banquets to offering foods to the ancestor. Two figures on top of it means horn, legs are stylized as a dragon, and appear birds on band; therefore, in past Chinese’ belief, people can practice communication with the spirit world through animal go- betweens.

Unlike Chinese Art, Japanese Art in the first century was more focus on architectures around the natures as shown in photograph called ‘Inner Shrine’. It is an unusual costume in this century. It involves a belief of the numerous nature deities that are felt to be. For instance, this house built near the waterfall because they believed purification through water helps communication with and appeasement of sprits. Their construction materials are gnarled trees, and they only allow to their family and priest to enter this house. The shrine’s appearance looks like the face of a soldier with a war hat. Each endpoint of a root has two horns, and sharp six thin rounded- branches forwardly.

Their art works are very amazing and help to have an easy understanding about past cultural life of each nation. They are very characteristic and have many specific details based on ancestors’ belief and daily life.