CHINESE

AND
ZIMBABWEAN TRADITIONAL
ARTS

GRACE MOYO :2017178039

KARREN L KONDO :2017178091
WADZANAI MUTERO :2017178038
 Performing Arts
CHINA ZIMBABWE
 ZIMBABWEAN TRADITIONAL
CHINESE OPERA DANCE

• ANCIENT CHINESE STORY TELLING • TRADITIONAL DANCES

THROUGH PERFOMANCES
• BEIJING OPERA IS THE MOST • STORYTELLING USING SONG
FAMOUS AND PRESTIGIOUS ONE
AS DANCE
• FOUR MAIN CHARACTERS- SHENG
(laosheng, xiaosheng, wusheng), DAN • USUALLY PERFOMED DURING
(quingyi, huadan, wudan, laodan), JING,
CHOU FESTIVALS, FUNERALS AND
• FACIAL MAKEUP-RED( loyalty and CELEBRATIONS
bravery), WHITE( treachery and evil),
BLACK(honesty and bravery) • TRADITIONAL GARB
• DIFFERENT COSTUMES- RED(high
rank), BLUE(low rank)
• BESIDES THE BEIJING OPERA- PING
OPERA, YUE OPERA, YU OPERA,
HUANGMEI, SICHUAN OPERA
CHINA ZIMBABWE
MARTIAL ARTS
TRADITIONAL DANCE
TRADITIONAL MUSIC
 TRADITIONAL MUSIC
CHINA
• CHINESE INSTRUMENTS DO
NOT BLEND IN.
• THERE IS NO HARMONY BUT
FILLED WITH EMOTIONS
• DATES BACK AS EARLY AS
ZHOU DYNASTY
• USUALLY PLAYED AS SOLO
RATHER THAN CHORAL
• BEST PLACE TO SEE CHINESE
MUSIC IS AT A FUNERAL OR
PERFORMING ARTS (OPERA)
ZIMBABWE
• INSTRUMENTS BLEND IN
• THERE IS HARMONY
• DATES BACK TO AS EARLY AS
1600 AD
• USUALLY PLAYED AS CHORAL
• BEST PLACE TO WITNESS THIS
TYPE OF MUSIC IS AT
FESTIVALS
PIPA MBIRA
SUONA
BHOSVO
DRUMS NGOMA
TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS IN HARMONY WITH WESTERN INSTRUMENTS
VISUAL ARTS
 PAINTINGS

• CHINA USED BAMBOO , PAPER AND • ZIMBWE USED STONES AND

SILK CAVES AS THEIR CANVASES
• USED INK AND COLORED PIGMENT • USED ANIMAL BLOOD AND JUICES
• THREE GROUPS OF PAINTINS(FIGURE FROM TREE BARKS AND LEAVES
LANDSCAPE AND FLOWER PAINTINGS)
 IRON AND STONE TOOLS
CHINA ZIMBABWE
 VISUAL ARTS
POTTERY

CHINA ZIMBABWE
VISUAL ARTS
(SCULPTURING)
 VISUAL ARTS
BASKET WEAVING
 CONCLUSION

• ANCIENT ARTS HELPED SHAPE THE HISTORIES AND WAY

OF LIFE FOR BOTH COUNTRIES. ALTHOUGH IN ZIMBABWE
MOST OF THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS AND ACTIVITIES
INVOLVED IN ANCIENT ARTS ARE NOT SO COMMON
ANYMORE, SOMEHOW THEY MANAGED TO SHAPE THE
PEOPLE’S WAY OF LIFE AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS JUST
AS MUCH AS THE CHINESE WAY OF LIFE WAS ALSO
SHAPED BY THEIR HISTORY IN WHICH ANCIENT ARTS IS A
MAJOR PART OF.
• EXPRESSIONS IN EVERYTHING THEY DID
• ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST.