中国基督教艺术

章节摘录

　　The More Blossoming Garden"Contemporary ChristianArts in China　　The Chinese churches have been through a winterfrom the middle of 1960s to the end of 1970s.Thechurches，however，are quickly restored with the arrivalof new age of reform and openness to the world，Whenthe churches were iUSt reopened，what the Christianshad in mind was to find places where they couldworship.At that time，on average three meeting pointswere opened every twodays jn China.What Christiansneeded for the church were simply a house，a Bible，ahymnaI and a person who could lead them to worshipGod.The cross was almost the only symbolic decorationof the church.However.God grants human beingsthe instinct to pursue beauty，just as spring bud mustbloom when time and condition permits.As the policy ofreform and opening-up brought about unprecedentedchanges in economy，politics and thinking，SO thelraditional aesthetic cOnsciOusness of Christianity alsodemonstrates itself in the fertile soll of Chinese culture.　　What can not be neglected，however，lS the factthat the church had Iost too many achievements accumulated by former generations due to the brokenness of traditions in the past decades.The policyof reform provided the church with space to developfreely，but with the strong and multifarious influence fromthe west.the church could easily Iose jtself jn terms ofthe indigenization of Christian arts.The simple“take·in principle"again made Chinese Christians start toimitate western church buildings.For some time，theChinese architects do not know much about Christianunderstandjnas of church buildings and lhe churchesare short of experts to contribute to the design of churcharchitectures.Therefore，although many churches couldinvite the specialized designers，what they do wasto simply impose the Christian feature jnto assemblyhalls.Consequently the Gothic and the Romanesquechurch styles come back.The same iS also true of otherChristian indigenous arts in China.

书籍目录

PrefaceChapter One：Christian Arts in ChinaThe Almost Ignored Beauty：Early Christian Arts in ChinaEarly Attempt of Inculturation：Modern Christian Arts in ChinaThe More Blossoming Garden：Contemporary Christian Arts in Chin~Chapter Two：Christian Music in ChinaThe Praising and Singing Afore Time：The Christian Music in the Nestorian PeriodExpecting the Oriental Tune：Modern Christian Music in ChinaTrying the Refreshing Fruits：Church Music during the Autonomous Movement of the Chinese ChurchThe Singing of All Birds：Church Music in New ChinaChapter Three：The Diversity of Christian Arts in ChinaThe Diversity of Christian ArtsPostscript

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《中国基督教艺术(英文)》内容： In the present-day China，Christmas celebrations by the Chinese churches in the citiesand in the countryside attract both Christians and non-Christians.More and more Chineseyoung people become interested in Christianity.It is in part because they want to meettheir spiritual needs and find ways to relieve their stress and anxieties in the hectic sociallife.Besides，when China becomes more and more open to the world，young peoplewould like to celebrate such fashionable non-Chinese holidays as Christmas，to enjoy thelively worship style of the church，and to appreciate the aesthetic beauty of Christian artsat certain Christian festivals that touch their hearts. Christianity did not originate in China and its broken developments in Chinese historymade most Chinese people unacquainted with its nature and doctrines.Christian arts，however，do impress many people who try to understand the Christian religion.Churchbuildings anywhere with symbolic religious meanings show their uniqueness and hencebecome beautiful landscapes in the Chinese cities and villages.The melodic hymns alsohave a strong appeal tomany people who try to come into church although they may notintend to become Christians.

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