Types
| Art type | Main art | Major category | Start era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese folk art | Paper cutting | Chinese paper cutting | Eastern Han Dynasty |
| Chinese paper folding | Eastern Han Dynasty | ||
| Puppetry | Glove puppetry | ||
| Chinese shadow theatre | Han Dynasty | ||
| Handicraft | Chinese knot | Tang Dynasty | |
| Literature | Chinese literature | Chinese classic texts | Spring and Autumn Period |
| Chinese poetry | Spring and Autumn Period | ||
| Chinese historiography | Spring and Autumn Period | ||
| Chinese dictionary | Zhou Dynasty | ||
| Visual art | |||
| Pottery | Chinese ceramics | Palaeolithic | |
| Embroidery | Chinese embroidery | Neolithic | |
| Chinese painting | Ming Dynasty painting | Ming Dynasty | |
| Tang Dynasty painting | Tang Dynasty | ||
| Ink and wash painting | Tang Dynasty | ||
| Shan Shui painting | Song Dynasty | ||
| Photography | |||
| Chinese calligraphy | Oracle bone script | Shang Dynasty | |
| Cursive script | Han Dynasty | ||
| Drawing Daoist Talismans | Tang Dynasty | ||
| Comics | Lianhuanhua | 1880s | |
| Manhua | 1880s, termed in 1920s | ||
| Film | Cinema of China | 1890s | |
| Chinese animation | 1920s | ||
| Chinese music | |||
| Traditional | Instrumental | Zhou Dynasty | |
| Yayue | Western Zhou Dynasty | ||
| Modern | National music | 1910s | |
| C-pop | 1920s | ||
| Chinese rock | 1980s | ||
| Performing arts | Variety art | Chinese variety art | Han Dynasty |
| Chinese opera | Beijing opera | ||
| Kunqu | |||
| Cantonese opera | |||
| Theatre | Xiangsheng | Ming Dynasty | |
| Shuochang narrative | Quyi | Dynastic times, termed in 1940s | |
| Dances | Dragon Dance | ||
| Lion Dance | |||
| Architecture | Landscape architecture | Chinese architecture | |
| Gardening | Chinese Garden | Scholar's Garden | Zhou Dynasty |
| Bonsai | Penjing |
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