The Chinese civilization, despite having experienced many historical shocks, shows consistency in its sociocultural institutions and adherence to traditional values which were formed in ancient times. Many experts claim the Chinese people's deep knowledge and respect for their history is one of the reasons for China's cultural consistency. The worship of antiquity is one of the important characteristics traced in many spheres of Chinese history. In this paper, we will elaborate on the issue of the basis for the emergence of this worship. The studied phenomenon arose during the Zhou period and was strengthened by Confucius and his disciples. Since then, antiquity worship hasn't been revised by society. The formation of antiquity worship in traditional China went gradually, and a total reshaping of Ancient China's spiritual life was needed for that. In this research, we will try to find out how this worship came to be. Such analysis is not only interesting for the studies of Chinese civilization but also for the research of the specifics of the Middle Kingdom's spiritual culture. The analysis of cultural specifics of China must help uncover the mechanisms of this civilization's consistency.
Traditional national culture is the result of human wisdom that has gone through centuries of challenges and searches. It can be seen in the architecture and garden-park complexes especially. Traditional garden-park culture of each country is a culmination of an understanding of the unity of the natural environment, religion and nationality. Therefore, this culture is unique and has its own origin. In this article, the role of architectural elements in the Korean garden-park complexes was analyzed. Traditional garden-park architecture has a special value, as it is a unique recording of time and space; it has the complex not partial nature of culture and is a "ship", which consists of various elements of traditional culture. Moreover, it shows people's thoughts about beauty and influences on people's minds and bodies. That is why researching of aesthetics of Korean garden-park complexes is the way to understand Korean national culture. Today we can see a tendency to simplify national styles and replace them by unified global cultural standards and models. This process influence on national cultures negatively. So analyze of the role that plays architecture in Korean garden-park complexes allows not only to trace the evolution of aesthetics but it is also important for understanding the mechanism of culture interaction.
Historically, in the eyes of the Korean people, Japan is an antagonistic state that has brought them many troubles in the past century. Relations between Japan and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are fundamental in terms of security in the Northeast Asia (NEA) region, since the decision on the DPRK nuclear missile program and on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is one of the pillars of achieving that very security throughout the region. The period, we consider in this study, from 1996 to 2006, is of significant importance, since a thorough analysis of the events of those years is important for understanding the root of existing problems in bilateral relations between Japan and North Korea. The present analysis on the behavioral lines in the solution of the North Korean nuclear missile program may contribute to the choice the best way to normalize relations between the two countries.
The East always was mysterious for Europeans, and it continued till 16-17 centuries. When it comes to the Near East, China, Japan and India, we can see that researches at that time gave a lot of information about these countries, but as for Korea, there was just fragmentary information. More detailed research of Korea has begun much later, that is why there are still a lot of subjects needed be researched. And one of them is Garden Art of Korea. It should be mentioned that researchers telling about Korean gardens give only general things and do not do detailed analyze. This article analyzes an image of water and its realization in the Garden Art of Korea. As we know, Koreans have a special attitude to nature as an object of contemplation and comprehension. And this attitude was incarnated through parks and gardens, which develop under the influence of Chinese culture. But Korean gardens save their originality and get new semantic contents which spread on each element of a park-garden complex. The analyze of evolution of base elements of Korean garden gives us a possibility not only see changes of culture complex, but also helps us to understand a mechanism of interaction of cultures when recipient culture saves its originality and uniqueness.
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