National patrimony
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The store of wealth
or accumulated reserves of a national economy. The term often refers to a nation's non-monetary wealth or reserves, such as its artistic heritage.
, the term "national essence" is translated as guocui 國粹, and the journal Guocui xuebao 國粹學報 (Journal of National Essence) was established in 1905 with the aim of preserving and protecting China
's artistic national patrimony. This journal originally was divided into seven sections, four of which are topical in nature and represent specific aspects of what might be considered China's "national essence" and, by extension, national patrimony:
Two years after the journal's initial publication, two additional topical sections were added:
In response to increasing Western influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a growing sense Japanese nationalism
led in 1889 to the establishment of three institutions aimed at protecting and preserving artistic aspects of the country's national patrimony:
Wealth
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem...
or accumulated reserves of a national economy. The term often refers to a nation's non-monetary wealth or reserves, such as its artistic heritage.
China
In ChineseChinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, the term "national essence" is translated as guocui 國粹, and the journal Guocui xuebao 國粹學報 (Journal of National Essence) was established in 1905 with the aim of preserving and protecting China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
's artistic national patrimony. This journal originally was divided into seven sections, four of which are topical in nature and represent specific aspects of what might be considered China's "national essence" and, by extension, national patrimony:
- Politics (zhengpian 政篇)
- History (shipian 史篇)
- Teaching and learning (xuepian 學篇, or more literally "approaches to study")
- Literature (wenpian 文篇)
Two years after the journal's initial publication, two additional topical sections were added:
- Art (Meishu 美術)
- Natural Science (Bowu 博物, literally, "knowledge about things")
Japan
In Japanese, the term "national essence" is translated as kokusui, and the term kokusui hozon 國粹保存 is translated as "preserving the national essence."In response to increasing Western influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a growing sense Japanese nationalism
Japanese nationalism
encompasses a broad range of ideas and sentiments harbored by the Japanese people over the last two centuries regarding their native country, its cultural nature, political form and historical destiny...
led in 1889 to the establishment of three institutions aimed at protecting and preserving artistic aspects of the country's national patrimony:
- The Imperial Museum (Teikoku Hakubutsukan 帝國博物館)
- The Tokyo School of Fine Arts (Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō 東京美術學校), and
- The art journal Kokka 國華