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Arts use symbols to reflect reality, is a typical social ideology. It includes literature, calligraphy, paintings, sculptures, architectures, music, dance, dramas, films, quyi (a kind of folk arts) and etc.

Yìshù yòng xíngxiàng lái fǎnyìng xiànshí, shì diǎnxíng de shèhuì yìshíxíngtài. Tā bāokuò wénxué, shūfǎ, huìhuà, diāosù, jiànzhù, yīnyuè, wǔdǎo, xìjù, diànyǐng, qǔyì (yīzhǒng mínjiān yìshù) děng.