ОГЛЯД ДОКУМЕНТІВ ПРО ІСТОРІЮ І КУЛЬТУРУ КИТАЮ ТА УКРАЇНСЬКО-КИТАЙСЬКІ КУЛЬТУРНІ ЗВ’ЯЗКИ З ФОНДІВ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОГО ДЕРЖАВНОГО АРХІВУ-МУЗЕЮ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ І МИСТЕЦТВА УКРАЇНИ

Abstract

The article is dedicated to describing the set of documents on the history and culture of China, which is stored in the fonds of the Central State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art of Ukraine. Such groups of documents as biographical materials, manuscripts of poems, literary works, newspaper articles about prominent Chinese people, translations of Chinese literary works into different languages, epistolary heritage, photos have been analyzed. Archival documents covering key events in the history of China, various fields of culture and art (literature, painting, music, theater, cinema) are represented. In the field of literature – translations of Chinese poems, fairy tales, short stories and rare printed publications from the scientific library of the CSAMLA of Ukraine are described. In the field of painting – scientific works on the phenomenon of Chinese painting, illustrations of Ukrainian artists to Chinese literary works, paintings depicting the nature of China, portraits of Chinese people and postcards decorated with traditional Chinese ornaments and paintings. In the field of theater – documents containing information about the staging of Chinese plays in Ukrainian theaters, performances by Chinese theater actors, sketches of costumes of actors. In the field of music – photos of joint concerts and creative meetings of Ukrainian and Chinese artists, manuscripts of musical works about China. In the field of cinema, screenplays of Ukrainian feature and documentary films about China, information about joint filming are represented. The documents on the development of Ukrainian-Chinese cultural ties in the period from 1935 to 2002 are also described. The purpose of the study is to attract the attention of scientists and fans of Chinese culture to the valuable archival documents, help increase the number of researchers and putting the little-studied documents in scientific circulation. The research methodology is based on common scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, description, comparison, detailing, generalization, objective-factual and special-historical methods (historical-comparative, biographical and historical-source analysis). Scientific novelty: the author analyzes the information potential of the documents from different archival fonds on Chinese history and culture, some of which haven’t been yet put in scientific circulation. The documents have been systematized and described in chronological order and according to the species composition, their information content has been disclosed.