The first feature film filmed in our country was Red Soroliang.
The earliest feature film filmed in 1922 was The First Intimate Contact. It was a romantic comedy about a young man. Although this film was not the earliest feature film, it was one of the most representative films of the 20th century and was hailed as a classic in the history of film.
The first essay in our country was Spring and Autumn Dew.
China's first great work of literary realism was 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.
The first book in our country was the Book of Songs. It was the earliest collection of poems in ancient China, which included poems from the Pre-Qin period (11th century B.C. to 6th century B.C.). The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: Feng, Ya, and Song. It contains 305 poems, of which 160 are Feng, 14 are Ya, and 11 are Song.
China's first vernacular novel was " A Madman's Diary." It was published in 1918 at the Beijing Vernacular Fictions Association and became the pioneer work of vernacular novels. This article narrated the experience of a pretentious but actually ridiculous "madman" in the first person. It showed the author's deep insight into human nature and criticism of social reality through irony and ridicule of the political, cultural and social status quo at that time. The publication of A Madman's Diary marked the official birth of vernacular novels as a literary form in China and laid the foundation for the development of modern Chinese literature.
The first dictionary in our country was Zilin, which was created by Zheng Zhong, a scholar of the Western Han Dynasty. It was the earliest comprehensive dictionary in our country and also one of the important materials for the study of Chinese characters.
Our country's first dictionary was Shuo Wen Jie Zi. It was a dictionary of ancient Chinese characters written by Xu Shen, a scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This dictionary contains more than 2500 Chinese characters 'pronunciation, meaning, glyph, structure, and other aspects of knowledge. It is one of the important milestone in Chinese philology and philology.
The first poet in our country was Qu Yuan (340 - 278 B.C.). He was a famous writer, politician and poet in the Chu State. His representative works, such as the Songs of Chu, were regarded as classics in the history of Chinese literature. His poems express feelings, describe natural scenery and reflect social reality as the theme, which has a high artistic value and cultural content.
The first notebook novel in China should be Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
Our country's first novel was 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.