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Originally Posted by ablium  the celebration of Christmas and Valentine Day in current China is not driven by Confucius culture but the commercial interest. |
Businessmen in China just take advantage of loving "copies" Chinese people, and without these characteristics they all would drive bankrupt. The conditions for it are, as mentioned before, deeply rooted in the Chinese society, and that's the key.
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Originally Posted by ablium To a lesser degree, imitation of masters’ works also happens in the western culture. In the western museums, you can often see some art students imitating the masters' paitings as training practice. |
There is a huge difference between young Western art "copists" and Chinese calligraphy students. The first want to improve their many-sided styles and skills (every lesson a new practice), Chinese calligraphers to learn the techniques of Huai Su or Wang Xizhi to imitate them, as good as possible.
Western art styles changed many times in the past 1000 years (middle ages, renaissance, baroque, romanticism, impressionism, and so on)
while Chinese styles of calligraphy or paintings very few only. Look at the painting of Guo Xi from the Song Dynasty:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:E..._by_Guo_Xi.jpg
This style remained topical in China till today, but no Western artist would try to paint mediaeval-style now.