Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2021

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Welcome to our course website Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2021. Whenever you visit this site, please see if there is anything in English not yet translated into Chinese and make a Chinese translation beneath (one paragraph English, one paragraph Chinese). Any correction or improvement of earlier translations is welcome!

欢迎访问我们中国文化基础网页。…………--Root (talk) 07:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Organizational Things

• Please register for the Course Wiki.
• Please prepare each session during the week before, so that you come prepared to class.

Description of Homework

• We need a website admin student (see description beneath)

Regular students

1. Please read and prepare all the texts for the next textbook unit.

2. Please go to the homework page and translate the short passage of the Dream of the Red Chamber into English. Do not forget to sign by typing - - ~ ~ ~ ~ (without spaces) at the end.

Then please help your fellow students to correct and improve their translations. Do not forget to sign by typing - - ~ ~ ~ ~ (without spaces) at the end.

3. Once in the semester, you give a presentation on a topic of the textbook. Please do not just repeat the content, but say something from the perspective of a translator: What problems do you encounter when translating the textbook text or when translating texts of this topic. One student can do a presentation, the other can do a handout. Both contributions are graded separately.

Website Admin student

Thank you for helping to watch the Wiki website! Please make sure that it looks nice (formatting, especially if a fellow students makes a mess by putting the wrong format etc., should not look to crowded, so make sub-websites for homework etc.).

Online Survey students

There will be several online surveys conducted throughout the semester. Please fill in the first survey after session 1: http://bit.ly/EU-SURVEY Please fill in the 2nd quiz (to show that you have read the texts for session 2) before session 2.

Edits

Every student is required to edit something every week. This can be:

• Translate a pragraph from English to Chinese.
• Correct an earlier translation.
• Prepare an article (please link to from this page) and/or a powerpoint (please upload here) on a topic you will present during the semester.

Material

The coursebook will be provided to you in the WeChat Group.

Please rate the 127 topics on http://shijiehanxue.mikecrm.com/uysEi5J or http://bit.ly/rate_topics (you can only rate once). We will select the top 45 topics and deal with 3 topics per week/session.

Results of the Rating

Order	Date	Topic	Chapter	Points	Popularity
1	10.03.2021	Beverages: Milk Tea	21	474	79%
2	10.03.2021	Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines in China	28	468	78%
3	10.03.2021	Beverages: Tea	20	451	75%
4	17.03.2021	Architecture: Architecture and Gardens, The Forbidden City	36	433	72%
5	17.03.2021	Traditional Festivals	2	432	72%
6	17.03.2021	Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China	108	427	71%
7	24.03.2021	Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines	24	423	71%
8	24.03.2021	Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China	119	417	70%
9	24.03.2021	Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes	26	415	69%
10	31.03.2021	Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs	110	409	68%
11	31.03.2021	Music and instruments: Pipa	95	406	68%
12	31.03.2021	Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking	25	404	67%
13	07.04.2021	Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词	31	401	67%
14	07.04.2021	Traditional Cuisine: Chinese Dining Etiquette	23	396	66%
15	07.04.2021	Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up	98	395	66%
16	14.04.2021	Garden Culture: The Summer Palace	41	385	64%
17	14.04.2021	Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money	106	384	64%
18	14.04.2021	Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声	99	383	64%
19	21.04.2021	Architecture	35	377	63%
20	21.04.2021	Music and instruments: Guzheng	94	375	63%
21	21.04.2021	Chinese Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac	71	372	62%
22	28.04.2021	Ancient literature: Four Folk Stories of Ancient China	49	371	62%
23	28.04.2021	Ancient literature: Chinese Classical Fairy Tales	50	369	62%
24	28.04.2021	Chinese language: Chinese Dialects	45	368	61%
25	05.05.2021	Animals: Panda	128	366	61%
26	05.05.2021	Facial Make-up: Face Changing in Sichuan Opera	97	365	61%
27	05.05.2021	Chinese Mythology: Huli-jing	73	364	61%
28	12.05.2021	Traditional Crafts: Folk Art - Chinese Paper-cutting	19	364	61%
29	12.05.2021	Science and Technology: Douyin (Tik Tok)	8	362	60%
30	12.05.2021	Chinese clothing / interieur: Chinese clothing	112	361	60%
31	19.05.2021	Facial Make-up	96	360	60%
32	19.05.2021	Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China	22	357	60%
33	19.05.2021	Premodern literature: Tang and Song (2 texts)	51	357	60%
34	26.05.2021	Chinese Medicine: The Development of Chinese Medicine	68	356	59%
35	26.05.2021	Modern and Contemporary Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu)	56	349	58%
36	26.05.2021	Body movement performance: Traditional Chinese Dance	103	346	58%
37	02.06.2021	Chinese Astrology: Calendar, The 24 Solar Terms	72	346	58%
38	02.06.2021	Stage entertainment: Shadow Play	100	344	57%
39	02.06.2021	Chinese Astrology: Chinese Astrology	70	338	56%
40	09.06.2021	Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters	9	336	56%
41	09.06.2021	Landscapes and tourism: Landscape, Five Famous Mountains	122	333	56%
42	09.06.2021	Traditional Crafts: Carving	17	326	54%
43	16.06.2021	Landscapes and tourism: Tourism, Nanjing-An Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties	126	319	53%
44	16.06.2021	Garden Culture: Qingming Riverside Landscspe Garden	42	317	53%
45	16.06.2021	Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Chinese Knots	18	317	53%
46		Fine Arts: Painting	32	316	53%
47		Chinese clothing / interieur: Cheongsam	113	312	52%
48		Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zhang Qian and the Silk Road	89	309	52%
49		Money culture: Currency, Jiaozi (A Paper Currency in Northern Song Dynasty)	105	308	51%
50		Beijing Opera: Actor Mei Lanfang	61	306	51%
51		Education: Ancient Chinese Education	116	305	51%
52		Chinese language	44	304	51%
53		Traditional Crafts: Embroidery	14	304	51%
54		Chinese Mythology: Gods and Immortals	74	303	51%
55		Chinese Writing: Calligraphy	11	302	50%
56		Landscapes and tourism: The Ancient Tea Horse Road	123	300	50%
57		Traditional Festivals: Spring Festival Couplets	3	299	50%
58		Premodern literature: Li Bai's 李白 《长干行》 and its translations	52	297	50%
59		Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture and Moxibustion	67	296	49%
60		Silk and porcelain: Silk	29	296	49%
61		Science and Technology: China's Four New Inventions	7	294	49%
62		Stage entertainment: Chinese cinema (dramas and movies) and its popularity and affection in Vietnam	101	294	49%
63		Games: Go 围棋	107	291	49%
64		Premodern literature: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio	54	289	48%
65		Religions: Daoism	76	288	48%
66		Science and Technology: Ancient Science and Technology	5	286	48%
67		Architecture: Bridges	39	284	47%
68		Education: Yuelu Academy (One of the Four Most Prestigious Academies)	117	283	47%
69		Landscapes and tourism: Mogao Grottoes	124	283	47%
70		Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zheng He and the Maritime Silk Road	90	283	47%
71		Ancient literature: Classical Literature	46	281	47%
72		Army and weapons: Chinese Ancient Weapons	121	281	47%
73		Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Habits, Ways of Contacting	109	279	47%
74		Architecture: Three Great Towers in China	38	275	46%
75		Fine Arts: Seal-cutting	33	275	46%
76		Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zheng He's Voyages	91	275	46%
77		Garden Culture: Gardens	40	274	46%
78		Chinese Medicine: Diagnosis and Pharmacology	66	273	46%
79		Beijing Opera	60	272	45%
80		Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters and Scripts	10	272	45%
81		Premodern literature: China's Four Great Classical Novels	53	270	45%
82		Chinese clothing / interieur: The Folding Screen	115	267	45%
83		Ancient literature: Chinese Mythology	48	265	44%
84		Chinese Medicine: Zhang Zhongjing	69	264	44%
85		Landscapes and tourism: Four State-Level Cultural Relics	125	263	44%
86		Martial Arts: Qigong	64	262	44%
87		Architecture: Four Great Pavilions	37	261	44%
88		Religions: Buddhism	75	260	43%
89		Traditional Cuisine: Chopsticks	27	260	43%
90		Westernization: The Eastward Spread of Western Learning	92	260	43%
91		Body movement performance: Chinese Lion Dancing	104	259	43%
92		Body movement performance: Stilts	102	259	43%
93		Science and Technology: Compass	6	259	43%
94		Chinese Writing: The Evolution of Calligraphy	12	258	43%
95		Chinese Writing: Ancient Writing and Painting Tool, Writing Brush	13	255	43%
96		Garden Culture: Bonsai (Penjing)	43	253	42%
97		Traditional Crafts: Lacquerware	16	247	41%
98		Chinese clothing / interieur: Batik	114	242	40%
99		Confucianism: Confucian Culture	81	237	40%
100		Westernization: The Westernization Movement	93	236	39%
101		Modern and Contemporary Literature: Novels	57	234	39%
102		Modern and Contemporary Literature: Literature, Science Fiction, and Fantasy	59	233	39%
103		Ancient literature: Yue Fu	47	231	39%
104		Modern and Contemporary Literature: Modern Literature	55	231	39%
105		Education: The Nine-Grade Official Selection System in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties	118	229	38%
106		Confucianism: Four Main Philosophic Schools	79	226	38%
107		Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading Tao Te Ching	85	225	38%
108		Minority cultures: Lisu People and Daogan Festival of Lisu Ethnic Minority	111	219	37%
109		Landscapes and tourism: Four Buddhist Shrines	127	213	36%
110		Beijing Opera: Beijing Opera Acrobatics	62	211	35%
111		Confucianism: Classical Philosophy - Confucius and Confucianism	80	211	35%
112		Martial Arts: Wushu	63	211	35%
113		Army and weapons: Terracotta Army	120	210	35%
114		Fine Arts: Bada Shanren and Qi Baishi	34	210	35%
115		Martial Arts: Huo Yuanjia	65	210	35%
116		Modern and Contemporary Literature: Contemporary Literature	58	209	35%
117		Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Daoism	84	204	34%
118		Traditional Festivals: Lattice on Ancient Chinese Windows	4	203	34%
119		Silk and porcelain: Porcelain	30	197	33%
120		Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Legalism	88	196	33%
121		Confucianism: Chinese Traditional Culture-Five Constant Virtues	83	195	33%
122		Traditional Crafts: Cloisonne	15	194	32%
123		Religions: Christianity	78	176	29%
124		Religions: Islam	77	171	29%
125		Confucianism: Classical Philosophy - Reading The Analects	82	170	28%
126		Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading The Importance of Living	87	168	28%
127		Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading The Sutra of Hui-neng	86	154	26%

Schedule

1st Session: Organizational things

Vote on the topics for the current semester.

At the end of the session: Take the EU survey http://bit.ly/EU-SURVEY

2nd session: (topic chosen by students)

3rd session: (topic chosen by students)

4th session: (topic chosen by students)

5th session: (topic chosen by students)

6th session: (topic chosen by students)

7th session: (topic chosen by students)

8th session: (topic chosen by students)

...

New topics suggested by students: ...

1st Session

Teacher Classroom presentation 01 Teacher presentation of 1st session

Teacher Course Book Course book 2021

Introduction to the course. Organizational things. Working with the Wiki.

Homework of Session 1 (Mar 3, 2021), due for Session 2 (Mar 10, 2021)

1. Every student receives a short paragraph in English to translate into Chinese. You can write it here.

2. Help a fellow student to improve his/her translation on that page.

3. Please answer the quiz on ...

Media:Chengjiaben.doc

2nd Session: Unit 2

Homework as a preparation for today

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 1 (Mar 3, 2021), due for Session 2 (Mar 10, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary. The texts are: 1 Beverages: Milk Tea, 2 Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines in China, 3 Beverages: Tea.

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations

1. Classroom presentation on topic 1 Milk Tea Presentation on Milk Tea by Shu Lin 舒琳

2. Classroom presentation on topic 2 Eight Major Cuisines Presentation on Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines in China by Su Xiao 苏潇

3. Classroom presentation on topic 3 Tea Presentation on tea by Teng Bixia 滕璧霞

Further presentations:

4 赵轲 on Architecture: Architecture and Gardens, The Forbidden City (on March 17, 2021)

5 易明霞 Traditional Festivals (on March 17, 2021)

6 彭佳钰 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China (on March 17, 2021)

7 王子涵 Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines (on March 24, 2021)

8 袁静 Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China (on March 24, 2021)

9 刘廷阳 Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes (on March 24, 2021)

10 杜心语 (on March 31, 2021)

11 刘卓凡 ...

12 戴沐雨

13 唐启洲

14 邓丹

15 吴欣欣

16 丁仲夏

17 汤惠

18 王沁瑜

19 黄梓龙

20 黄沥霈

21 鲍沁雯

22 郭亚波

23 李艺浩

24 王楚仪

25 黄芳芳

26 王静怡

27 伍斯仪

28 么阳

29 黄笑兰

Homework of Session 2 (Mar 10, 2021) for Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 2 (Mar 10, 2021), due for Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

3rd Session: Unit 3

Homework as a preparation for today

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 2 (Mar 10, 2021), due for Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations

1. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

2. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

3. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

Homework of Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021) for Session 4 (Mar 24, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021), due for Session 4 (Mar 24, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

4th Session: Unit 4

Homework as a preparation for today

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 3 (Mar 17, 2021), due for Session 4 (Mar 24, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations

1. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

2. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

3. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on topic

Homework of Session 4 (Mar 24, 2021) for Session 5 (Mar 31, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 4 (Mar 24, 2021), due for Session 5 (Mar 31, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook and learn the vocabulary

3. Please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

4. (Only for 3 students: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)