Chin Cult 2024

Welcome to our Chinese Culture course website!

Session 1: Organizational issues THU Feb 29 11:30-13:00 s. 401 SIN I MGR

THU 11:30-13:00 s. 401 (13:15 14:45 s. #) SIN I MGR 中國文化 Kultura chińska Chin Cult 2024 (S1 29.2., S2 7.3., S3 14.3., S4 21.3., S5 28.3., S6 4.4., S7 11.4., S8 18.4., S9 25.4., S10 2.5., S11 9.5., S12 16.5., S13 23.5., S14 30.5., S15 6.6.)

What we learn in this class

• We learn about Chinese culture from international, especially Western perspective.
• We learn about cultural phenomena, traditional Chinese culture.
• We learn English and Chinese terminology in the area of Chinese culture.
• We learn to think critically about cultural traditions and to appreciate the benefits from cultural traditions.
• We learn how to determine the location and role of Chinese culture within global culture.
• We learn basics of theories and models of intercultural communication and comparison.
• We learn the appreciate and respect the diversity of multipolar cultures and of integration.
• We become aware of the dangers of cultural discrimination (colonialism, religious missions, imperialism etc.).

Textbook

The teacher provides CHINESE texts, terminology and quiz questions about several cultural aspects. Please select from the topics of the textbook, which are already available in Chinese, one, which has not been discussed in last semester and which you want to present with a powerpoint presentation and a menti quiz in class:

Chapter Topic (in English, which is available in Chinese also)

104. Mythology: Gods and Immortals

111. Opera: Tea-picking Opera

114. Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy – Daoism

122. Religion: Daoism

126. Science and Technology: China's Four New Inventions

134. Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zhang Qian and the Silk Road

136. Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zheng He's Voyages

138. Social: Round Table Culture

139. Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声

145. Traditional Crafts: Shu Embroidery (Sichuan Embroidery)

147. Traditional Crafts: Folk Art - Chinese Paper-cutting

148. Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Chinese Knots

154. Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

155. Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan

157. Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot

167. History: Wang Shouren

168. Martial Arts: Chinese Swordsman Spirit

169. Cuisine: Luosifen

170. Fine Arts: Chinese Paper Cutting

173. Entertainment: Deyunshe 德云社

176. Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Oil-paper Umbrella

177. stage entertainment:Yuan drama

178. Music and instruments: Erhu

179. Traditional and Modern Views on Marriage and Love

185. Opera: Huangmei opera

187. Chinese Folk Art:Lion Dance

190. Fine arts:Kunqu Opera

192. National Belief: the Chinese Dream

Homework until Session 2

Please make a Chinese translation of the text of the topic you selected for presentation including questions at the end of the textbook text. When you select a topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Preparatory homework for every session

Please prepare the topics of the following session by reading the respective texts in the textbook and by answering the respective questions.

Homework until Session 5

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Homework until Session 10

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Homework until Session 15

Please translate another topic you are interested in into English. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic.

Final paper after Session 15

Please think of a new topic of a phenomenon of traditional or modern Chinese culture. Please use the same format as the other topics in the textbook, including text, terms, references, questions. Whenever you indicate a reference, please also mention the page number. When you select another topic, please coordinate with your class representative that no other students selects the same topic and confirm with the instructor that the topic is appropriate.

Session 2 THU Feb 29, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

The topics and contents of the following sessions will be determined by the selection of the students.

C1 Mar 7, C2 Mar 14

Session 4 THU Mar 21, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

C3 Mar 28

Mar 28 - Apr 2: Easter Holiday in Poland

Session 6 THU Apr 4, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

Apr 4-6 is Qingming holiday in China, the Chinese students make up for the missed classes on Sun (!) Apr 7 and 28.

C4 Apr 11, C5 Apr 18

Session 8 THU Apr 25, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

May 1-3 are Workers' and Constitution holidays in Poland. (May 8 is sports holiday.)

May 1-5 is an extended May 1st holiday in China, the Chinese students make up for missed classes on Sat May 11.

Session 10 THU May 9, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

C6 May 16, C7 May 23, C8 May 30, C9 Jun 6

May 30-31 holiday Corpus Christi in Poland.

June 8-10 is Duanwu holiday in China.

Session 14 MON Jun 17, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

Mon Jun 17 (Thursday classes), Tue Jun 18 (Friday classes) in Poland.

Final Exam THU Jun 24, 13:15-14:45 s. # SIN I MGR

Exam session: Jun 24-Jul 7. Retake session Sep 1-15.

Jul 20-22 Chinese Studies Conference.