Cult Ov 1 2024

Welcome to our course website!

Session 1 OD Fri Mar 1 10:00-11:40 room 404 - Organizational issues

FRI 10:00-11:40 中国文化概要 Cult Ov 1 2024 Zhou Li (1-16, 外国语学院大楼404教室09161319.01) (S1 1.3., S2 8.3., S3 15.3., S4 22.3., S5 29.3., S6 5.4., S7 12.4., S8 19.4., S9 26.4., S10 3.5., S11 10.5., S12 17.5., S13 24.5., S14 31.5., S15 7.6., S16 14.6.)

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

Please select from the 200 topics of the textbook the one, which you want to present with a powerpoint presentation in class.

101 陈昕舟 Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money 102 廖巧然 Music and instruments: Guzheng 103 戴振 Music and instruments: Pipa 104 黄文莉ppt Mythology: Gods and Immortals 105 周静怡 Mythology: Huli-jing 106 梁诚知 National Symbols: National Anthem 107 赵梦娇 National Symbols: National Flag 108 陈思思 Opera: Peking Opera 109 陈思思 Opera: Peking Opera Acrobatics 110 肖娄君 Opera: Peking Opera Actor Mei Lanfang 111 陈思思ppt Opera: Tea-picking Opera 112 徐硕珮 Opera: Hunan Flower-drum Opera (Huagu Opera) 113 丁昕怡 Philosophical Schools: Four Main Philosophical Schools 114 龚星月（PPT） Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy – Daoism 115 李静怡 Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading Tao Te Ching 116 黄文莉 Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading The Sutra of Hui-neng 117 石慕予 Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Classical Philosophy - Reading The Importance of Living 118 金川玉 Philosophical Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, Legalism): Legalism 119 易祺芳 Philosophy: Chinese Traditional Cultivation Culture 120 黄薪诺 Religion: Traditional Chinese Funeral Culture 121 徐硕珮 Religion: Buddhism 122 戴振（ppt） Religion: Daoism 123 肖娄君 Religion: Christianity 124 戴振 Religion: Islam 125 罗彬 Science and Technology: Ancient Science and Technology 126 刘春秀ppt Science and Technology: China's Four New Inventions 127 李静怡 Science and Technology: Compass 128 刘欣雨 Science and Technology: TikTok (Douyin) 129 师瑶 Science and Technology: Three Giant Home Appliance Enterprises In China 130 刘春秀 Science and Technology: Four Domestic Mobile Phone Companies 131 丁昕怡 Silk and porcelain: Silk 132 金川玉 Silk and porcelain: Porcelain 133 徐硕珮 Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词 134 陈健PPT Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zhang Qian and the Silk Road 135 龚星月 Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zheng He and the Maritime Silk Road 136 罗彬PPT Silk Road - by land and by sea: Zheng He's Voyages 137 陈健 Social: The Long-life Lock 138 刘晓宇ppt Social: Round Table Culture 139 陈倩ppt Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声 140 温一宁 Stage entertainment: Shadow Play 141 石慕予 Traditional Crafts: Carving 142 王晨 Traditional Crafts: Chinese Jade Culture 143 梁诚知 Traditional Crafts: Cloisonne 144 黄薪诺 Traditional Crafts: Embroidery 145 石慕予p p t Traditional Crafts: Shu Embroidery (Sichuan Embroidery) 146 黄文莉 Traditional Crafts: Xiang Embroidery 147 赵欣雨ppt Traditional Crafts: Folk Art - Chinese Paper-cutting 148 陈昕舟ppt Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Chinese Knots 149 赵欣雨 Traditional Crafts: Lacquerware 150 师瑶 Traditional Crafts: The Kingfisher Craft点翠 151 陈倩 Traditional Cuisine: Chinese Dining Etiquette 152 廖巧然 Traditional Cuisine: Chopsticks 153 丁昕怡 Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines of China 154 李静怡PPT Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines 155 廖巧然（ppt Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan 156 黄文莉 Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coated Haws on a Stick 157 黄薪诺（ppt） Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot 158 刘晓宇 Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking 159 龚星月 Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes 160 赵梦娇（PPT） Traditional Festivals 161 王晨 Traditional Festivals: Lattice on Ancient Chinese Windows 162 周莉 Traditional Festivals: Spring Festival Couplets 163 罗彬 Westernization: The Eastward Spread of Western Learning 164 周莉 Westernization: The Westernization Movement 165 金川玉 Worship: Chinese Incense Culture 166 陈健 Economy: Chinese Currency Changes 167 王晨（PPT） History: Wang Shouren 168 肖娄君（PPT） Martial Arts: Chinese Swordsman Spirit 169 温一宁ppt Cuisine: Luosifen 170 陈昕舟 Fine Arts: Chinese Paper Cutting 171 师瑶 Science and Technology: Taobao(淘宝) 172 李静怡 Traditional Craft: Bronze 173 金川玉ppt Entertainment: Deyunshe 德云社 174 赵梦娇 Traditional Cuisine: Jiaozi 175 刘晓宇 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: the Photo Retouching Culture in China 176 刘欣雨ppt Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Oil-paper Umbrella 177 周静怡（ppt） stage entertainment:Yuan drama 178 徐硕珮（ppt） Music and instruments: Erhu 179 师瑶ppt Traditional and Modern Views on Marriage and Love 180 刘欣雨 Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan 181 龚星月 Animals：Golden Monkey 182 易祺芳 Chinese Economy: rich businessmen 183 赵欣雨 Opera: Chinese Local Operas 184 刘春秀 The Chinese tradition of ancestor worship 185 丁昕怡ppt Opera: Huangmei opera 186 陈倩 The “reference” of Chinese Music 187 周莉ppt Chinese Folk Art:Lion Dance 188 周静怡 Science and Technology: Mobile Games（手游） 189 刘晓宇 Clothing: Vintage Clothing 190 梁诚知ppt Fine arts:Kunqu Opera 191 温一宁 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Culture of Flowers 192 易祺芳ppt National Belief: the Chinese Dream 193 陈倩 Science and Technology: Buytogether（PDD) 194 廖巧然 Aesthetic ideals and social customs：Marriage and Burial Customs of Tujia People

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 16

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 OD Fri Mar 1 10:00-11:40 room 404

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

Session 6 MW Fri Mar 29 10:00-11:40 room 404

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

Session 10 OD Sun Apr 28 10:00-11:40 room 404

Repetition of Qingming-Fri April 5.