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 find a Chinese sentence in the internet about each of the 3-4 topics we deal with in each session (see textbook content page or on this webpage here "schedule"). Copy these sentences on our homework webpage and write translations into English (for international students: find an English sentence and translate into Chinese). 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 ...
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
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 Milk Tea by student...
2. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines in China by student...
3. Classroom presentation on topic ... Presentation on tea by student ...
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.)