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Welcome to our BA course Introduction to Chinese Culture Spring 2023.

The shortlink is: https://bit.ly/CULTURE2023 . spring term 2023

周一上午8:00-9:40，周三12:30-13:50；周五13:00-14:20，均在602教室

Quick links for homework pages, Culture2023_final_exam_papers etc.

Before the class starts

Note: This class is taught by Martin Woesler in presence. The class language is English, however, some explanations in Chinese will be given.

1. Please read the terms of Use: By registering for this Wiki, you give your consent that your data (name, study no., study direction, email, technical data of your device, ip address etc.) and your contributions to class (homework, translations, presentations, handouts, final exam papers etc.) is stored for grading, and academic use (teaching and ANONYMIZED for research). You explicitely agree that your contributions can be used by the teacher under his name, e.g. for publication, for improvement of teaching material etc. After reading, please take this quiz to show your understanding of basic concepts of translation and of data usage: http://bit.ly/Eval-01 .

2. Our mentor 課代表 is Hu Xinping 胡欣平. She should send a student roll to the teacher and enter all grades from homework and quizzes and those she receives from the teacher into the roll to be kept with the teacher. We still need 1 wiki admin and 5 survey assistants, who know how to use http://wjx.top. If we have more than 100 students, we need 2 teaching assistants. All of them will get extra points for their "performance in class" grade. After registration (see point 3 beneath), please write your names here directly behind the role (e.g. "teaching assistant - Lei Feng"). To change anything on the wiki, please see point 3 beneath.

  • Teaching Assistant - Hu Xinping
  • Wiki Admin - Wang Yihan
  • Survey Assistant 1 - Zhao Xizhen
  • Survey Assistant 2 - Xu Puliang
  • Survey Assistant 3 - Wen Xi
  • Survey Assistant 4 - Song Yifang
  • Survey Assistant 5 - Xie Shiyi
  • Social Media Influencer -Hu Yiqiang
  • Grant Writing Assistant - Ding Qian
  • Peer Review Assistant - Cao Wen
  • Chinese Studies Donation Campaign Assistant - Wang Jiaqi

3. Please register on this Wiki. From any place you can register following this link: https://bit.ly/WIKIREG. If you are already here, click on "register" on the top right corner, and then on "request one". Then please register with your real name in Pinyin (with blank space between the family name and the given name) for the two names (username and real name), so two times "Lei Feng" and "Lei Feng". Please check the box that you agree to the Terms and Conditions. Then type in the password "wikicaptcha" and click on "submit". You will receive a confirmation email with a link. You can click on the link, confirm your identity and create a password. Then you need to wait 1-2 days until the teacher grants you access. You will receive another email when it will work. With the access to this wiki, you can directly edit everything, including this page. If you want to learn how to edit on Wiki, please read here: [uvu:Community_Portal] After editing, you will be asked for a password to save changes, this time the password is "wikicaptcha".

4. Please register on the WeChat Group of this class. The WeChat Group will be created by the Teaching Assistant. Please make sure to display your name in the group with the following details: "Lei Feng 雷锋 20级 笔译".

5. For communication please add the teacher good_old_cathay to your WeChat contacts.

6. Please take the EU survey here: http://bit.ly/EU-SURVEY.

Here a summary of the most important points in Chinese: @所有人  请各位同学将群聊备注改为姓名拼音 姓名 班级的格式，如 Li Xin 李欣 21级 英语笔译。请各位同学浏览此网站了解本学期的课程要求：https://bou.de/u/wiki/Foundations_of_Chinese_Cultures_2022 （短一点的是https://bou.de/u/ ，然后按我们课的链接）. 我们的课程还需要六位同学分别做网站管理员（1位）和调查助手（5位），期末可以得到一定加分，请有意向的同学在今天晚上六点前私聊我。请大家尽快完成以下课程前准备： http://bit.ly/Eval-01 完成此测验 https://bit.ly/WIKIREG 请在此维基网站上注册，用户名和真实姓名都请填写自己姓名的拼音，像"Li Xin"和"Li Xin"，密码填wikicaptcha，收到邮件确认身份后等待老师通过 完成欧盟调查问卷 http://bit.ly/EU-SURVEY 注：有的链接可能要用vpn才能进 == Student roll: 唐英姿 曾锦泉 舒思靖 刘欣雯 陈奕铮 秦安妮 谢诗祎 谷钰婷 刘盈池 何颖 姜露云 吴松芸 文茜 吴婷 胡艺镪 舒锦玉 赵喜珍 曹文 王佳绮 宋奕芳 胡欣平 邓颖杰 汪奕含 吴倩 许谱亮 丁倩 王鑫鹏 李璐瑶

First Session Mon 21, 2022 14:30-16:40 - Organizational Things

Teacher presentation for download:

Media: 01_Foundation_Chin_Cult_Intro_2023.pptx

Duties in Class

1. Please come to class prepared. This means please read the book chapter, search for more information about the topic online and learn the vocabulary related to the topic for each session in advance. It is much more benefetial for yourself and for the others. Also the discussions in class then can be conducted on a much more sophisticated level. Please reserve at least two hours of preparation for each session. You have received the textbook pdf via the WeChat group: Woesler, Martin. (2023). Chinese Culture, Bochum: European University Press, 1000 pages.

2. Please do your homework seriously every week and submit it in wiki 3 days before the class starts and the corrections of your fellow student's homework 1 day before the class starts. CULTURE2023 LIST OF HOMEWORKS

3. Please participate actively in class. This means for each session: Please ask at least one question or participate with at least one contribution in the discussion.

4. Please select the topic for the presentation you will do in class already until session 2 (if we have more students than sessions, then build groups of two - one doing presentation, one a written handout on the same topic). Please remember to upload and link your presentation and your handout here on this website a week ahead to enable your fellow students to prepare it. Please pick from the following list by adding your name behind any of the topics: CULTURE2023 LIST OF TOPICS - This is the same list as the LIST OF PRESENTATIONS and the LIST OF SESSION TOPICS.

5. Please select a topic of your final exam paper (5,000 English words) until session 2. Please pick from the following list by adding your name behind any of the topics: Culture2023_final_exam_papers

Joint agreement on use of time inside and outside the classroom

Since it does not make sense to come together in the classroom and then jointly start reading the primary or secondary literature, please read the texts before class so that we can save the precious classroom time for a well informed discussion about the texts.

Joint agreement on weight of grades

  • Final Exam paper: 70 percent
  • Performance in class: 30 percent (consisting out of oral contributions/participation, 1 presentation or handout per term, participation in surveys and quizzes, homework) - this grade gets extra points if you take over additional duties like survey assistants.

Note: Grades may take months to be entered into the grade system, since sometimes there are more than 100 students and the teachers want to pay respect to each student and read their final exam paper carefully.

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Homework of Session 1 for Session 2

1. Please select a topic you want to give a 5-minute ppt presentation on. You can reserve your topic by writing your name behind the topic in the respective section of the Sessions beneath (not above). Please note: If there is no textbook text for the topic, we need 2 more students for this topic, 1 to prepare a textbook text and the 2nd student to write the "terms", "references", "questions" and (please submit to teacher and student assistant): "answers". Please make sure to post the text and appendix at least 1 week ahead of time under the session beneath. Please make sure to send the quiz questions at least 1 week ahead of time to the survey students that they can make a quiz and send the quiz answers at least 1 week ahead of time to the teaching assistant, so that she can grade the quizzes.

2. Please prepare all texts for the next session and take the quiz on these texts before the next session starts.

3. If you have not yet done so, please add the biographical info on yourself on your wiki homepage. You can find your wiki homepage by typing directly into you browser: https://bou.de/u/wiki/User:He_Minghui - of course Wang Jianguo is just a sample name, you would have to replace it with your own username and exchange the space by an understroke.

Special homework for Wiki admin: Please set up all homework texts (I have copied chapter 24 to our homework page and you need to split about 3 lines text in average to each student) on new webpages and link them in all sessions beneath. Please also set up dummy links for ppt upload.

Special homework for Survey assistant Students: Please set up quizzes for all topics on wjx.org, students need to indicate their name and student id. Please paste the link to the quiz here under the respective session and topic beneath. Please tell the teaching assistant the correct answers to the quizzes, so that the teaching assistant can transfer the grades from the quizzes into the student role grade table. Please use

Special homework for Teaching assistant: Please write a grade for each student into the student roll grade list. A student who has done the homework (without Pinyin) gets 100 percent for this, a student who has done the correction of a homework of his fellow student gets another 100 percent. A student who has presented a ppt, written a textbook text or a textbook text appendix gets another 100 percent.

General remarks: I have now created a ranking list of the topics the students selected and published on our course website. Everybody should perform the homework now. This includes special work for the teaching assistant, the wiki admin and the survey students.

Escpecially the Wiki admin needs to split the text which needs to be translated into small parts for each student and indicate the students' names so that they can find it easier. Every student can already pick a topic to do a presentation on and write the name behind the topic.

Also, every student needs to read the textbook texts for coming Monday to be prepared, the survey students need to set up quizzes for the textbook texts and the students need to take the quizzes before class starts on Monday. It is a lot of work, but it will get better, when all of you get used to it. Also, much of the homework, especially setting up webpages for homework etc., including the presentations, creating missing texts in the textbook etc. can be started already now, so that one can do most of the homework for the whole semester already now.

If people want to start writing their final exam papers, they can also start maybe in March, if they like. The earlier things are done the better and the more chances there are to still improve things during the semester. Here is the link to the homeworks listed for all students and the students with special tasks: Foundations_of_Chinese_Cultures_2022#Homework_of_Session_1_for_Session_2

--Chen Cheng (talk) 06:19, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Schedule of Session Topics

Here is the Ranking List of Topics as voted on by you:

Rank Topic Percentage (please do not write your name here, if you want to do a presentation on a topic or want to create a textbook text for a topic, but write your name in the next list with the session numbers in front)

Topic Percentage

1 Beverages: Milk Tea 76%

2 Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot 76%

3 Traditional and Modern Views on Marriage and Love 75%

4 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs 73%

5 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China 72%

6 Facial Make-up 72%

7 Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China 71%

8 Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up 70%

9 Science and Technology: Douyin (Tik Tok) 70%

10 Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking 70%

11 Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Mythology 68%

12 Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes 67%

13 Chinese Movies 67%

14 Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Classical Fairy Tales 66%

15 Animals: Panda 65%

16 Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan 65%

17 Science and Technology: Buytogether (PDD) 65%

18 Science and Technology: Taobao (淘宝) 64%

19 Clothing: Chinese Clothing 63%

20 Gender: Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of Imperial China 63%

21 Beverages: Tea 62%

22 Mythology: Huli-jing 62%

23 Architecture: Fengshui in Chinese Architecture 61%

24 Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词 61%

25 Mythology: Gods and Immortals 60%

26 Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines of China 60%

27 Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines 59%

28 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Habits, Ways of Contacting 58%

29 Architecture: The Forbidden City 58%

30 Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money 58%

31 Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声 58%

32 Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coated Haws on a Stick 58%

33 Fine Arts: Painting 57%

34 Games: Kite Flying 57%

35 Traditional Festivals: Spring Festival Couplets 57%

36 Traditional Cuisine: Jiaozi 57%

37 Astrology: Chinese Astrology 56%

38 Literature: Ancient Literature: The Classic of Mountains and Seas 56%

39 Social: Round Table Culture 56%

40 Science and Technology: Mobile Games (手游) 56%

41 Clothing: Cheongsam 55%

42 Literature: Ancient literature: Four Folk Stories of Ancient China 55%

43 Traditional Festivals 55%

44 Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac 54%

45 Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China 54%

46 Language: Chinese Dialects 54%

47 Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan 54%

48 Chinese Economy: rich businessmen 54%

49 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Culture of Flowers 54%

50 National Belief: the Chinese Dream 54%

51 Facial Make-up: Face Changing in Sichuan Opera 53%

52 Fine Arts: Seal-cutting 53%

53 Games: Mahjong: An Ancient Chinese card play 53%

54 Worship: Chinese Incense Culture 53%

55 Party Culture (celebretations) 53%

56 Entertainment: Deyunshe 德云社 53%

57 Clothing: Vintage Clothing 53%

58 Garden Culture: Gardens 52%

59 Literature: Ancient Literature - Four satirical novels in ancient China 52%

60 Literature: Premodern literature - Li Bai's “The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter” and its translations 52%

Here is the list of session topics sorted by sessions/date. Please indicate your name here, if you want to do a presentation on a topic or want to create a textbook text for a topic, but write your name in the next list with the session numbers in front.

Session Rank Topic Percentage

美食烹饪 Beverages: Milk Tea

Beverages: Tea

Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China

Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot

Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking

Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes

Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan

Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines of China


Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coated Haws on a Stick

Traditional Cuisine: Jiaozi

Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan

文化习俗


Traditional and Modern Views on Marriage and Love

Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs


Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Habits, Ways of Contacting

Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money


Traditional Festivals: Spring Festival Couplets

Traditional Festivals

Social: Round Table Culture

Language: Chinese Dialects

艺术

Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声

Fine Arts: Painting

Games: Kite Flying


日常生活

Facial Make-up

Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up

Clothing: Chinese Clothing

Clothing: Cheongsam

Science and Technology: Douyin (Tik Tok)

Science and Technology: Buytogether (PDD)

Science and Technology: Taobao (淘宝)

Chinese Movies

Chinese Economy: rich businessmen

Science and Technology: Mobile Games (手游)

古代人物评价

Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China

Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China

Gender: Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of Imperial China

文学

Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Mythology

Mythology: Huli-jing

Mythology: Gods and Immortals

Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Classical Fairy Tales

Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词

Literature: Ancient Literature: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

Literature: Ancient literature: Four Folk Stories of Ancient China

动物

Animals: Panda

建筑

Architecture: Fengshui in Chinese Architecture

Architecture: The Forbidden City

占星术

Astrology: Chinese Astrology

Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

2nd Session Mon Mar 6, 2023: Cuisine

Topics on Mar 6

Before class starts: Please read the 4 texts in the textbook and take the quiz to show that you have learned the 4 texts

quiz

tea：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/wnSF2vj.aspx#

milk tea：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/e8fupKA.aspx#

the liquor culture of ancient China：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/eO53AfH.aspx#

hotpot：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/YVyl2Ux.aspx#

Beverages: Milk Tea

1. student presentation by tang Yingzi 唐英姿 on Beverages: Milk Tea

This is the ppt by Tang Yingzi.

Beverages: Tea

2. student presentation by Zeng Jingquan曾锦泉 on Beverages: Tea

This is the ppt by Zeng Jingquan.

This is the ppt by Zeng Jingquan.part2

Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China

3. student presentation by Shu Sijing 舒思靖

This is the ppt by Shu Sijing on Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China.

Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot

4. student presentation by Liu Xinwen 刘欣雯

This is the ppt by Liu Xinwen on the Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot.

Teacher presentation for download

Media:02_Foundation_Chin_Cult_Intro_2023_part_1.pptx

Media:02_Foundation_Chin_Cult_Intro_2023_part_2.pptx

Media:02_Foundation_Chin_Cult_Intro_2023_part_3.pptx

Homework of Session 2 Mar 6 , for Session 3, Mar 8

  • Read textbook text
  • Take the quiz :

Session 3, Wed Mar 8, 12:30-14:10. Architecture

Teacher presentation for download:

Preparation for this session

Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking

This is the ppt by Qing Anni

Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes

This is the ppt by Xie Shiyi

Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan

This is the ppt by Gu Yuting

Traditional Cuisine: Eight Major Cuisines of China

This is the ppt by Liu Yingchi

Homework of Session 3 for Session 4

Please do your homework here. Eight Major Cuisines of China: https://www.wjx.cn/vm/PSRarKM.aspx#

Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes: https://www.wjx.cn/vm/Y0OxQSl.aspx

Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking: https://www.wjx.cn/vm/PGmUI4R.aspx#

The Breakfast Culture of Wuhan：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/t4X8Eh0.aspx

Session 4, Fri Mar 10: Mythology and Literature

Teacher presentation for download:


Preparation for this session

Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

何颖 student presentation This is the ppt by He Ying on Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coated Haws on a Stick

姜露云 student presentation This is the ppt by Jiang Luyun on Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coated Haws on a Stick

Traditional Cuisine: Jiaozi

吴松芸 student presentation This is the ppt by Wu Songyun on Traditional Cuisine: Jiaozi

Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan

文茜student presentation This is the ppt by Wen Xi on Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan

Quiz:

Traditional Cuisine: Tanghulu, Sugar-coa�ted Haws on a Stick ： https://www.wjx.cn/vm/m70xGt2.aspx#

Tangyuan ：https://www.wjx.cn/vm/OgkndYQ.aspx

Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines https://www.wjx.cn/vm/m7T0xRd.aspx#

Homework of Session 4 for Session 5

  • Read textbook

Session 5, Mon Mar 21: Celadon Song and Douyin (TikTok)

Teacher presentation for download:

Media:05_Foundation_Chin_Cult_Songs.pptx

Preparation for this session

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Homework of Session 5 for Session 6

Please do your homework here.

  • Read textbook text Beverages:Tea Page102
  • Read textbook text Beberages: Milke Tea Page98

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 6, Mon Mar 28: Beverages

Preparation for this session

Homework of Session 6 for Session 7

Please do your homework here.

Session 7, Mon Apr 4: Traditional Cuisine

Preparation for this session

Traditional Cuisine: Hotpot

student presentation This is the ppt by Chen Xinyi 陈心怡 on Traditional Cuisine Hotpot.

Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan

student presentation This is the ppt by Wei Jingting 魏静婷 on Traditional Cuisine: Breakfast Culture of Wuhan .

Homework of Session 7 for Session 8

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 8, Mon Apr 11: Literature, Chinese Movies and Stage entertainment

Preparation for this session

Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Classical Fairy Tales

student presentation This is the ppt by Deng Lulu 邓鲁露 on Literature: Ancient literature: Chinese Classical Fairy Tales.

Chinese Movies

student presentation This is the ppt by Ma Feifei 马菲菲 on Chinese Movies .

Stage entertainment: Crosstalk

student presentation This is the ppt by Zhou Sirui 周思睿 on Stage entertainment : Crosstalk .

Homework of Session 8 for Session 9

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 9, Mon Apr 18: Clothing and Facial Make-up

Preparation for this session

Clothing: Chinese Clothing

student presentation This is the ppt by Liu Qianyi 刘倩仪 on Clothing: Chinese Clothing.

Facial Make-up

student presentation This is the ppt by Zou Xiangrui 邹享睿 on Facial Make-up .

Homework of Session 9 for Session 10

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 10, Mon Apr 25: Games

Preparation for this session

Games: Mahjong: An Ancient Chinese card play

student presentation This is the ppt by Li Linyu 李琳玉 on Games: Mahjong : An Ancient Chinese card play.

Games: Kite Flying

student presentation This is the ppt by Hang Jingru 韩静茹 on Games : Kite Flying .

Homework of Session 10 for Session 12

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Mon May 2

Homework

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 12, Mon May 9: Social and Beverages

Preparation for this session

Social: Round Table Culture

student presentation This is the ppt by Chen Tianyu 陈天钰 on Social: Round Table Culture.

Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China

student presentation This is the ppt by Yan Ni 燕妮 on Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China .

Homework of Session 12 for Session 13

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 13, Mon May 16: National Symbols and Chinese cultural influence on other cultures

Preparation for this session

National Symbols: National Flag

student presentation This is the ppt by Deng Ruixin 邓蕊欣 on National Symbols: National Flag.

Chinese cultural influence on other cultures / Culture Export / Softpower

student presentation This is the ppt by Xu Zhiyuan 徐致远 on Chinese cultural influence on other cultures / Culture Export / Softpower .

Homework of Session 13 for Session 14

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 14 , Mon May 23: Money Culture, Animals，Aesthetic ideals and social customs

Preparation for this session

Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs

student presentation This is the ppt by Liu Keyi 刘可仪 on Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs.

Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money

student presentation This is the ppt by Yang Lei 杨磊 on Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money .

Animals: Panda

student presentation This is the ppt by Liu Yixin 刘亦欣 on Animals : Panda.

Homework of Session 14 for Session 15

Please do your homework here.

Here is the link to the Joint translation terms .

Session 15, Mon May 30: Gender，Fine Arts and Astrology

Preparation for this session

Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

student presentation This is the ppt by Wang Rou 汪柔 on Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac .

Astrology: Calendar, The 24 Solar Terms

student presentation This is the ppt by He Minghui 何明慧 on Astrology: Calendar, The 24 Solar Terms .

Fine Arts: Painting

student presentation This is the ppt by Guo Zirui 郭子瑞 on Fine Arts: Painting.

Gender: Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of Imperial China

student presentation This is the ppt by Lei Heng 雷珩 on Gender: Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of Imperial China .

Final Exam Paper

The final exam paper makes 60% of the total grade. You can start to write your paper now. Fellow students are allowed and encouraged to correct your mistakes.

Please write a new chapter in the course book, explaining an element of Chinese culture. Please use the structure you know from the textbook: Text (please make paragraphs no longer than 3 sentences. Please indicate at least 1 reference per paragraph), Terms (English and Chinese), Questions (multiple choice, please also provide the answers), References

You can write your final exam paper here Culture2022_final_exam_papers

Here is a sample of the website from last year's course

Quicklinks: FAQ Manual Course Homepage (this page). Joint translation terms Homework 1, Mar 3 Chapters 1-4, 2, Mar 10 Chapters 6-7, 3, Mar 17 Chapters 11-13, 4, Mar 24 Chapters 15-17, 5, Mar 31 Chapters 4-7, 6, Apr 7 Chapters 8-10, 7, Apr 14 Chapters 13-15 , 8, Apr 21 Chapters 17-19 (这是5.19的作业）13, May 26 Chapters 17-2014, June 2 Chapters 21-23 etc. Final Exam extended deadline June 15

《红楼梦》程甲本

Welcome to our course website Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2022. 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

  • Our website admin student is Zhu Renduo.

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 of your fellow student beneath.
  • 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.
  • Prepare the final exam paper as early as possible by writing a chapter for a book on "History of Translations", "History of Translation Theories", "Machine translation - A challenge or a chance for human translators?", "Culture loaded words", "The cultural turn in Translation History"...

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 08.05.2021 Animals: Panda 128 366 61%
26 08.05.2021 Facial Make-up: Face Changing in Sichuan Opera 97 365 61%
27 08.05.2021 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

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.

The full text which should be translated throughout the year is Media:Chengjiaben.doc

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

3. Please answer the quiz on ... (see links in WeChat group)

2nd Session Mar 10, 2021: Milk Tea, Eight Major Cuisines, Tea

Homework as a preparation for March 10

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 March 10

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 2nd session on Tea by Martin Woesler for download

Student 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

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 Mar 17: Architecture incl. Forbidden City, Traditional Festivals, Handsome Men

Homework as a preparation for Mar 17

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 Mar 17

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 3rd session on Architecture by Martin Woesler for download (will be uploaded after class)

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no. 4 on topic Architecture and Gardens, The Forbidden City Presentation on Architecture and Forbidden City by Mr. Zhào Kē 赵轲

Photo - cc licence.

2. Classroom presentation no. 5 on topic Traditional Festivals Presentation on Traditional Festivals by Yì Míngxiá 易明霞

Manga version of King Lanling - no copyright.

3. Classroom presentation no. 6 on topic Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China Presentation on The Four Most Handsome Men by Péng Jiāyù 彭佳钰

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 Mar 24: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines; Historical Figures, Four Women; Two Famous Dishes

Homework as a preparation for Mar 24

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.

This time, you do not need to take the quizzes about the three texts to prepare in advance.

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

Session Mar 24: Quizzes and Presentations

Contents for today's Session

  • Four Distinct Regional Cuisines
  • Historical Figures, Four Women
  • Two Famous Dishes
  • Explanation about Hounglou Meng translation homework

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 4th session on Cuisine and Women by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no. 7 on topic Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines Presentation on Traditional Cuisine: Four Distinct Regional Cuisines by 王子涵

2. Classroom presentation no. 8 on topic Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China Presentation on Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China by 袁静

3. Classroom presentation no. 9 on topic Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes Presentation on Traditional Cuisine: Two Famous Dishes by 刘廷阳

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.)

5th Session Mar 31: Marriage Customs; Pipa; The Art of Chinese Cooking

Homework as a preparation for Mar 31

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.

  • Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs
  • Music and instruments: Pipa
  • Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking

4. (Only for the 3 students 杜心语, 刘卓凡, 戴沐雨: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations Mar 31

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 5th session on Marriage/Pipa/Cooking by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no. 10 on topic Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs Presentation on Marriage Customs by 杜心语

Quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/w3HDLsU.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no. 11 on topic Music and instruments: Pipa Presentation on Music and instruments: Pipa by 刘卓凡

Quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/rutjD9h.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no. 12 on topic Traditional Cuisine: The Art of Chinese Cooking Presentation on the Art of Chinese Cooking by 戴沐雨

Quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Q0s0tfA.aspx

Homework of Session 5 (Mar 31, 2021) for Session 6 (Apr 7, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 5 (Mar 31, 2021), due for Session 6 (Apr 7, 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 the 3 students 唐启洲, 邓丹, 吴欣欣: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

6th Session Apr 7: Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词; Traditional Cuisine: Chinese Dining Etiquette; Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up

Homework as a preparation for Apr 7

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 5 (Mar 31, 2021), due for Session 6 (Apr 7, 2021) here

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

3. (Only for the 3 students 唐启洲, 邓丹, 吴欣欣: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations Apr 7

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 6th session on Apr 7 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

Repitition of last session: presentation no. 10 Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs Presentation on Marriage Customs by Dù Xīnyǔ 杜心语 (Quiz has been taken)

1. Classroom presentation no. 13 on topic Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词 by 唐启洲 Tang Qizhou Presentation on Celadon by 唐启洲

Compare old presentations Media:Celadon.pptx by Chen Jingjing 18 October 2020 (UTC) and Handout Media:Celadon.docx by Gao Mingzhu 18 October 2020 (UTC)

2. Classroom presentation no. 14 on topic Traditional Cuisine: Chinese Dining Etiquette by 邓丹 Deng Dan Presentation on Dinging_Etiquette by 邓丹

3. Classroom presentation no. 15 on topic Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up by 吴欣欣 Wu Xinxin Presentation on Make-up by 吴欣欣

During class: please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

  • 13 Silk and porcelain: Celadon and Celadon Song 《青花瓷》歌词 by Tang Qizhou 唐启洲 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/mbCcX4k.aspx
  • 14 Traditional Cuisine: Chinese Dining Etiquette by Deng Dan 邓丹https://ks.wjx.top/vj/eToeY28.aspx
  • 15 Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up by Wu Xinxin 吴欣欣 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/QsAO21a.aspx

Homework of Session 6 (Apr 7, 2021) for Session 7 (Apr 14, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 6 (Apr 7, 2021), due for Session 7 (Apr 14, 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 the 3 students 丁仲夏, 汤惠, 王沁瑜: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)


7th Session Apr 14: Garden Culture: The Summer Palace; Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money; Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声

Homework as a preparation for Apr 14

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 6 (Apr 7, 2021), due for Session 7 (Apr 14, 2021) here

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

3. (Only for the 3 students 丁仲夏, 汤惠, 王沁瑜: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Presentations Apr 7

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 7th session on Apr 14 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations


1. Classroom presentation no. 16 on topic Garden Culture: The Summer Palace by 丁仲夏 Presentation on Summer Palace by 丁仲夏 Quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/emI82uf.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no. 17 on topic Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money by Tang Hui 汤惠 Presentation on Red Envelope by Tang Hui 汤惠 Quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/QQ50gHA.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no. 18 on topic Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声 by 王沁瑜 Presentation on Crosstalk by Wang Xinyu 王沁瑜 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/mRSdEeX.aspx

During class: please take the quiz to show that you have learned the three texts.

  • 16 Garden Culture: The Summer Palace by 黄梓龙
  • 17 Money culture: The tradition of Red Envelope and Lucky Money by 黄沥霈
  • 18 Stage entertainment: Crosstalk 相声 by 鲍沁雯

Homework of Session 7 (Apr 14, 2021) for Session 8 (Apr 21, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 7 (Apr 14, 2021), due for Session 8 (Apr 21, 2021) 7, Apr 14 Chapters 13-15

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 the 3 students 黄梓龙，黄沥霈，鲍沁雯: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)


Session 8 (April 21, 2021) Architecture, Guzheng and Zodiac

Presentations Apr 21

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 8th session on Apr 21 by Martin Woesler


Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no.19 on topic Architecture by 黄梓龙 Huang Zilong Presentation on topic Architecture by 黄梓龙 Huang Zilong, quiz quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/exCQe42.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no. 20 on topic Music and instruments: Guzheng by 黄沥霈 Huang LipeiPresentation on topic Music and instruments: Guzheng by 黄沥霈 Huang Lipei, quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/QhAxOuc.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no. 21 on topic Chinese Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac by 鲍沁雯 Bao Qinwen Presentation on topic Chinese Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac by 鲍沁雯 Bao Qinwen quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/mtuOXCk.aspx

Homework of Session 8 (Apr 14, 2021) for Session 9 (Apr 21, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 8 (Apr 21, 2021), due for Session 9 (Apr 28, 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 the 3 students 郭亚波，李艺浩，王楚仪: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Session 9 (April 28, 2021): Four Folk Stories; Fairy Tales; Dialects

Presentations Apr 28

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 9th session on Apr 28 by Martin Woesler


Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no.22 on topic Presentation Ancient literature: Four Folk Stories of Ancient China by Guo Yabo 郭亚

https://ks.wjx.top/vj/tjSBAcA.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no.23 on topic Chinese fairy tales by 李艺浩 Presentation on topic Chinese fairy tales by 李艺浩 Li Yihao

https://ks.wjx.top/vj/wUOEtUD.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no.24 on Presentation Chinese language: Chinese Dialects by Wang Chuyi 王楚仪

https://ks.wjx.top/vm/P2rF4SZ.aspx

Homework of Session 9 (Apr 28, 2021) for Session 10 (May 8, 2021)

1.修改前七次作业中出现的人名

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 the 3 students 黄芳芳，王静怡，伍斯仪: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Session 10 (May 8, 2021): Panda; Face Changing in Sichuan Opera; Mythology: Huli-jing

Presentations May 8

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 10th session on May 8 by Martin Woesler

For interested students: Current book projects.

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no. 25 on Panda by 黄芳芳 Presentation on panda by Huang Fangfang 黄芳芳 这是quiz的链接：https://ks.wjx.top/vj/QDLYAKI.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no. 26 on topic Face Changing in Sichuan Opera by Wang Jingyi 王静怡Presentation on Face Changing in Sichuan Opera by Wang Jingyi 王静怡 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Pph4FZk.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no. 27 on Mythology:Huli-jing by 伍斯仪 Presentation on Mythology: Huli-jing by Wu Siyi 伍斯仪 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/QeARcL0.aspx

Homework of Session 10 (May 8, 2021) for Session 11 (May 12, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 10 (May 8, 2021), due on Session 11 (May 12, 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 the 3 students 28 么阳, 29 黄笑兰, 1 # ...: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Session 11 (May 12, 2021): Paper-cutting; Douyin (Tik Tok); Chinese clothing

Presentations May 12

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 11th session on May 12 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

28. Classroom presentation Presentation on May 12 by Yao Yang 么阳 Classroom presentation no. 28 on paper cutting by Yao Yang 么阳. 这是quiz的链接：https://ks.wjx.top/vj/hWic51g.aspx

29. Classroom presentation no. 29 on tiktok by Huang Xiaolan黄笑兰. 这是quiz的链接： https://ks.wjx.top/vj/YyKMJyZ.aspx

30. Classroom presentation no. 30 on Chinese clothing by Shu Lin 舒琳. 这是quiz的链接：https://ks.wjx.top/vj/rPvogih.aspx

Homework of Session 11 (May 12, 2021) for Session 12 (May 19, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 11 (May 12, 2021), due on Session 12 (May 19, 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 the 3 students 31 #, 32 #, 33 # ...: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Session 12 (May 19, 2021): Facial Make-up; Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China; Premodern literature: Tang and Song (2 texts)

Presentations May 19

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 12th session on May 19 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

31. Classroom presentation no.31 Presentation on May 19 on traditional Chinese Make-up by Su Xiao 苏潇

32. Classroom presentation no.32 on Beverages The Liquor Culture of Ancient China by 滕璧霞

33. Classroom presentation no.33 on Premodern literature Tang and Song by 赵轲

Homework of Session 12 (May 19, 2021) for Session 13 (May 26, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 12 (May 19, 2021), due on Session 13 (May 26, 2021) here

2. Please read the three texts in our coursebook on Qian Zhongshu, Dance and Calendar/24 solar terms and learn the vocabulary

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

4. (Only for the 3 students 34 Qian Zhongshu by Yì Míngxiá 易明霞, 35 Dance by Péng Jiāyù 彭佳钰, 36 Calendar, 24 solar terms by Wang Zihan 王子涵: Please prepare a 5-minute presentation about one of the three texts and upload it here.)

Session 13 (May 26,2021): Chinese Medicine: The Development of Chinese Medicine; Modern and Contemporary Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu); Body movement performance: Traditional Chinese Dance

Presentations May 26

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 13th session on May 26 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no.34 Presentation on Chinese Medicine: The Development of Chinese Medicine by Yì Míngxiá 易明霞quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Q1uEUyp.aspx

2. no.36 on Traditional Chinese Dance by Péng Jiāyù 彭佳钰 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/ez2zNsA.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no.37 Calendar: 24 solar terms by Wang Zihan 王子涵

Next time:

4. Classroom presentation no.35 on Modern and Contemporary Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu) by ...

Homework of Session 13 (May 26, 2021) for ( June 2, 2021)

1. Please translate your paragraph of Session 13 (May 26, 2021), due on (June 2, 2021)

Session 14 (June 2,2021): Modern and Contemporary Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu); Stage entertainment: Shadow Play; Chinese Astrology: Chinese Astrology

Presentations June 2

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 14th session on June 2 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations and quizzes

1. Quiz on 24 solar terms https://ks.wjx.top/vj/h1iYEKj.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no.10Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs by 杜心语 (quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/w3HDLsU.aspx has been taken)

3. Classroom presentation no.35 Modern and Contemporary Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu) by 袁静 Yuan Jing, quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/OHy8u1P.aspx

4. Classroom presentation no.38 Stage entertainment: Shadow Play by 刘廷阳, quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/YiDw8PV.aspx

5. Classroom presentation no.39 Chinese Astrology: Chinese Astrology by 杜心语, quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Q0MUUEL.aspx （杜心语第一轮pre的quiz大家已经完成了，所以不用再测

Homework of Session 14 (June 02, 2021) for ( June 9, 2021)

14, June 2 Chapters 21-23

Session 15 (June 9,2021): Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters; Landscapes and tourism: Landscape, Five Famous Mountains; Traditional Crafts: Carving

Presentations June 9

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 15h session on June 9 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no.40 Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters by刘卓凡, Quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/YFwHXlD.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no.41 Landscapes and tourism: Landscape, Five Famous Mountains by 戴沐雨, Quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/YDrwyIM.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no.42 Traditional Crafts: Carving by 唐启洲 https://ks.wjx.top/vj/PpNbr3j.aspx

4. (?) Chinese Astrology（杜心语）Classroom presentation no.39 Chinese Astrology: Chinese Astrology by Du Xinyu 杜心语, quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Q0MUUEL.aspx 依旧待定

Session 16 (June 16,2021): Landscapes and tourism: Tourism, Nanjing-An Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties;Garden Culture: Qingming Riverside Landscspe Garden; Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Chinese Knots

Presentations June 16

Teacher presentation

Powerpoint for 16th session on June 16 by Martin Woesler

Student presentations

1. Classroom presentation no.43 Landscapes and tourism: Tourism, Nanjing-An Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties by Deng Dan 邓丹, quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/t439hEm.aspx

2. Classroom presentation no.44 Garden Culture: Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden by Wu Xinxin 吴欣欣Quiz https://ks.wjx.top/vj/OKFUuXq.aspx

3. Classroom presentation no.45 Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Chinese Knots by Ding Zhongxia 丁仲夏 Quiz ps://ks.wjx.top/vj/eGI4k8R.aspx

4. Classroom presentation no.39 Chinese Astrology: Chinese Astrology by Du Xinyu 杜心语, quiz: https://ks.wjx.top/vj/Q0MUUEL.aspx 依旧待定

Final Exam Paper (deadline June 15, 2021)

The final exam paper makes 60% of the total grade. You can start to write your paper now. Fellow students are allowed and encouraged to correct your mistakes.

Please write a new chapter (approximately 5,000 English characters/letters) in the course book, explaining an element of Chinese culture. Please use the structure you know from the textbook: Text (please make paragraphs no longer than 3 sentences. Please indicate at least 1 reference per paragraph), Terms (English and Chinese), Questions (multiple choice, please also provide the answers), References

You can write your final exam paper here here

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