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Session 1 OD Fri Mar 1 8:00-9:40 room 603: Organizational issues

FRI 8:00-9:40 中国文化概要 Cult Ov 2 2024 (1-16, 外国语学院大楼603 09161319.02) (S1 5.-8.3., S2 8.3., S3 11.-15.3., S4 15.3., S5 1.-5.4., S6 5.4., S7 8.-12.4., S8 12.4., S9 2.-3.5., S10 3.5., S11 6.-10.5., S12 10.5., S13 27.-31.5., S14 31.5., SX 3.-7.6., S15 7.6., SX 11.-14.6., 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

Here are 100 topics of the textbook. The names indicate which student translates which chapter of the textbook from English into Chinese. The topics written in bold will be presented as ppt in class.

涂海蓉 1. Geographic Nature as a Basis for Cultural Development

李珣 2. Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Chinese Marriage Customs

谭雅兰 3. Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Habits, Ways of Contacting

雷慧婷 4. Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Marriage-Accompanying Songs in Hunan

李舒婧 5. Aesthetic ideals and social customs: Crying Marriage of Tujia

雷慧婷 6. Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Four Most Handsome Men in Ancient China

裴心弦 7. Animals: Panda

林如茵 8. Architecture

储守娟 9. Architecture: The Forbidden City

李嫣然 10. Architecture: Four Famous Bridges

李嫣然 11. Architecture: Four Great Pavilions

李嫣然 12. Architecture: Shengjing Imperial Palace

李嫣然 13. Architecture: Three Great Towers in China

陈佳雯 14. Architecture: Fengshui in Chinese Architecture

裴心弦 15. Army and weapons: Chinese Ancient Weapons

宋成爽 16. Army and weapons: Terracotta Army

李珣 17. Astrology: Chinese Astrology

李珣 18. Astrology: Calendar, The 24 Solar Terms

李珣 19. Astrology: Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

谭雅兰 20. Beverages: Milk Tea

李思瑾 21. Beverages: Tea

李思瑾 22. Beverages: The Liquor Culture of Ancient China

林如茵 23. Body movement performance: Chinese Lion Dancing

李思瑾 24. Body movement performance: Stilts

段思雅 25. Body movement performance: Traditional Chinese Dance

牟一泓 26. Chinese Writing: Ancient Writing and Painting Tool, Writing Brush

陈佳雯 27. Chinese Writing: Calligraphy

牟一泓 28. Chinese Writing: The Evolution of Calligraphy

胡煜杰 29. Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters

牟一泓 30. Chinese Writing: Chinese Characters and Scripts

裴心弦 31. Clothing: Chinese Clothing

宋成爽 32. Clothing: Batik (Lanran)

陈佳雯 33. Clothing: Cheongsam

涂海蓉 34. Confucianism: Confucian Culture

涂海蓉 35. Confucianism: Chinese Traditional Culture-Five Constant Virtues

朱然 36. Confucianism: Classical Philosophy - Confucius and Confucianism

涂海蓉 37. Confucianism: Classical Philosophy - Reading The Analects

宋成爽 38. Education: Ancient Chinese Education

段思雅 39. Education: Historical Figures, The Four Talented Women of Ancient China

谢香琳 40. Education: Modern Chinese Education System

谢香琳 41. Education: The Nine-Grade Official Selection System in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

谢香琳 42. Education: Yuelu Academy (One of the Four Most Prestigious Academies)

段思雅 43. Facial Make-up

段思雅 44. Facial Make-up: Cosmetics, Traditional Chinese Make-Up

卢逸萱 45. Facial Make-up: Face Changing in Sichuan Opera

陈卓 46. Fine Arts: Painting

陈卓 47. Fine Arts: Bada Shanren and Qi Baishi

陈卓 48. Fine Arts: Painting Riverside Scene at Tomb Sweeping Day

杨子璇 49. Fine Arts: Seal-cutting

杨子璇 50. Games: Go 围棋

杨子璇 51. Games: Kite Flying

陈佳雯 52. Games: Mahjong: An Ancient Chinese card play

林如茵 53. Garden Culture: Gardens

卢逸萱 54. Garden Culture: Bonsai (Penjing)

林如茵 55. Garden Culture: The Summer Palace

储守娟 56. Garden Culture: Qingming Riverside Landscspe Garden

储守娟 57. Gender: Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of Imperial China

储守娟 58. History: Carl and Cixi

吴梨萍 59. Interieur: The Folding Screen

吴梨萍 60. Landscapes and Tourism: Four Buddhist Shrines

吴梨萍 61. Landscapes and Tourism: Four State-Level Cultural Relics

潘彤 62. Landscapes and Tourism: Landscape, Five Famous Mountains

潘彤 63. Landscapes and Tourism: Mogao Grottoes

潘彤 64. Landscapes and Tourism: The Culture of Mount Tai

肖烨 65. Landscapes and Tourism: Canal Culture：The Grand Canal（The Peking-Hangzhou Grand Canal）

肖烨 66. Landscapes and Tourism: The Ancient Tea Horse Road

肖烨 67. Landscapes and Tourism: Tourism, Nanking-An Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties

喻鑫众 68. Language: Chinese Language

喻鑫众 69. Language: Chinese Dialects

喻鑫众 70. Language: Chinese Folk Argot

胡煜杰 71. Literature: Ancient literature - Chinese Classical Fairy Tales 胡煜杰 72. Literature: Ancient literature - Chinese Mythology

朱然 73. Literature: Ancient literature - Classical Literature

卢逸萱 74. Literature: Ancient Literature - Four satirical novels in ancient China

罗嘉怡 75. Literature: Ancient literature: Four Folk Stories of Ancient China

宋成爽 76. Literature: Ancient Literature - Take Su Shi as an example. Relegation Literature in Ancient China

罗嘉怡 77. Literature: Ancient Literature: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

罗嘉怡 78. Literature: Ancient literature: Yuefu

罗杨 79. Literature: Premodern literature - China's Four Great Classical Novels

罗杨 80. Literature: Premodern literature - Li Bai's “The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter” and its translations

罗杨 81. Literature: Premodern literature: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

李舒婧 82. Literature: Premodern literature: Tang-Song

李舒婧 83. Literature: Tang and Song - Classical Prose Movement of late Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty

李舒婧 84. Literature: Modern Literature

谭雅兰 85. Literature: Modern Literature: Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu)

朱然 86. Literature: Modern and Contemporary Literature: Literature, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

罗淑珍 87. Literature: Contemporary Literature

罗淑珍 88. Martial Arts: Huo Yuanjia

罗淑珍 89. Martial Arts: Qigong

龙雨涵 90. Martial Arts: Taiji (Tai Chi) Shadow Boxing

龙雨涵 91. Martial Arts: Wushu

龙雨涵 92. Martial Arts: Frolics of the Five Animals (Wuqinxi)

姜睿 93. Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

喻鑫众 94. Medicine: TCM - Acupuncture and Moxibustion

姜睿 95. Medicine: TCM - Diagnosis and Pharmacology

姜睿 96. Medicine: TCM - The Development of Chinese Medicine

向璐 97. Medicine: TCM – The Chinese Medical Sage Zhang Zhongjing

向璐 98. Minority cultures: Lisu People and Daogan Festival of Lisu Ethnic Minority

向璐 99. Minority cultures: The Ethnic Minorities’ Costumes

雷慧婷 100. Money culture: Currency, Jiaozi (A Paper Currency in Northern Song Dynasty)

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.