Basics of Chinese Culture

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Registration

  • Register at the course website https://bit.ly/2RX5Vrq ?
  • Click on the top right corner "Login/Create account", then on "request one" (do not type in username and password here).
  • complete the form in English with your username (no Chinese, only Pinyin or English), email address, real name (no Chinese, only Pinyin), short biography, you need to accept the rules, type in the first-time password "wikicaptcha" and then click on "request account". The website is in English, so you cannot use Chinese characters. Even if you see characters, the system will only store letters, so you need to type their names in Pinyin.
  • After you will have requested the account, you will receive an email with a link to confirm the registration.
  • I have to confirm manually (takes a few days).
  • After that, you can login to this course website and click on "Edit" to add your homework by yourself and correct homework of fellow students.

Unit 1 A General Survey

A. Geography

B. Traditional Festivals

C. Ancient Science and Technology

Unit 2 Language and Calligraphy

A. Chinese Characters and Scripts

B. Calligraphy

C. The Evolution of Calligraphy

Unit 3 Traditional Crafts

A. Embroidery

B. Cloisonne

C. Lacquerware

D. Carving

Unit 4 Tea, Silk and Ceramics

A. Tea

B. Silk

C. Porcelain

D. Celadon

E.《青花瓷》歌词

Unit 5 Traditional Cuisine

A. Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

B. The Art of Chinese Cooking

C. Two Famous Dishes

D. Chopsticks

Unit 6 Fine Arts

A. Painting

B. Seal-cutting

C. Bada Shanren and Qi Baishi

Unit 7 Architecture and Gardens

A. Architecture

B. Gardens

C. The Summer Palace

Unit 8 Literature

A. Classical Literature

B. Modern Literature

C. Contemporary Literature

D.李白《长干行》and its Translations

Unit 9 Beijing Opera and Acrobatics

A. Beijing Opera

B. Mei Lanfang

C. Acrobatics

Unit 10 Wushu and Qigong

A. Wushu

B. Qigong

C. Huo Yuanjia

Unit 11 Traditional Medicine

A. Chinese Medicine

B. Diagnosis and Pharmacology

C. Acupuncture and Moxibustion

D. The Development of Chinese Medicine

Unit 12 Major Religions

A. Buddhism

B. Daoism

C. Islam

D. Christianity

Unit 13 Classical Philosophy

A. Confucius and Confucianism

B. Daoism

Unit 14 China and the Outside World

A. Zhang Qian and the Silk Road

B. Zheng He and the Maritime Silk Road

C. The Eastward Spread of Western Learning

D. The Westernization Movement