Chinese Languages and Cultures

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Welcome to our course website Chinese Languages and Cultures. 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!

欢迎访问我们中国语言文化课网页。…………--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

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 watch your WeChat Subgroup for the first tasks.

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

Please download the course textbook from the WeChat Group.

Schedule

1st Session: Organizational things

2nd session: Unit 1 General Survey A. 1 Geography SAGARA SEYDOU; B. 2 Traditional Festivals: The Spring Festival, The Lantern Festival, The Dragon Boat Festival, The Mid-autumn Festival 汤伊然，杨子泠（The Dragon Boat Festival）; C. 3 Ancient Science and Technology 曾心媛 陈涵

3rd session: Unit 2 Language and Calligraphy A. 4 Chinese characters and scripts 蒋凤仪 顾东方, B. 5 Calligraphy 徐佳 肖婷, C. 6 The Evolution of Calligraphy 肖双玲 王轩

4th session: Unit 3 Traditional Crafts A. 7 Embroidery 瞿淼、娄灿灿, B. 8 Cloisonne, C. 9 Lacquerware Lô Minh Thảo- 卢明草, D. 10 Carving

5th session: Unit 4 Tea, Silk and Ceramics A. 11 Tea 祝美梅，周园曲, B. 12 Silk 吴琼 张银柳, C. 13 Porcelain Zubareva Ekaterina, ANNA GROSHEVA, D. 14 Celadon 高明珠 陈静静

Unit 5 Traditional Cuisine 15 Distinct Regional Cuisines 罗雨晴 石海瑶, 16 The Art of Chinese Cooking 邹鑫雨 曹润鑫 SAFFANA , HA THI THU HANG, C. 17 Two Famous Dishes 袁天翼 张维虹, D. 18 Chopsticks 蒋淇玮 胡瑾

Unit 6 Fine Arts A. 19 Painting 朱旭,莫玲 B. 20 Seal-cutting 赵茜 张瑜， C. 21 Bada Shanren and Qi Baishi 吴子佳 雷旷溪

Unit 7 Architecture and Gardens A. 22 Architecture 张毓婕，张佩闻, B. 23 Gardens 张宇星 解帆, C. 24 The Summer Palace 刘艺 谭媛媛

Unit 8 Literature A. 25 Classical Literature 游雨婷，许静, B. 26 Modern Literature 张玲 杨海容, C. 27 Contemporary Literature 义子楚 杨悦, D. 28 Selected Tang Poems 管钦清 雷方 Ngo Thi Minh Huong (吴氏明红)

Unit 9 Beijing Opera and Acrobatics A. 29 Beijing Opera 甘奉玉 丁代凤, B. 30 Mei Lanfang 曾良 陈永相, C. 31 Acrobatics

Unit 10 Wushu and Qigong A. 32 Wushu 赵晓燕 张慧, B. 33 Qigong Rajabov Anushervon, C. 34 Huo Yuanjia 周艺文 欧阳玲

Unit 11 Traditional Medicine A. 35 Chinese Medicine B. 36 Diagnosis and Pharmacology, C. 37 Acupuncture and Moxibustion 吴一露 司㚥, D. 38 The Development of Chinese Medicine 王美玲 汤蓓

Unit 12 Major Religions A. 39 Buddhism 康浩宇 刘欧Phyo Su Kyi, B. 40 Daoism 桂一枝 阳慧, C. 41 Islam 刘柳 刘怡瑜, D. 42 Christianity 彭锐宏

Unit 13 Classical Philosophy A. 43 Confucius and Confucianism 罗维嘉 李丽丽, B. 44 Daoism 余妮 杨晨婷

Unit 14 China and the outside world A. 45 Zhang Qian and the Silk Road 李丽琴 郭露, B. 46 Zheng He and the Maritime Silk Road 胡百辉 何长崎, C. 47 The Eastward Spread of Western Learning, D. 48 The Westernization Movement

Unit 15 Selected Readings in Classical Philosophy A. 49 Tao Te Ching Gennadii Dashkin, B. 50 The Analects GUIROU BARTHELEMY, PINGKI TANCHANGYA, C. 51 The Sutra of Hui-neng, D. 52 The Importance of Living

New topics suggested by students: ...

1st Session

Introduction to the course. Organizational things. Working with the Wiki.

Homework of Session 1 (Sep 21, 2020), due for Session 2 (Sep 28, 2020)

1. Every student should find a sentence for each text of unit 2 (A. Geography, B. Traditional Festivals, C. Ancient Science) in English and translate it into Chinese. You can write it here.

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

2nd Session: Unit 1

Text A Geography

Classroom presentation Seydou Sagara's presentation on China-Geography --Sagara Seydou 3 (talk) 05:07, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Text B Traditional Festivals

Classroom presentation Yang Zilin and Tang Yiran's presentation on Dragon Boat Festival--Yang Ziling (talk) 15:13, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout Dragon Boat Festival --Tang Yiran1 (talk) 02:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Text C Traditional Science

Classroom presentation Chen Han's presentation on Paper-making technology --Chen Han (talk) 05:40, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Handout Ancient Science and Technology --Zeng Xinyuan (talk) 06:48, 28 September 2020 (UTC)Zeng Xinyuan

Homework from Session 2 (Sep 28, 2020), due for Session 3 (Oct 5, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

3rd Session: Unit 2

Text A Chinese Characters and Scripts

Classroom presentation Media:Chinese Characters.ppt by Jiang Fengyi --Jiang Fengyi (talk) 07:14, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout Media:Chinese Characters.docx--Gudongfang (talk) 15:36, 6 October 2020 (UTC)Gu Dongfang

Text B Calligraphy

Classroom presentation Chinese calligraphy--Xu Jia (talk) 02:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC) Xu Jia

Handout Chinese calligraphy--Xiao Ting (talk) 11:50, 10 October 2020 (UTC)Xiao Ting

Text C Evolution of calligraphy

Classroom presentation evolution of Calligraphy--Xiao Shuangling (talk) 02:14, 5 October 2020 (UTC)Xiao Shuangling

Handout Media:calligraphy by Xiao Shuangling and Wang Xuan.docx --Wang Xuan (talk) 09:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)Wang Xuan

Homework from Session 3 (Oct 7, 2020), due for Session 4 (Oct 12, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

4th Session: Unit 3 Traditional Crafts

Text A, total text no. 7, Embroidery

Classroom presentation Media:Embroidery.pptx by Qu Miao --Qu Miao (talk) 04:33, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout Media:Embroidery.docx by Lou Cancan --Lou Cancan (talk) 04:24, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Qu Miao 瞿淼、Lou Cancan 娄灿灿

Text B, total text no. 8, Cloisonne

Classroom presentation Media:...pptx by ...

Text C, total text no. 9, Lacquerware

Classroom presentation Lo Minh Thao's presentation on Chinese Traditional Crafts

Text D, total text no. 10, Carving

Classroom presentation Media:...pptx by ...

Handout Media:....docx by ...

Homework from Session 4 (Oct 12, 2020), due for Session 5 (Oct 19, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

5th Session: Unit 4

Text A Tea

Classroom presentationZhu Meimei's presentation on Tea--Zhumeimei (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout Zhou Yuanqu's handout on Tea----Zhou Yuanqu (talk) 02:08, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Text B Silk

吴琼 张银柳

Classroom presentation by Zhang YinliuMedia:Silk.pptx--Zhang Yinliu (talk) 02:30, 19 October 2020 (UTC) Handout by--WuQiong (talk) 01:44, 19 October 2020 (UTC) Media:Handout for Silk.docx

Text C Porcelain

Zubareva Ekaterina, ANNA GROSHEVA

Classroom presentation by Media:Porcelain_-_Grosheva_and_Zubareva.pptx --ANNA GROSHEVA (talk) 08:17, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout Media:Porcelain_handout.docx by --ZubarevaEkaterina (talk) 07:25, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Text C Celadon

Classroom presentation Media:Celadon.pptxby --Chen Jingjing (talk) 06:48, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Chen Jingjing

Handout byMedia:Celadon.docx--Gao Mingzhu (talk) 09:01, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Gao Mingzhu

Homework from Session 5 (Oct 19, 2020), due for Session 6 (Oct 26, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

6th Session: Unit 5: Traditional Cuisine

Text A Four Distinct Regional Cuisines

Presentation by Shi HaiyaoShi Haiyao's presentation on Four Distinct Regional Cuisines--Shi Haiyao (talk) 02:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Luo YuqingMedia:Four Distinct Regional Cuisines.docx--Luo Yuqing (talk) 07:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Text B The Art of Chinese Cooking

Presentation by 曹润鑫 Media:The art of Chinese cooking.pptx--Cao Runxin (talk) 15:00, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by 邹鑫雨 Media:The art of Chinese cooking.docx--Zou Xinyu2 (talk) 15:01, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Presentation by ALSIED SAFFANA Media:The Art of Chinese Cooking - SAFFANAALSIED and HATHITHUHANG_Final.pptx -- SAFFANA_ALSIED_2 (talk) 15:25, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by HA THI THU HANG Media:The Art of Chinese Cooking Handout Final.docx -- HATHITHUHANG2 -- (talk) 15:38, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Text C Two Famous Dishes

Classroom Presentation Yuan Tianyi's Presentation on Two Famous Dishes--Yuan Tianyi (talk) 02:17, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Zhang Weihong Media:Two Famous Dishes.doc --Zhang Weihong (talk) 11:16, 25 October 2020 (UTC)ZhangWeihong

Text D Chopsticks

Presentation by Jiang QiweiMedia:Chopsticks.pptx--Jiang Qiwei (talk) 04:33, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Hu JinMedia:handout for chopsticks.docx--Hu Jin (talk) 15:56, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Homework from Session 6 (Oct 26, 2020), due for Session 7 (Nov 2, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

3. Please answer the quiz on https://bit.ly/Unit-6 or on http://shijiehanxue.mikecrm.com/BNFafJP

7th Session: Unit 6

Text A Painting

Presentation by Zhu Xu Media:Painting by Zhu Xu.pptx--Zhu Xu (talk) 03:29, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout Mo Ling's Handout on Chinese Painting--Mo Ling (talk) 04:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Text B Seal-cutting

Presentation by Zhao Xi Media:Seal-cutting by Zhao Xi.pptx--Zhao Xi (talk) 13:32, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Zhang Yu Media:Seal-cutting by Zhang Yu and Zhao Xi.docx--Zhang Yu (talk) 13:14, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Text C Bada Shanren and Qi Baishi

Presentation by Wu Zijia Media:Presentation.Badashanren and QiBaishi.pptx--Lei kuangxi (talk) 05:35, 30 October 2020 (UTC)Wu Zijia

Handout by Lei Kuangxi Media:Handout.Badashanren and Qi Baishi.docx --Lei kuangxi (talk) 05:05, 30 October 2020 (UTC)Lei Kuangxi

Homework from Session 7 (Nov 02, 2020), due for Session 8 (Nov 09, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

8th Session: Unit 7

Text A Architecture

Presentation by Zhang Peiwen Media:Chinese Architecture.pptx--Zhang Peiwen (talk) 11:57, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Zhang Yujie Media:Ancient Chinese Architecture.docx--Zhang Yujie (talk) 03:18, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Text B Gardens

Presentation by Zhang Yuxing Media:Gardens.pptx--Zhang Yuxing (talk) 08:37, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Xie Fan Media:Gardens on the Yangtze Delta.docx --XieFan (talk) 13:12, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Text C The Summer Palace

Presentation by Tan Yuanyuan Media:The Summer Palace.pptx--Tan Yuanyuan (talk) 14:38, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Liu Yi Media:The Summer Palace.docx--Liu Yi (talk) 14:49, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Homework from Session 8 (Nov 09, 2020), due for Session 9 (Nov 16, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

9th Session: Unit 8

Text A Classical Literature

Presentation by Media:Classical Literature-Shi Jing as the Beginning.pptx--Xu Jing (talk) 05:34, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Media:Classical Literature-Shi Jing as the Beginning.docx--You Yuting (talk) 03:44, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Text B Modern Literature

Presentation by Media:Modern literature.pptx--Yang Hairong (talk) 02:39, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout by Media:Modern Literature.docx --Zhang Ling (talk) 14:53, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Text C Contemporary Literature

Presentation by Media:Contemporary Literature.pptx--Yang Yue (talk) 16:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Handout byFile:Handout-Contemporary Literature.docx--Yi Zichu (talk) 12:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Text D Selected Tang Poems

Presentation by Lei Fangyuan's presentation on Selected Tang Poems

Handout by Guan Qinqing's handout on Selected Tang Poems

Homework from Session 9 (Nov 16, 2020), due for Session 10 (Nov 23, 2020)

1. Every student should find a Chinese sentence in the internet for each text of the unit (a, b, c, d) and translate it into English. You can write it here.

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

10th Session: Unit 9

Presentation by 丁代凤Media:Beijing Opera.ogg

===Handout by 甘奉玉 Media:Beijing Opera Hanout.ogg===--Gan Fengyu (talk) 15:53, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Text B Mei Lanfang

Presentation by 曾良 Handout by 陈永相

11th Session: Unit 10

Unit 10 Wushu and Qigong A. 32 Wushu 赵晓燕 张慧, B. 33 Qigong Rajabov Anushervon and Ngo Thi Minh Huong (吴氏明红), C. 34 Huo Yuanjia 周艺文 欧阳玲

12th Session: Unit 11

Unit 11 Traditional Medicine A. 35 Chinese Medicine 莫玲, B. 36 Diagnosis and Pharmacology, C. 37 Acupuncture and Moxibustion 吴一露 司㚥, D. 38 The Development of Chinese Medicine 王美玲 汤蓓

13th Session: Unit 12

Unit 12 Major Religions A. 39 Buddhism 康浩宇 刘欧Phyo Su Kyi, B. 40 Daoism 桂一枝 阳慧, C. 41 Islam 刘柳 刘怡瑜, D. 42 Christianity

14th Session: Unit 13

Unit 13 Classical Philosophy A. 43 Confucius and Confucianism 罗维嘉 李丽丽, B. 44 Daoism 余妮 杨晨婷

15th Session: Unit 14

Unit 14 China and the outside world A. 45 Zhang Qian and the Silk Road 李丽琴 郭露, B. 46 Zheng He and the Maritime Silk Road 胡百辉 何长崎, C. 47 The Eastward Spread of Western Learning, D. 48 The Westernization Movement

16th Session: Unit 15

Unit 15 Selected Readings in Classical Philosophy A. 49 Tao Te Ching Gennadii Dashkin, B. 50 The Analects GUIROU BARTHELEMY, PINGKI TANCHANGYA, C. 51 The Sutra of Hui-neng, D. 52 The Importance of Living

Final Exam paper - You can write it now and improve and correct it until grading on Dec 15, 2020

1. Every student should write a new English text on a phenomenon in Chinese culture as a new chapter in the text book. Please also make a comparisons to similar or different cultural phenomenons in Europe and/or the USA. Please also provide a Chinese translation of the text. You can write it here.

2. Help a fellow student to improve his/her final exam paper on that page.