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Cao Runxin 曹润鑫

Spring Festival Couplets

Chen Han 陈涵

Chinese traditional musical instrument

Gu Zheng --Chen Han (talk) 08:26, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Gao Mingzhu 高明珠

Pipa--Gao Mingzhu (talk) 08:22, 2 November 2020 (UTC)Gao Mingzhu

Gu Dongfang 顾东方

Chinese Characters

Ha, Thi Thu Hang

The culture of Red envelope and Lucky money--HATHITHUHANG2 (talk) 09:02, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

He Changqi 何长琦

the 24 solar terms--He Changqi (talk) 09:46, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Li Lili 李丽丽

Shadow Puppets(皮影戏)

Lou Cancan 娄灿灿

The Four Grottoes of China--Lou Cancan (talk) 08:23, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Luo Weijia 罗维嘉

Ancient Chinese Education

1. The History of Ancient Education

2.Classification of Ancient Chinese Education

3.Civil Service Examination System

4.Ancient China Academies --Luo Weijia (talk) 08:27, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Luo Yuqing 罗雨晴

The Imperial Palace--Luo Yuqing (talk) 08:30, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Mo Ling 莫玲

Chinese Marriage Customs--Mo Ling (talk) 08:24, 2 November 2020 (UTC)Mo Ling

A.Procedures

B.Development

Ouyang Ling 欧阳玲

Twelve Animals of the Chinese Zodiac --Ouyang Ling

A.Origin

B.Development

C.Influence

Peng Ruihong 彭锐宏

Green Tea--Peng Ruihong (talk) 08:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Yang Chenting 杨晨婷

Chinese 4 great towers A. origin B. development --Yang chenting (talk) 08:17, 2 November 2020 (UTC)Yang Chenting

Yang Hairong 杨海容

Nanjing, An Ancient Capital of Six Dynasties--Yang Hairong (talk) 08:28, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Yang Hui 阳慧

The Five Constant Virtues A Benevolence

B Righteousness

C Propriety

D Wisdom

F Fidelity

Yang Ziling 杨子泠

Stinky Tofu

Yu Ni 余妮

Chinese Tea --Yu Ni (talk) 08:42, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Zhang Weihong 张维虹

Rural Tourism in China --Zhang Weihong (talk) 08:22, 2 November 2020 (UTC)Zhang Weihong "Nong Jia Le" 1. Introduction 2. Development 3. Models 4. Discussion 5. Tips for trips

Zhang Yu 张瑜

The Four Great Inventions

The Four Great Inventions of ancient China include paper, compass, gunpowder and movable type printing system.

A. Paper The invention of papermaking technology is one of the most outstanding contributions made by the Chinese people to the world civilization. It is not only a revolution in writing materials, but also a perquisite for the subsequent invention of typography. (Fan 2015, 161)

B. Compass

Diagram of a Ming dynasty mariner's compass, Public Domain license by Wikimedia. Click [1] for original source.

C. Gunpowder

D. Movable type printing

The origin, development, spread and influence of the four great inventions in the world

The New Four Great Inventions

References

• Fan, Jialu, Han, Qi, Wang, Zhaochun, Dai, Nianzu. "The four great inventions." A History of Chinese Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015. 161-299
• Andrade, Tonio, ed. (2016). The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Boruchoff, David A. (2012), "The Three Greatest Inventions of Modern Times: An Idea and Its Public", in Hock, Klaus, Gesa; Mackenthun (eds.), Entangled Knowledge: Scientific Discourses and Cultural Difference, Münster: Waxmann, pp. 133–163, ISBN 978-3-8309-2729-7
• Buchanan, Brenda J., ed. (2006). Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0-7546-5259-9.
• Deng Yinke (2005). Ancient Chinese Inventions. Translated by Wang Pingxing. Beijing: China Intercontinental Press. ISBN 7-5085-0837-8.
• Li Shu-hua (1954). "Origine de la Boussole 11. Aimant et Boussole". Isis. Vol. 45 no. 2: July. Oxford. pp. 175–196.
• Needham, Joseph (1962). Physics and Physical Technology, Part 1, Physics. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 4. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
• Needham, Joseph, ed. (1985). Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 1, Tsien Hsuen-Hsuin, Paper and Printing. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Needham, Joseph, ed. (1994). Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Robin D.S. Yates, Krzysztof Gawlikowski, Edward McEwen, Wang Ling (collaborators) Military Technology; the Gunpowder Epic. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• "World Archaeological Congress eNewsletter 11 August 2006" (PDF). [2]

Vocabulary List

• The Four Great Inventions 四大发明

Questions

• When was paper invented? (8 BCE)

Zhou Yuanqu 周园曲

Chinese screen（中式屏风）

Zou Xinyu 邹鑫雨

Cheongsam

Zubareva, Ekaterina

Chinese traditional make up