Culture2022 final exam papers

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Every student needs to find a topic, which is not in the textbook and has not been presented in class. Please check your topics in regard of this. All topics are ok except for those with red marks. Please suggest a new topic instead and wait for the teacher to remove the red marks.

1. Every student should write a new English text on a phenomenon in Chinese culture as a new chapter in the text book.

2. Please find a paper you want to proof read, contact the author, proof read (by copying each paragraph and make corrections/suggestions in the copy) . Please proof read a fellow students' paper by copying each paragraph and make your corrections in the paragraph. In a final step, the original author of the paper has to decide, what of the corrections he/she will accept and work into the paper. The final version submitted on the deadline should not carry any of the fellow student's paragraphs and comments.

• You can use the texts in the coursebook as an example (like Unit 1, Text A). You only need to write Text A (like "Longevity Noodles") or Text B ("Mooncakes"), not a whole Unit. But please try to find fellow students who topics fit under the same Unit title ("Festival Meals") and arrange it accordingly.
• In the topic, please write the category, then the topic - your name and student no.
• For the text, please indicate ALL SOURCES with bibliographical references. That means: At least for every paragraph, sometimes for single sentences, you have to indicate at the end, where you have found this information. E.g. (Liu Miqing 2010, 17). This means you have found it in the book or paper written by Ms Liu on page 17.
• Add a section at the end called "References".
• Please also add a list "Terms and Expressions".
• Please add a "Questions" section.
• Please add a "Answers" section.

Chen Cheng 陈诚 - Economy: Chinese Currency Changes

China's currency not only has a long history, but also a wide variety, creating a unique currency culture. China's earliest currency was sea shells. By the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, shell coins had completely receded from the historical stage. The pre-Qin period was an important period in the occurrence and development of Chinese currency. With the expansion and refinement of the division of labour and the development of the commodity economy, primitive money began to appear in the late New Age, acting as a medium of exchange for goods; after that, it entered an era when primitive money, metal-weighed money and minted coins were used together.

Chen Tianyu 陈天钰— Martial Arts:The Development of Chinese Swordsman Spirit

--Chen Tianyu (talk) 04:46, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

the outline of the first paragraph: a brief introduction of Chinese swordsman spirit+my basic understanding of Chinese swordsman spirit +the overall outline(perspectives)of the essays.

Chen Xinyi 陈心怡 - Cuisine: Luosifen

Luosifen, also called Snail rice noodle, is a Chinese noodle dish with “offensive” oder and a speciality of the city of Liuzhou, in Guangzhou, southern China.

Li LinYu 李琳玉 - Traditional Crafts: Handcraft - Oil-paper Umbrella

History

The spread of oil-paper umbrellas was started by the invention of Yun, wife of Luban. "Chop bamboo sticks to thin strips, covered in animal fur, closed to become a cane, opened as a cone." Early umbrella materials were mostly feathers or silks, later replaced by paper. When oil-paper umbrellas first appeared is unknown. Some estimate that they spread across to Korea and Japan during the Tang dynasty. It was commonly called the "green oil-paper umbrella" during the Song dynasty. The popularity grew and the oil-paper umbrella became commonplace during the Ming dynasty. They are often mentioned in popular Chinese literature. By the 19th century, oil-paper umbrellas were a common item in international trade under the name kittisols.

Li Siwen 李思文 - stage entertainment:Yuan drama

The Origin of Yuan Drama

Yuan Drama [1] There are complex reasons for the rise and development of Yuan Drama. First of all, the social reality of the previous dynasties was the foundation for the rise of Yuan Opera. The vast territory of Yuan Dynasty, the prosperity of urban economy, the grand theater, active guild of authors and the endless audience laid the foundation for the rise of Yuan Drama. Secondly, the exchange and melting of various ethnic cultures in Yuan Dynasty promoted the formation of Yuan Drama. Thirdly, Yuan Drama is the inevitable result of the inherent law of poetry itself and the inheritance and development of literary tradition.

Liu Qianyi 刘倩仪 - Traditional Cuisine: Tangyuan

Tangyuan, also called Yuanxiao, is a traditional Chinese dessert made from glutinous rice flour, usually served at the Lantern Festival.Tangyuan is sticky, sweet and round in shape.They are made with glutinous rice flour as the outside and the filling is made of sesame, peanuts, red beans even fruits.In Chinese, the pronunciation of Tangyuan is similar to "tuanyuan", which has the meaning of reunion, happiness and completeness in Chinese. Its history can date back to the Song Dynasty.

Ma Feifei 马菲菲 - Chinese Economy: rich businessmen

Outside of Internet success stories such as Alibaba’s Jack Ma or Baidu’s Robin Li, China has few if any widely internationally known rich businessmen. Here are some brief introduction to the rich businessmen in China.

Yan Ni 燕妮 - Please choose a topic.

Chinese Folk Art:Lion Dancing

Yu Ziqi 禹紫琪 - Aesthetic ideals and social customs: The Culture of Flowers

China enjoys great abundance in resources of flowers. Early in ancient times, Chinese people noted that the value of flowers was diversified, and utilized flowers in various ways. Flowers could be used as ingredients for cuisine, herbal medicine, and decorative items. Moreover, the image of flowers always appeared in poems, proses and articles, highly praised by Chinese literary men for the beauty, fragrance as well as spirits. Throughout history, flowers are of both pragmatic and spiritual significance in Chinese culture.

Yuan Ling 袁灵 - National Belief: the Chinese Dream

In November of 2012, soon after the conclusion of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President Xi Jinping put forward, for the first time, the idea of the Chinese Dream on a visit to “The Road towards National Rejuvenation” exhibition at the National Museum of China. The Chinese dream meant for him the “great renewal of the Chinese nation.” and “is a dream of the whole nation, as well as of every individual,” he said. Since then, use of the phrase has become widespread in official announcements and as the embodiment of the leadership's political ideology under Xi Jinping. Xi said that young people should “dare to dream, work assiduously to fulfill the dreams and contribute to the revitalization of the nation.” There are various connotations and interpretations of the term.

Zhou Sirui 周思睿 - Science and Technology: BuyTogether（PDD)

Buytogether(PDD), also called Pinduoduo in chinese,is a mainstream E-Commerce application of mobile Internet in China,and a third-party social E-Commerce platform focusing on C2M(Customer-to-Manufacturer) grouping shopping. It was founded in September 2015. Users can buy goods at a lower price by buying them with their friends, families and neighbors together.

Buytogether aims to enable people to buy better goods at lower prices and gain more benefits and fun by gathering the strength of more people .The social concept formed through communicating and sharing has formed its unique idea in social E-Commerce .