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	Publisher: Nepal Tianli Publication And Culture Company Pvt. Ltd.
	Author: Zhu Fayuan, David Wu, Xia Hanning and Brad Goldhorn
	Language: English
	Pages: 344 (Throughout Illustrations)
	Cover: Paperback
	9.5 inch X 6.0 inch
	Weight 560 gm
	Edition: 2015
	ISBN: 9789937897952
	NAM537

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As one of the world’s oldest civilized nation with 5000 years culture, China is a great nation nurtured by two spectacular mother river -the Yangtze River and Yellow River. It’s also a magical land pregnant with amazing tourist attractions like the Great Wall and Huangshan Mountain. There are fifty-six ethnic group such as Han, Zhuang and Manchu, etc. Living on this land and forming a harmonious big family.

To understand China, feasting your eyes on beautiful sceneries of great mountains and great rivers in necessary and important. However, if you want to have a best knowledge of China, you should step into the gorgeous palace of Chinese culture and explore her rich and time-honored history as you can’t expect an acuteinsignt into China before you have a good understanding of Chinese civilization.

Contents

	Chapter One
Unit 1	The Origins of Chinese Characters	2
	Chinese Writing and Chinese Language	5
	Chinese Characters and Calligraphy	7
	Using the Same Character, the Same Track Gauge	9
	Four Treasures of the Study	11
	The Dialects	13
Unit 2	Names	15
	Greeting Styles	17
	Kinship Appellation	18
	Chinese Zodiac	19
Unit 3	The Traditional Calendar-The Agricultural Calendar	22
	The Twenty-four Solar Terms	23
	The Spring Festival	25
	The Pure Brightness Day	29
	The Dragon Boat Festival	31
	The Mid-Autumn Festival	34
	The Double Yang Festival	36
	The Temple Fair	38
Unit 4	The Emperors Yan and Huang	40
	Da Yu Controls the Water	42
	Pangu Creates the Universe	43
	Goddess Nuwa Makes Human Beings	45
	Houyi Shoots the Suns	47
Unit 5	The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid	49
	Meng Jiangnu	51
	Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai	53
	The Legend of the White Snake	54
	Hua Mu-lan	57
	Chapter Two
Unit 1	Chinese Dragon Culture	62
	The Vicissitudes of the Dynasties	67
	Minority Ethnic Groups	70
	Family Ideology	72
	Marriage Customs	75
Unit 2	The Four Great Inventions	80
	The Abacus and Calculation	83
	Post Roads and Relay Stations	86
	The Sedan and Horse Carriage	89
Unit 3	Yellow River Culture	93
	The Silk Road	95
	The Great Wall	97
	The Terracotta Warriors	100
	The Five Sacred Mountains in China	103
	Lakes	106
Unit 4	Lao Tzu	110
	Chuang Tzu	113
	Confucius	116
	Mencius	120
	Mo Tzu	123
	Sun Tzu	127
	Han Fei Tzu	129
Unit 5	The Book of Songs	132
	Poetry of the South	134
	Han Fu and Han Yue Fu	136
	The Record of the Grand Historian, The History of the Western Han	139
	Chapter Three
Unit 1	Yangtze River Culture	144
	Tea Culture	148
	Wine Culture	151
	The Eight Cuisines	154
Unit 2	Han Attire	159
	Cheongsam	163
	Chinese Folding Fans	165
	Folk Arts and Crafts	168
Unit 3	The Eight Great Ancient Capitals of China	173
	Palace Architecture	178
	Temple Architecture	181
Unit 4	Currency	185
	Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbs	188
	Chinese Chess	191
	Martial Arts	194
	Folk Musical Theatre	197
	Traditional Folk Musical Instruments	200
	Chinese Painting	203
Unit 5	The Four Books and Five Classics	208
	The Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasty	211
	Tang Poetry	215
	Song Poetry	218
	Yuan Opera, Mixed Theater	221
	Novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	224
	Chapter Four
Unit 1	Gardens	230
	Residences	239
	Imperial mausoleums	243
Unit 2	I-go	247
	Exorcising Dance	249
	Beijing Opera	254
	Kunqu Opera	257
	Local Operas	260
	The Dunhuang Murals	265
	Jingdezhen Porcelain	270
Unit 3	The Ancient Schools of Education	275
	The Imperial Examination Culture	279
	The Ancient Book-Collecting Culture	282
	Confucianism	286
	Taoism	290
	Buddhism	293
Unit 4	A Dream of Red Mansions	298
	Water Margin	301
	The Romance of the Three Kingdoms	304
	Journey to the West	307
Unit 5	The New Culture Movement	312
	Hu Shi	315
	Lu Xun	317
	Guo Moruo	321
	Mao Dun	324
	Ba Jin	328
	Lao She	331
	Cao Yu	334
Appendix	A Brief Chronology of Chinese History	338

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