Contents
前 言…1
Unit 1 Chinese Mythology…1
Text A Chinese Mythology…2
Text B Jingwei Determines to Fill Up the Sea…9
Text C Animals in Mythology…10
Unit 2 Chinese Dietary Tea Culture…14
Text A Chinese Dietary Culture…15
Text B A Bite of China…22
Text C Cooking Methods…24
Unit 3 Chinese Tea and Wine Culture…27
Text A Tea Drinking in China…28
Text B The Origin of Chinese Wine…32
Unit 4 Chinese Clothing Culture…35
Text A Chinese Clothing…36
Text B The Silk Kingdom…42
Text C Dress Code in China…43
Unit 5 Chinese Architecture and Gardening …46
Text A Ancient Chinese Architecture…47
Text B Number “9” and the Imperial Buildings…56
Text C Chinese Stone Lions…57
Unit 6 World Natural and Cultural Heritage in China…60
Text A World Heritage in China…61
Text B World Heritage Preservation in China…71
Text C The Benefits of Ratification…72
Unit 7 Chinese Festivals and Folk Customs…75
Text A Chinese Festivals…76
Text B Chinese Folklore…83
Text C Exchange of Gifts…85
Text D Spring Festival Gala…86
Unit 8 Arts and Crafts…90
Text A Chinese Arts and Crafts…91
Text B Paper Cutting…97
Text C A Carpenter Consecrated by Artisans of All Crafts…98
Text D National Treasure’s Name Amended…99
Unit 9 Painting and Calligraphy…101
Text A Traditional Chinese Painting …102
Text B Calligraphy…108
Text C Four Treasures of the Study…111
Unit 10 Chinese Operas…114
Text A Beijing Opera…115
Text B Characteristics of Beijing Opera Costumes…122
Text C Kunqu: Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage…123
Unit 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine…126
Text A Traditional Chinese Medicine: Basic Principles…127
Text B Methods of Treatment in Chinese Medicine …133
Text C Yangsheng…136
Text D Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine…137
Unit 12 Chinese Philosophy…140
Text A Confucianism…141
Text B Taoism(1)…148
Text C Zhuang Zi…150
Text D Mo Zi and His Philosophy…151
Text E Han Fei, a Legalist…152
Unit 13 Chinese Religion…155
Text A Chinese Religion…156
Text B Taoism(2)…162
Text C Wudang Mountain…164
Text D The Early Buddhism Temples in Tibet…165
Unit 14 The Chinese Language…167
Text A The Chinese Language…168
Text B Some Distinctive Features of the Chinese Language…176
Text C The National Language…180
Text D Complex Chinese Characters and Simplified Ones…180
Unit 15 Chinese Literature…183
Text A Ancient Chinese Literature…184
Text B Lu Xun’s Works…193
Text C Guo Moruo…194
重点参考的书目和网站…196