目錄
Part One An Overview of China
Chapter 1 The Land and the People / 地理條件與人文概況
Section 1 Geography
Section 2 Climate and Resources
Section 3 The Capital
Section 4 The National Flag, National Emblem and National Anthem
Section 5 Administrative Divisions
Section 6 Nationalities and Population
Section 7 Language and Characters
Section 8 Surnames and Given Names
Chapter 2 An Outline of Chinese History / 歷史概況
Section I Prehistoric Culture
Section 2 History of Ancient China
Section 3 Modern History
Part Two Great Philosophers and Thinkers
Chapter 3 Confucius and Other Great Thinkers in the Warring States Period / 孔子及戰國時代的其他著名思想家
Section 1 Confucius (551-479 B.C.) and Confucianism
Section 2 Mencius (About 372-289 B.C.)
Section 3 Mo Zi (About 480-420 B.C.)
Section 4 Xun Zi (About 313-238 B.C.)
Section 5 Han Feizi (About 280-233 B.C.)
Section 6 Sun Zi (About 545-470 B.C.)
Chapter 4 Lao Zi, Zhuang Zi and Daoism (Taoism) / 老子、莊子和道家思想
Section 1 Lao Zi (571-471 B.C.)
Section 2 Zhuang Zi (369-286 B.C.)
Section 3 Daoism (Taoism)
Chapter 5 The Four Books and the Five Classics / 四書五經
Section 1 The Great Learning
Section 2 The Doctrine of the Mean
Section 3 The Analects of Confucius
Section 4 The Mencius
Section 5 The Classic of Poetry
Section 6 The Classic of History
Section 7 The Classic of Rites
Section 8 The Book of Changes
Section 9 The Spring andAutumn Annals
Part Three Literature and Arts
Chapter 6 Myths and Legends / 神話和傳說
Section 1 Pan Gu Separates the Sky from the Earth
Section 2 Nv Wa Makes Man and Mends the Sky
Section 3 Jing Wei Determines to Fill Up the Sea
Section 4 Kua Fu Chases the Sun
Section 5 Hou Yi the Archer Shoots Down Suns
Section 6 Chang E Flies to the Moon
Section 7 Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
Section 8 Yan Di and Huang Di--the Legendary Chinese Ancestors
Section 9 Yu the Great and the Flood
Chapter 7 Ancient Folk Tales / 古代民間故事
Section 1 The Cowherd and the Girl Weaver
Section 2 The Butterfly Lovers--Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
Section 3 The Legend of Meng Jiangnv
Section 4 The Legend of the White Snake
Section 5 The Legend of Mulan
Chapter 8 Poetry / 詩歌
Section 1 Guti and Jinti Verse Forms
Section 2 Chuciand Qu Yuan
Section 3 Folk Songs of the Han Dynasty and the Northern & Southern Dynasties
Section 4 The Glorious Poems of the Tang Dynasty
Section 5 Ci Poetry in the Song Dynasty
Section 6 Qu in the Yuan Dynasty and Fu
Section 7 Chinese Couplet
Section 8 Modern I Contemporary Poetry
Chapter 9 Fiction / 小說
Section 1 The Four Great Chinese Classical Novels
Section 2 Other Famous Chinese Classical Novels
Section 3 Modern I Contemporary Writers
Chapter 10 Drama / 戲劇
Section 1 Zaju in the Yuan Dynasty
Section 2 Tang Xianzu and His Peony Pavilion
Section 3 Drama in the Early Qing Dynasty
Section 4 Modern Chinese Drama
Chapter 11 Calligraphy and Painting / 書法與繪畫
Section 1 Calligraphy
Section 2 Traditional Chinese Painting
Chapter 12 Music and Musical Instruments / 音樂和樂器
Section 1 Chinese Classical Music
Section 2 Traditional Musical Instruments
Section 3 The Best-Known Chinese Melodies
Chapter 13 Beijing Opera and Local Operas / 京劇和地方戲劇
Section 1 Beijing Opera
Section 2 Role Classification in Beijing Opera
Section 3 Styles of Facial Make-up
Section 4 Kunqu Opera
Section 5 Sichuan Opera
Section 6 Huangmei Opera
Section 7 Yu Opera
Section 8 Hebei Bangzi (Hebei Wooden Clapper Opera)
Section 9 Yue Opera
Section 10 Ping Opera
Section 11 Qinqiang Opera
Section 12 Cantonese Opera
Chapter 14 Architecture / 建築
Section 1 History of Traditional Chinese Architecture
Section 2 Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Architecture
Section 3 Categories of Traditional Chinese Architecture
Part Four Education
Chapter 15 A Brief Introduction to Education in China: Ancient Times and Today / 古今監獄簡述
Section 1 Types of Schools in Ancient Times
Section 2 Names of Ancient Schools
Section 3 Examination Content in Ancient Times
Section 4 Keju (Imperial Examination System) and Baguwen (Eight-Part Essay)
Section 5 Confucianism in Ancient Education
Section 6 Education in Modern Times and Today
Part Five Science and Technology
Chapter 16 Science and Technology in Ancient Times / 古代的科學與技術
Section 1 Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
Section 2 Paper Making
Section 3 Printing
Section 4 Compass
Section 5 Gunpowder
Section 6 Other Impressive Ancient Inventions
Chapter 17 Traditional Chinese Medicine / 中醫
Section 1 Classical TCM History
Section 2 Acupuncture and Chinese Moxibustion
Section 3 The 2015 Nobel Laureate Tu Youyou and Her Success in Curing Malaria with Chinese Herbal Medicine
Chapter 18 Modern Achievements in Science and Technology / 現代科技成果
Part Six Fol.k Customs
Chapter 19 The Lunar Calendar and the Solar Terms / 農曆和節氣
Section 1 The Chinese Calendar
Sedion 2 The Solar Terms
Chapter 20 Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs / 十二生肖
Chapter 21 Traditional Chinese Festivals / 傳統節日
Section 1 Spring Festival
Section 2 Lantern Festival
Section 3 Qingming Festival (or Tomb-Sweeping Day)
Section 4 Dragon Boat Festival
Section 5 Double Seventh Festival
Section 6 Mid-Autumn Festival
Section 7 Double Ninth Festival
Chapter 22 Ethnic Minority Festivals / 少數民族節日
SectionWater-Splashing Festival of Dai (The Most Influential Festival in Yunnan Province)
SectionTorch Festival of Yi (The Most Ceremonious Minority Dance)
SectionBullfight Festival of Miao (The Most Famous Bullfight Festival)
SectionMarch Fair of Bai (The Biggest Merchandise Trading Pageant)
SectionNadam Fair of the Mongolian
Chapter 23 Culinary Culture / 飲食文化
Section 1 The Eight Culinary Traditions of China
Section 2 Tea Culture
Section 3 Wine Culture
Chapter 24 Marriage and Wedding Customs / 婚姻與婚俗
Section 1 Marriage in a Confucian Context
Section 2 Traditional Marriage Rituals
Section 3 Modern Practices
Chapter 25 Handicraft / 手工藝
Section 1 Chinese New Year Picture
Section 2 Paper-Cut
Section 3 Kites
Section 4 Embroidery
Section 5 Gold, Silver and Jade Wares
Section 6 Chinese Cloisonne
Section 7 Bamboo, Wood and Rattan Work
Chapter 26 Physical Culture and Entertainment / 體育及娛樂
Section 1 Wushu or Kung Fu
Section 2 Weiqi(go) and Xiangqi(Chinese chess)
Section 3 Shuttlecock Kicking
Section 4 Stilts-Walking
Section 5 Dragon Boat Race
Section 6 Dragon Dance
Section 7 Lion Dance
Section 8 Drum Dance (Yangge Dance and Waist Drum Dancing)
Section 9 Er-ren-zhuan or Song-and-dance Duet
Section 10 Shadow Play (Leather-Silhouette Show)
Section 11 Nuo Dance
Section 12 Ta Ge
Section 13 Pingshu
Section 14 Shehuo
Section 15 Xiaopin
Section 16 Xiangsheng (Crosstalk)
Part Seven Tourism and World Heritage Sites in China
Chapter 27 Ancient Cities and Historical Sites古城和歷史遺跡
Section 1 The Eight Greatest Ancient Capitals
Section 2 Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China
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