chinese culture

1. Located in East Asia on the western
shore of the Pacific Ocean

2. Having a land area of about
9.6 million sq. km

3. A land surrounded by 15 countries

4. A land with 5,400 islands in its territory

5. Being the third largest country in the
world

6. A country with a population over 1.3 billion
out of total 6.6 billion world population

7. A country that brought down poverty rate
from 53% in 1981 to 8% by 2001

8. A country which is the 3rd largest
importer and 2nd largest exporter

9. A country famous for its Dragons

10. CHINA
Yes! Its

11. Chinese Culture is one
of the World's Oldest
Cultures.

12. • The color red symbolizes the revolution.
• The large star stands for the Communist Party.
• The four small stars symbolize the Chinese people; the position of
the stars stands for a general population united in support of the
state.
• Another patriotic symbol is the Great Wall.
SYMBOLISM

13. The main symbol of the nation is the dragon;

14. Han
Dynasty
Song
Dynasty
Tang
Dynasty
The Sui
Dynasty
Opium
Wars
Qing
Dynasty
Ming
Yuan
Dynasty
People's
Republic of
China
Sino-
Japanese
Wars
Shang
Dynast
y
Zhou
Dynasty Mongol
s
The Great
Leap
Forward
1957

15. • Mandarin Chinese is the official language.
• Modern spoken Chinese, which replaced the classical language.
• The writing system has not changed and is the same for all the dialects.
• It consists of 60,000 characters.
• Chinese is written in pictographs and ideographs.
• Some minority groups have their own languages.
LANGUAGE

17. FOOD AND ECONOMY
Food in Daily Life
• Rice and wheat.
• Dinner - largest meal of the day.
• Style of cooking.
• Cooking reflects the country's history of famines.
• Tea and beer.

18. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Classes and Castes
• Contemporary hierarchical class system
• The new system and its effects
Symbols of Social Stratification
• Cars, a rare commodity

19. POLITICAL LIFE
Government
• President is elected by the NPC for a five-year term. NPC?
Political Officials
• The Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Social Problems and Control
• The crime rate is rising and punishment laws.
Military Activity
• The People's Liberation Army (PLA) includes the Ground Forces; the Navy and the Air
Force

20. GENDER ROLES AND FAMILY
.
Division of Labor by Gender
• Men and women jobs in the new system.
Marriage
• Customs and matchmaker apps.
• Weddings are usually large, expensive affairs paid for by the groom's
family.
• Marriage law 1949

21. Domestic Unit
• Living with ageing parents.
Inheritance
• Where does the possessions go?
Kin Groups
• Extending the family name.
GENDER ROLES AND FAMILY

22. SOCIALIZATION
Infant Care
• One-child policy and maternity leave.
• A First Moon party for the new born.
Child Rearing and Education
• Assigned responsibilities.
• Literacy rate from 15% to 75%.

23. WAY OF LIFE
For Alive
• Respect and obedience to elders is considered extremely important.
• It is customary to bring a small gift when visiting.
• Pleasing someone > honesty.
For Dead
• The possessions and people were buried along
• Chinese mourners dress in white and wrap their heads in white cloths.

24. RELIGION
no religion
59%
traditional religion
20%
atheists
12%
buddhist
6%
muslims
2%
christians
1%
• Worship
• New Year
celebrations
• God’s birthday
• Water splashing
festival
• Chinese pilgrimage

25. 1. New Year's Day
2. International Working Women's
Day
3. International Labor Day
4. Youth Day
5. Children's Day & Teacher's Day
• Yin and yang?
• Acupuncture and massage
Secular
Celebrations
Medicine
and Health
Care

26. THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Literature
• Chinese poetry E.g. “The Song Book”.
• Prose E.g. “The Rickshaw Boy”
Graphic Arts
• Painters.
• Calligraphy.
• Embroidery by women.

27. Performance Arts
• Opera.
• A film about social issues by Zhang Yimou in late 90’s.
The State of the Physical and Social Sciences
• Museums
• Paper was invented.
• Inventions of the seism scope and the compass.
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES