This document provides a catalogue of 17 units that summarize key aspects of Chinese culture. The units cover topics such as Chinese geography, history, ethnic groups, festivals, language, zodiac signs, religions, Confucianism, kung fu, tea culture, food, calligraphy, paintings, music, traditional medicine, opera, and names. Each unit provides subsections that delve deeper into the cultural topic at hand.

1. Survey of China

2. Catalogue
Chinese Geography Chinese Tea Culture
Chinese History Chinese food
Chinese ethnic groups Four Treasures of the Study
Chinese Festivals Chinese Paintings
Chinese Language and Characters Chinese Traditional Music
Twelve Animal Signs for the Chinese Traditional Chinese Medicine
Religions in China Chinese Jingju
Chinese Confucianism Chinese Names
Chinese Kungfu

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Chinese Geography

4. China is located in East Asia, on the western shore of the
Pacific Ocean .It has a land area of about 9.6 million sq.km.
The geography position of China
The administration area of China
The weather general situation of China
The two greatest rivers of China
The national organization of China
The capital of China

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Chinese History

6. Chinese nation has long history and
brilliant of ancient culture.Chinese history is
divided into Chinese ancient history and
Chinese modern history .
 Chinese ancient history ： Yuanmou Man who lived about 1.7 million
years ago Opium War in 1840
 Chinese modern history ： Opium War in 1840 the establishment
of the People's Republic of China in 1949
Acient Kings

7.  The Prehistoric Culture
 Culture in the Dynasties of Xia and Shang
 Culture in the Dynasties of Eastern and western Zhou
 Culture in the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty
 Culture in the Dynasties of Wei and Jin,and
the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
 Culture in the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty
 Culture in the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty
 Culture in the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty
 Modern China

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Chinese ethnic groups

9. China is a multiracial socialism nation which consists of 56
ethnic groups,for example,Han people ,Hui and Dai people.
 The population of race
 The policy of race
 Language and Characters of race
 The customs and habits of race

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C h in e s e F e s tivals

11. Chinese festivals contains traditional
chinese festivals,festivals of Minority Nationalities
and the festivals in the 20th Century.
traditional festivals
festivals of Minority Nationalities
festivals in the 20th Century

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Chinese Language
and Characters

13. The Chinese language is one of the oldest
languages in the world.Chinese characters are signs that
record Chinese language.
 Chinese language
 Chinese characters

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Twelve Animal Signs for the chinese

15. Chinese name each year with an animal,which is the
animal sign system.Chinese used to track the days with
the Heavenly-stem and Earthly-branch system.
• Animal sign system
• Heavenly-stem and Earthly-branch system
• Twenty-four seansonal division points

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Religions in China

17. The major religions in China are Buddhism,
Taoism, Islam and Christianity.In China people
may believe in any religion as they like.However,
most people don’t believe in religion of any kind.
• Buddhism
• Taoism
• Islam
• Christianity

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C h in e s e
C o n fu c ian is m

19. Confucianism advocated the principle of
benevolence.It exerted the greatest influence on
every aspect of the Chinese way of life.Confucius
and Mencius are considered two forefathers of
the Confucianism.
• The formation of Confucianism
• The represent of Confucianism
• The influence of Confucianism

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C h in e s e Ku n g fu

21. Kungfu is a simple and effective way to
cultivate both mind and body.Chinese Kungfu
has quite a long history.It stresses both force
and tactics,for instance,Taijiquan,Shaolingun.

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Chinese Tea Culture

23. Tea drinking originate from China.Tea
drinking is a constituent part of Chinese
culture.
 The category of Chinese tea-leaf
 Famous springs
 The influence on Chinese culture

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C h in e s e fo o d

25. The Chinese dietetic culture has
special features.The speciality of Chinese
food has already spread world-widely .The
dietetic culture of China is conquering
world.
 The cuisine of China

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Four Treasures of the Study

27.  Traditionally,China’s stationery includes
four main “treasures”: the writing
brush,ink-stick,paper and ink stone.
picture
Four treatures

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C h in e s e Pain tin g s

29. In addition to knowing the outside
characteristic of object, the Chinese paintings
pay more attention to its inside essence and
poetic charm , and pass the author's feeling of
the object further.
 The traditional paintings of china
 The difference between chinese
and western paintings

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C h in e s e Trad itio n al Mu s ic

31. Chinese traditional music has quite
graceful and restrained melodies.It is quite
different from western styles.There are
many traditional musical instruments and
folk songs in China
 Chinese traditional musical instruments
 Chinese folk songs

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Traditional Chinese Medicine

33. The Chinese medicine has special traits .It
is one of the most precious inheritances in the
Chinese traditional culture.
 Si Zhen(Four Diagnostic Methods)and Ba
Gang(Eight Curing Methods)
 Ancient famous doctors
 Acupuncture therapy and
Chinese herbal medicine

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Chinese Jingju

35. Jingju is the Chinese cultural heritage.Mei
Lanfang is the master of Jingju .
 The formation of Jingju
 The characteristics of Jingju
 The role of Jingju
 The theatrical mask of Jingju

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Chinese Names

37. A Chinese name usually has three
characters,with the first character being the
surname ,and the second and third a given
name.The most common surnames of the Han
Chinese number some 500.
• The origination of surnames
• The current condition of Chinese name

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