Unit 1 Chinese Mythology…1Text A Chinese Mythology…2Text B Jingwei Determines to Fill Up the Sea…10Text C Animals in Mythology…11Unit 2 Chinese Dietary Culture…15Text A Chinese Dietary Culture…16Text B A Bite of China…23Text C Cooking Methods…25Unit 3 Chinese Tea and Wine Culture…28Text A Tea Drinking in China…29Text B The Origin of Chinese Wine…33Unit 4 Chinese Clothing Culture…36Text A Chinese Clothing…37Text B The Silk Kingdom…43Text C Dress Code in China…44Unit 5 Chinese Architecture and Gardening …47Text A Ancient Chinese Architecture…48Text B Number “9” and the Imperial Buildings…57Text C Chinese Stone Lions…58Unit 6 World Natural and Cultural Heritage in China…61Text A World Heritage in China…62Text B World Heritage Preservation in China…72Text C The Benefits of Ratification…73Unit 7 Chinese Festivals and Folk Customs…76Text A Chinese Festivals…77Text B Chinese Folklore…84Text C Exchange of Gifts…86Text D Spring Festival Gala…87Unit 8 Chinese Arts and Crafts…91Text A Chinese Arts and Crafts…92Text B Paper Cutting…98Text C A Carpenter Consecrated by Artisans of All Crafts…99Text D National Treasure’s Name Amended…100Unit 9 Chinese Painting and Calligraphy…102Text A Traditional Chinese Painting …102Text B Calligraphy…109Text C Four Treasures of the Study…112Unit 10 Chinese Operas…115Text A Beijing Opera…116Text B Characteristics of Beijing Opera Costumes…123Text C Kunqu: Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage…124Unit 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine…127Text A Traditional Chinese Medicine: Basic Principles…128Text B Methods of Treatment in Chinese Medicine …134Text C Yangsheng…137Text D Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine…138Unit 12 Chinese Philosophy…141Text A Confucianism…142Text B Taoism (1)…149Text C Zhuang Zi…151Text D Mo Zi and His Philosophy…152Text E Han Fei, a Legalist…153Unit 13 Chinese Religion…156Text A Chinese Religion…157Text B Taoism (2)…163Text C Wudang Mountain…165Text D The Early Buddhism Temples in Tibet…166Unit 14 The Chinese Language…168Text A The Chinese Language…169Text B Some Distinctive Features of the Chinese Language…177Text C Complex Chinese Characters and Simplified Ones…181Unit 15 Chinese Literature…184Text A Ancient Chinese Literature…185Text B Lu Xun’s Works…194Text C Guo Moruo…195重点参考的书目和网站…197
