中国文化概要教案

外国语学院

中国文化概要教案

Discussion: What is culture?

Requirement and exam

Presentation (group work) 30%

Examination 70%

About “Culture”

theme of culture

culture assumption; cultural connotation 文化内涵high culture; graceful culture; refined culture 高雅文化culture shock

culture difference

culture adaptation 文化适应

culture gap 文化鸿沟

culture collision

main stream culture; master stream culture 主流文化mainland culture 本土文化

raise the profile of Chinese culture 弘扬中华文化culture industry 文化产业

culture resources

culture craze 文化热

culture complex 文化情结

TV culture

enterprise culture 企业文化

net-work culture

fast food culture

community culture 社区文化

aesthetic culture 审美文化

the culture of the dress 服饰文化

family culture

tourism culture

campus culture 校园文化

commerce culture 商业文化

consumer culture 消费文化

popular culture 通俗文化

the culture of the lavatory 厕所文化

dragon’s culture

wine culture

tea culture

holiday culture

culture of folk custom 民俗文化

China Millennium Altar中华世纪坛

Outline

Lecture One Ancient and Present China

1.the administrative divisions in China

2.Huang Di and Yan Di

of China

4.chronological table of Chinese history

5.essentials of China today

Lecture Two Family and Marriage

1.national census: 1990---4th; 2000---5th

2.the basic requirements of family planning

3.the major types of Chinese family

4. Population policy

Lecture Three Education

1.the six arts：礼/乐/射/御/书/数

2.the four famous academies:白鹿洞，石鼓，岳麓，应天府

3.“Four Books” and“Five Classics”

4.about Confucius, his contributions and words

5.the aim of quality education: to cultivate creative spirit and abilities of students

Lecture Four Literature

1.several categories of myth

2.the representative literature form in Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing

3.the first monument in the Chinese poetic tradition: The Book of Songs(Songs,

Odes, and Hymns)

4.What did Sima Qian write? The Records of the Historian

5.“Eight Great Writers of Tang and Song”

6.famous playwrights and their plays in Yuan, Ming , Qing

7.the masterpieces of fiction in Ming and Qing

8.Recite Tang poems

9.three representative writers of modern progressive poetry

10.the four great novels of exposure

11.two leading translators: Yan Fu and Lin Shu

12.“Trilogy of Love” “Trilogy of Turbulent Currents”

13.“Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art”: 1942

Lecture Five The Cinema

1.When was the cinema introduced into China?

2.When was the first film showing in China?

3.When was the first Chinese film made?

4.What was the first feature film and what was the first color feature film?

5.the famous film awards in China

Lecture Six Chinese Traditional Opera

1.the characteristics of the action of a performer, the music, singing and spoken

dialogue of Beijing Opera

2.the four types of the character roles in Beijing Opera: sheng, dan, jing, chou

3.What do the colors used in facial painting and costume designing stand for?

4.What are Mei Lanfang’s contributions to Beijing Opera?

5.Who are the Four Great Dan Actors?

Lecture Seven Traditional Chinese Painting

1.two categories in Chinese painting according to the means of expression

2.the characteristics of Chinese painting

3.Famous painting in ancient China

4.three major kinds of traditional New Year pictures in China

5.“The Four Treasures of the Study”

6.five writing styles (five categories of Chinese scripts)

Lecture Ten Traditional Chinese Medicine

1.the theories of Chinese medicine

2.the four basic diagnostic methods in traditional Chinese medicine

3.famous medical books and physicians