A Glimpse of Chinese Culture
1 Overview
1.1 National Symbols and Chinese Geography
1.2 Chinese Outline History
1.3 Economic Development
2 Philosophy & Religion
2.1 Philosophy During the Pre-Qin Times
2.2 Basic Features of Ancient Chinese Philosophy
2.3 Taoist Religion and Buddhism
3 Literature
3.1 Classical Literature
3.2 The Four Great Classical Novels
3.3 Modern and Contemporary Literature
4 Arts
4.1 Chinese Calligraphy
4.2 Four Treasures of the Study
4.3 Chinese Opera
5 Education
5.1 Development of Traditional Education
5.2 Present Education
6 Science & Technology
6.1 Four Great Inventions in Ancient China
6.2 Traditional Chinese Medicine
6.3 Four Great Inventions in Modern China
7 Sports
7.1 Sports in Ancient Times and Ethnic Minority Sports
7.2 Martial Arts
7.3 The Olympic Games and China's Outstanding Competitive Sports
8 Traditional Festivals
8.1 Major Traditional Festivals
8.2 Ethnic Minority Festivals
9 Culinary Culture
9.1 Chinese Food and Chinese Food Culture
9.2 Eight Regional Cuisines
9.3 ChineseTea Classification
9.4 Chinese Tea Customand Tea Ceremon
10 Costume & Adornment
10.1 Development of Chinese Costume
10.2 Typical Chinese Costumes
11 Architecture
11.1 Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Architecture
11.2 Civilian Residential Housing
12 Major Tourist Cities
12.1 China's Capital City—Beijing
12.2 Brief View of Xi'an, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai
13 World Heritage Sites
13.1 The World Heritage List
13.2 World Cultural and Natural Heritage – Mountains
