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