Chapter 1 Chinese Folk Arts and Culture 1
Section A Splendid Chinese Culture 1
Section B Chinese Folk Arts Characteristics 8
Chapter 2 Chinese Buddhism 15
Section A History of Chinese Buddhism 15
Section B Altars and Temples 23
Chapter 3 Chinese Characters 30
Section A Fascinating Chinese Characters 30
Section B Chinese Calligraphy 36
Chapter 4 Chinese Music 43
Section A Folk Music 43
Section B Derivation of National Orchestral Music 52
Chapter 5 Peking Opera 58
Section A Peking Opera Synopses 58
Section B Roles in Peking Opera 65
Chapter 6 Chinese Architecture 73
Section A Traditional Chinese Architecture 73
Section B The Great Wall 78
Chapter 7 Chinese Painting 86
Section A Traditional Chinese Painting 86
Section B Wisdom with a Brush 95
Chapter 8 Chinese Silk 100
Section A History of Chinese Silk 100
Section B The Silk Road 107
Chapter 9 Chinese Costumes 112
Section A Styles of Chinese Costumes 112
Section B Costumes of Ethnic Minorities in China 120
Chapter 10 Folk Arts 125
Section A Paper-cut 125
Section B Woodcut New Year Picture 131
Chapter 11 Chinese Martial Arts 137
Section A Wushu and Qigong 137
Section B Schools of Chinese Wushu 145
Chapter 12 Festivals of China 152
Section A Traditional Festivals of China 152
Section B Chinese Holidays and Festivals 161
Chapter 13 Chinese Tea 166
Section A Chinese Tea Culture 166
Section B Bamboo-tube Tea and Buttered Tea 173
Chapter 14 Chinese Wine 178
Section A Chinese Wine Culture 178
Section B History of Chinese Wine 185
Chapter 15 Chinese Food 191
Section A Chinese Food Culture 191
Section B Chinese Medicated Diet 198
Chapter 16 Chinese Chopsticks 206
Section A The Origin and Development of Chopsticks 206
Section B Stories about Chopsticks 212
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 218
Appendix Ⅱ Keys to the Exercises 243
Acknowledgements 247