Chapter 1 Culture,Traditional Chinese Culture and the Characteristics of the Han Nationality 1
1．Culture 1
2．Traditional Chinese Culture 3
3．The Characteristics of the Han Nationality 4
4．The Unification Principle 8
5．The Closed Nature 10
6．The Recognition Principle 11
Chapter 2 Names and Culture of the Han Nationality 14
1．Surnames of the Han Nationality 14
2．Development and Distribution of Different Surnames of the Han Nationality 17
3．Cultural Values of Names 20
Chapter 3 Dress and Culture 25
1．About the "Head" 25
2．About Dress 28
3．About the "Foot" 30
4．About Clothes Texture 31
5．About Personal Ornaments 33
Chapter 4 Chinese Cuisine,Chinese Tea and Wine Culture 35
1．Chinese Cuisine 35
2．Tea Culture 47
3．Wine Culture 50
Chapter 5 Folkway Culture(Ⅰ):Animal Words 54
1．Dragon 54
2．Phoenix 57
3．Tiger 59
4．Horse 62
5．Cattle 63
6．Pig 65
7．Mouse 67
8．Hare 68
9．Tortoise 69
10．Mandarin Duck 70
11．Swan Goose 71
12．Chicken 72
13．Magpie and Crow 73
14．Crane 74
15．Bat 75
Chapter 6 Folkway Culture(Ⅱ):Plant Words 77
1．Willow 77
2．Peach 78
3．Apricot 79
4．Pine 80
5．Barnboo 81
6．Plum 83
7．Lotus 84
8．Other Plants 85
Chapter 7 Folkway Culture(Ⅲ):Solar Terms,Heavenly Stems,Earthly Branches and Traditional Festiveals 87
1．The Division of 24 Solar Terms 88
2．The 24 Solar Terms 89
3．Details of the 24 Solar Terms 89
4．The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches 91
5．A Cycle of Sixty Years 94
6．Traditional Festivals 95
Chapter 8 Colors and Culture 106
1．Yellow 107
2．Red 109
3．Green 111
4．Black 112
5．White 113
Chapter 9 Numbers and Culture 116
1．“一” 116
2．“二” 117
3．“三” 117
4．“四” 119
5．“五” 120
6．“六” 120
7．“七” 121
8．“八” 122
9．“九” 123
10．“十” 124
11．“百”“千”“万” 125
12．“零” 126
Chapter 10 Figurative Use of Words 128
1．Figurative Use of Words and Expressions 128
2．Figurative Use of Colloections 135
3．Collocations with Cooking and Food 137
4．Other Figurative Expressions 139
5．Figurative Uses from History Records 139
Chapter 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Martial Arts 145
1．Traditional Chinese Medicine（中药，zhongyao） 145
2．Martial Arts 154
Chapter 12 Religious World 160
1．Buddhism in China 160
2．Taoism in China 169
Supplementary Readings 176
1．Qi Pao 176
2．Chinese Silk 177
3．Chinese Knot 179
4．Four Famous Chinese Embroidery Styles 180
5．Peking Opera 182
6．Xiangsheng 184
7．Traditional Chinese Medicine 185
8．Chinese Painting 186
9．Chinese Tea Culture 188
10．Chinese Wushu(Kongfu) 191
References（参考书目） 193