Chapter One China in General and Its Symbol 1.1 A Brief Introduction of China 1.2 Great Symbol Dragon (Long) Exercise One Chapter Two Ancient Chinese ttistory 2.1 Prehistoric Times 2.2 Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties 2.3 Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period 2.4 Qin Dynasty 2.5 Han Dynasty 2.6 Three Kingdoms 2.7 Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties 2.8 Sui and Tang Dynasties 2.9 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 2.10 Song Dynasty 2.11 Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Exercise Two Chapter Three Modern and Contemporary Chinese History 3.1 Republic of China 3.2 People's Republic of China Exercise Three Chapter Four Chinese Philosophy and Religions 4.1 Philosophy 4.2 Religions Exercise Four Chapter Five Chinese Language, Characters and Inventions 5.1 Language 5.2 Characters 5.3 Four Great Inventions Exercise Five Chapter Six Chinese Literature 6.1 Mythology 6.2 Legends 6.3 Literature of Pre-Qin Period 6.4 Literature o~ Han Dynasty 6.5 Literature from Tang and Song to Yuan Dynasty 6.6 Fiction in Ming and Qing Dynasties 6.7 Modern and Contemporary Literature Exercise Six Chapter Seven Chinese Art 7.1 Calligraphy and Painting 7.2 Opera 7.3 Music and Dance 7.4 Handicraft Exercise Seven Chapter Eight Chinese Architecture 8.1 Development of Chinese Architecture 8.2 Classifications of Chinese Architecture 8.3 General Features of Chinese Architecture 8.4 Unique Architecture in China Exercise Eight Chapter Nine Chinese Clothing and Diet 9.1 Traditional Dress 9.2 Modern and Contemporary Clothing 9.3 Wine and Alcohol 9.4 Tea 9.5 Food and Food Culture Exercise Nine Chapter Ten Popular Traditional Chinese Festivals 10.1 Spring Festival 10.2 Lantern Festival 10.3 Tomb-Sweeping Day 10.4 Dragon Boat Festival 10.5 Double Seventh Festival 10.6 Mid-Autumn Festival 10.7 Double Ninth Festival Exercise Ten Chapter Eleven An Overview of Chinese Education 11.1 Ancient Chinese Education 11.2 Today's Chinese Education Exercise Eleven Supplementary Reading An Overview of Putian City Appendix 1 Chronological Chart of Chinese Dynasties Appendix 2 Map of the World Appendix 3 Map of China Key References 后記