Chinese history and culture

Author: Cai Zongde, Li Wenfen (editors)
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: China is an ancient civilization with multiple ethnic groups, a long and continuous history, abundant cultural relics and historical sites, extensive textual records, and rich ethnic and folk traditions. In terms of selection, we have taken into account the historical and cultural knowledge readers have already mastered to avoid repetition, focused on cultivating qualified talents that meet the needs of China's tourism industry, highlighted the strengths and characteristics of China's tourism industry, and emphasized the introduction of the broad cultural phenomena related to China's tourism. This book is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview, systematically introducing the concept of culture, the creators of Chinese historical culture—the Chinese nation, the environment in which Chinese historical culture originated and developed, and the history of ancient China's foreign cultural exchanges. Chapter 2 introduces the media of cultural dissemination in China, including language, writing systems, writing tools, books, and education. Chapter 3 systematically introduces the folk customs of China's 56 ethnic groups, including clothing, food, housing, transportation, marriage taboos, and festivals and entertainment. Chapter 4 covers the development of religion in China, including Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity. Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 systematically introduce China's cultural relics, including key national cultural relic protection units and museum collections. Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 introduce China's culinary culture and specialty culture.