MM Cultural Readers, 2014. — 95 pages.С глоссарием и упражнениями.The Places In The Book.
Welcome to China.The Land, the People and the Language.
Geography.
Government.
The people of China.
The Chinese language.The Dynasties.
The Qin dynasty (221-206 BC).
The Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).
The Period of Disunity (220-589).
The Sui dynasty (589-618) and the Tang dynasty (618-907).
The Northern Song (960-1126) and Southern Song (1127-1279) dynasties.
The Yuan dynasty (1279-1368).
The Qing dynasty (1644-1911).Chinese Art.
Porcelain.
Calligraphy.
Painting.
Art today.Martial Arts.
Shaolin Temple and Shaolin kung fu.
Wuxia literature and cinema.
Martial arts today.Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Herbal medicine.
Acupuncture.
Qigong.Eating and Drinking in China.Festivals.
Spring Festival (Chun fie) - Chinese New Year.
Lantern Festival.
Qingming Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival or Double Fifth).
The Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhong Qiu).
Water Throwing Festival.
The Festival for Lovers (Double Seventh Festival).Entertainment.
Traditional music.
Western classical music.
Traditional theatre.
The circus.
Shadow puppet plays.
Board games.
Flying kites.
Modern music.
Karaoke.
Cinema.China in the Twentieth Century.
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) - The Father of the Country.
Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975).
Mao Zedong.
Deng Xiaoping.China: a Modern Country and a Global Power.
The Beijing Olympics.
The 2010 World Expo.
Chinese culture goes global.
China: the present and the future.Points for Understanding.
Glossary.
Exercises.
