Unit 1 Chinese Mythology…1 Text A Chinese Mythology…2 Text B Jingwei Determines to Fill Up the Sea…9 Text C Animals in Mythology…10
Unit 2 Chinese Dietary Tea Culture…14 Text A Chinese Dietary Culture…15 Text B A Bite of China…22 Text C Cooking Methods…24
Unit 3 Chinese Tea and Wine Culture…27 Text A Tea Drinking in China…28 Text B The Origin of Chinese Wine…32
Unit 4 Chinese Clothing Culture…35 Text A Chinese Clothing…36 Text B The Silk Kingdom…42 Text C Dress Code in China…43
Unit 5 Chinese Architecture and Gardening …46 Text A Ancient Chinese Architecture…47 Text B Number “9” and the Imperial Buildings…56 Text C Chinese Stone Lions…57
Unit 6 World Natural and Cultural Heritage in China…60 Text A World Heritage in China…61 Text B World Heritage Preservation in China…71 Text C The Benefits of Ratification…72
Unit 7 Chinese Festivals and Folk Customs…75 Text A Chinese Festivals…76 Text B Chinese Folklore…83 Text C Exchange of Gifts…85 Text D Spring Festival Gala…86
Unit 8 Arts and Crafts…90 Text A Chinese Arts and Crafts…91 Text B Paper Cutting…97 Text C A Carpenter Consecrated by Artisans of All Crafts…98 Text D National Treasure’s Name Amended…99
Unit 9 Painting and Calligraphy…101 Text A Traditional Chinese Painting …102 Text B Calligraphy…108 Text C Four Treasures of the Study…111
Unit 10 Chinese Operas…114 Text A Beijing Opera…115 Text B Characteristics of Beijing Opera Costumes…122 Text C Kunqu: Humankind’s Common Cultural Heritage…123
Unit 11 Traditional Chinese Medicine…126 Text A Traditional Chinese Medicine: Basic Principles…127 Text B Methods of Treatment in Chinese Medicine …133 Text C Yangsheng…136 Text D Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine…137
Unit 12 Chinese Philosophy…140 Text A Confucianism…141 Text B Taoism（1）…148 Text C Zhuang Zi…150 Text D Mo Zi and His Philosophy…151 Text E Han Fei, a Legalist…152
Unit 13 Chinese Religion…155 Text A Chinese Religion…156 Text B Taoism（2）…162 Text C Wudang Mountain…164 Text D The Early Buddhism Temples in Tibet…165
Unit 14 The Chinese Language…167 Text A The Chinese Language…168 Text B Some Distinctive Features of the Chinese Language…176 Text C The National Language…180 Text D Complex Chinese Characters and Simplified Ones…180
Unit 15 Chinese Literature…183 Text A Ancient Chinese Literature…184 Text B Lu Xun’s Works…193 Text C Guo Moruo…194
