spContent=Chinese Society and Customs is a English-teaching compulsory course for international undergraduate students. With the teaching concept of combining knowledge learning, ability training and value guidance and student-centered teaching methods, this course can enable students to have the awareness of active learning, to find, integrate, output and correct information, thereby to internalize knowledge, master knowledge, and have the ability to accept cultural differences, to understand special cultural phenomena, to discriminate false information, and to perceive the Chinese spirit.
Chinese Society and Customs is a English-teaching compulsory course for international undergraduate students. With the teaching concept of combining knowledge learning, ability training and value guidance and student-centered teaching methods, this course can enable students to have the awareness of active learning, to find, integrate, output and correct information, thereby to internalize knowledge, master knowledge, and have the ability to accept cultural differences, to understand special cultural phenomena, to discriminate false information, and to perceive the Chinese spirit.
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课程概述
This course is for the foreign students, who study in the bachelor program at the university. The course introduces the aspects of Chinese society, which are related with people's daily life, and the corresponding customs. The main content includes customs of important moments in life, dressing customs, dietary customs, living customs, festival customs, transportation in China and faith customs. By taking this course, foreign students can get a better understanding about Chinese people's behavior, their daily life, their tradition, and the society they are living in, thus a more profound comprehension of Chinese culture. The course will be given in English, therefore there is no requirement for students' Chinese proficiency.
成绩 要求
The final score of the course is composed of 3 parts: attendance (20%), midterm exam or homework & class performance (30%) and final exam (50%). A final score of 55 points is the lowest requirement to pass the course.
课程大纲
Customs of Important Moments in Life
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to know the customs about birth, birthdays including Zhousui, adulthood ceremony and Shou, wedding as well as funeral, which are the most important moments of one's life, of normal Chinese people.
1.1 Customs of birth
1.2 Customs of birthdays
1.2.1 Customs of Zhousui
1.2.2 Customs of Adulthood Ceremony
1.2.3 Customs of Shou
1.4 Customs of wedding
1.5 Customs of funeral
Dressing custom
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to know the traditional and modern clothing of Chinese people, the changes of men's and women's costume in the history, customs of hairstyle, customs associated with shoes and evolution of hats in China.
2.1 China's Ancient Clothing
2.2 China's Modern Clothing
2.3 Changes of men's and women's Costume
2.4 Development of Hairstyles
2.5 Customs Associated with Shoes
2.6 Evolution of hats in China
Dietary Customs
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to learn the typical food in different areas in China, the main cooking method, the relationship between food and the five elements, the categories and regional variation of Chinese food, Chinese table manners, Diet taboos and so on.
3.1Typical food in North and South
3.2Primary cooking methods
3.3Food and the five elements
3.4The six categories of Chinese food
3.5The eight regional variations of Chinese food
3.6Chinese table manners
3.7Diet taboos
3.8A Bite of China
Living Customs
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to learn some basic knowledge about Chinese architecture, including the architectural style and construction method, the famous buildings, the unique Chinese residences in different areas, and Fengshui, which sounds mysterious to a lot of foreigners and is getting to be known by more and more people all over the world.
4.1Chinese Traditional Architecture
4.2Chinese Modern Architecture
4.3Traditional Chinese Residences
4.4Fengshui
Festival Customs
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to learn the customs about the Chinese traditional festivals including the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Seventh Festival, Mid-Autumn Day, Double Ninth Festival and Laba Festival, the modern Festivals including the Women's Day,Youth Day, Children's Day and National day, as well as the recently created "Festivals" including the 5.20, 6.18, 11.11 and 12.12.
5.1 Traditional Festivals
5.1.1 Spring Festival
5.1.2 Lantern Festival
5.1.3 Qingming Festival
5.1.4 Dragon Boat Festival
5.1.5 Double Seventh Festival
5.1.6 Mid-Autumn Festival
5.1.7 Double Ninth Festival
5.1.8 Laba Festival
5.2Modern Festivals
5.2.1 Women's Day
5.2.2 Youth Day
5.2.3 Children's Day
5.2.4 National Day
5.3 Some Festivals which are created by merchants
Transportation in China
课时目标：In this section students are supposed to learn the development of the main vehicles used in China, how people took those vehicles in the past time, what are the vehicles used today and the related policies of using those vehicles today.
6.1Bicycle and sharing bicycle
6.2E-bike
6.3Taxi and Didi
6.4Car
6.5Subway
6.6Train
6.7Airplane
展开全部
参考资料
China Close-up: Living Chinese Culture
China Close-up: China, a Closer Country
China Close-up: Creative and High-Tech China
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