This is a book about Chinese culture in English. What is culture and how to introduce Chinese culture to the world seems to be an interesting and worthwhile job to do. While many foreign friends show interest in learning Chinese language, this book intends to discuss Chinese culture by way of language perspective. Since China is a country with over 5000 years of history , the book chooses to discuss the language and its cultural background, i.e. words with cultural meaning and "cultural words." Chapters included:
1. Culture, Traditional Chinese Culture and the Characteristics of the Han Nationality
2. Names and Culture of the Han Nationality
3. Dress and Culture
4. Chinese Cuisine, Chinese Tea and Wine Culture
5. Animal Words and Culture
6. Plant Words and Culture
7. Solar and Heavenly Stems, Important Festivals
8. Color and Culture
9. Numbers and Culture
10. Figurative Use of Words
11. Traditional Chinese Medicine and Wushu (martial arts) and 12. Buddhism and Taoism in China.
In addition, ten supplementary readings have been purposely chosen for abetter and richer insight of Chinese culture.