《中国文化要览(英文版)》以介绍中国优秀的传统文化为主线，主题内容力求具有代表性、民族性和趣味性，使学生通过对这些内容的学习和领悟，提高人文素质，培养民族自豪感，同时引导学生关注异域文化，培养学生的文化敏感性，树立多元文化的观念。
本书图文并茂，信息量大，主要供具有中等英语水平的非英语专业大学生和英语爱好者使用，同时也适合对中国文化感兴趣的外国友人。

Chapter One Brief History and Traditional Culture of China
Unit 1 A Brief History of China
Unit 2 Traditional Chinese Culture
Chapter Two Traditional Chinese Ideology
Unit 1 Chinese Traditional Way of Thinking
Unit 2 Reflections on the Limitations of Chinese Traditional Ideas
Chapter Three Interchange Between Oriental and Occidental Culture
Unit 1 Spreading of Oriental Culture to the West
Unit 2 Introduction of Western Culture to China
Chapter Four Ancient Science and Technology
Unit 1 Scientific and Technological Achievement of Ancient Chinese
Unit 2 The Four Great Inventions
Chapter Five The Silk Road and Zheng He's Voyages
Unit 1 The Silk Road
Unit 2 Zheng He and His Seven Voyages to the Western Seas
Chapter Six Ancient Chinese Education
Unit 1 Confucius' Educational Ideas
Unit 2 History of Ancient Education
Chapter Seven Well-known Chinese Idioms and Great Works
Unit 1 Selected Chinese Idioms and Fables
Unit 2 Well-known Ancient Chinese Literary Works
Chapter Eight Three Treasures of Chinese Culture
Unit 1 Traditional Chinese Painting
Unit 2 Beijing Opera
Unit 3 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Chapter Nine Chinese Calligraphy and Four Treasures of the Study
Unit 1 Chinese Calligraphy
Unit 2 Four Treasures of the Study
Chapter Ten Chinese Festival Culture
Unit 1 Origin of Chinese Festivals
Unit 2 Traditional Chinese Festivals
Chapter Eleven Chinese Tea, Wine and Culinary Culture
Unit 1 Chinese Tea Culture
Unit 2 Chinese Wine Culture
Unit 3 Chinese Culinary Culture
Chapter Twelve Folk Arts and Sports
Unit 1 Folk Handicraft
Unit 2 Folk Performance and Entertainment
Unit 3 Folk Sports
Chapter Thirteen Traditional Chinese Clothing and Hair Style
Unit 1 Development of Chinese Clothing
Unit 2 Evolution of Ancient Chinese Hairstyle
Chapter Fourteen Chinese Gardening and Architecture
Unit 1 Ancient Chinese Gardening
Unit 2 Traditional Chinese Architecture
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