1. Chinese Culture Shockley Su 7/24/2011

2. Four categories Foods ( 食 ) Clothing ( 衣 ) Living ( 住 ) Transportation ( 行 )

3. China ( 中國 )

4. 食

5. Foods_1 ( 食 ) 北方大漢菜：魯、皖菜 江南美女菜：蘇、浙菜 風流公子菜：粵、閩菜 博學名士菜：川、湘菜

6. Foods_2 ( 食 ) Rice field in KungSi province, power by water buffalo power

7. Foods_3 ( 食 ) Soy bean dishes: soy milk for breakfast or drink bean curd with scallion Rice and all kinds rice dishes: fan noodle bun cake dessert

8. Foods_4 ( 食 ) Whole parts for all materials: seafood, birds or animals. Stir-fried Prawns, Shredded Jelly Fish, Dried Shrimp, Five-flavor Smoked Fish, Celery with Bean Curd Cheese, Beef Slices, Cucumber with Mashed Garlic, Soy Tender Chicken and Wax Gourd Birds, ducks, geese, etc. Fish with head, fish egg, sea horse, sea cucumber, jelly fish, etc

9. Foods_5 ( 食 ) Rice and chopsticks

10. Foods_6 ( 食 ) Drinking tea has become a part of people's daily life. Tea culture as the crystallization of Chinese tradition has a long history. China is the homeland of tea. Tea as one of important exports has made a great contribution to economic development of Ancient China. Tasting tea is a unique culture of China.

11. Foods_7 ( 食 ) Hot, hot and spicy. More variety material: herbs, litchi, lotus seed, rabbit head, dove, cow stripe, pig ear, sea horse, dog, etc..

12. Foods_8 ( 食 ) Desserts and snacks: DouHua, LiangFen, TangYuan, ToFu pudding, Pear sugar pastry, rice cake, BaoZi, Green dumpling, ZongZi, Moon cake. Story behind it..

13. Foods: 食 Comparison Pork Rice Lots vegetable Eat everything Serve soup after meal Whole body of meat Chopsticks Eat at home Sharing Gan Bei!(cheers!) Soy bean products Tea Lateness Plentiful and splendid cuisine

14. Foods: 食 Comparison PorkBeef RiceBread Lots vegetableLots meat Eat everythingEat selected food Serve soup with mealServe soup before meal Whole body of meatFillet or boneless ChopsticksForks, spoons, knifes Eat at homeEat out or fast-food SharingEat your own Gan Bei!(cheers!) Drink yourself Soy bean productsMilk & cheese TeaCoffee Lateness Punctuality Plentiful and splendid cuisineNutrition and balance

15. Everyday Eating Customs in China 1.three meals a day

16. Everyday Eating Customs in China 1. three meals a day 2. a hot towel 3. share, bones and shells 4. It is perfectly acceptable 5. just leave the food in the plate. 6. seniority 7. by sipping from the spoon 8. chopsticks 9. embarrassing

17. We learned.. Identify the differences between Chinese and American Table manners Identify the difference between simple form and traditional form in Chinese character Identify the difference between the major food of Chinese and American dining table Identify the difference between the Chinese clothing and American clothing Identify the difference between the house structure of Chinese and American Identify the similarities & differences between the transportation of Chinese and American List 5 differences between the culture of Chinese and American from those four categories.

18. Practice & Homework Write below Chinese characters 5 times and brief the meaning 食 衣 住 行 Search the answer from library, web or any resource you can find. Which country invented paper, gunpowder, compass & woodblock printing? (extra point) Read below links, brief the topic into a paragraph. Costume: media.huayuworld.org/culture/chinese/cul_chculture/vod29html/vod29_01.htm Lucky symbol, jade: media.huayuworld.org/culture/chinese/cul_chculture/vod21html/VOD21_01.HTM

19. Future Presentation Society Language Mythology and spirituality Literature Music Arts Martial arts Fashion Architecture Leisure Gallery

20. Web Link http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Art/art.html http://www.chinapage.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China http://food.chinese.cn/en/

21. The End What question do you have for our last class or today’s class?