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Culture of China

The culture of China has been influenced by China's long history and by diverse ethnic groups.

Table of contents
1 Architecture
2 Arts
3 Classics
4 Cooking
5 Education
6 Ethnic groups and regionalisms
7 Games
8 Handicraft
9 History
10 Hobbies
11 Language
12 Martial Arts
13 Mass media
14 Names
15 Religion
16 Social relations
17 Tourism
18 Traditional medicine
19 Units
20 Other, to be inserted above

Architecture

I. M. Pei

Arts

Main article: Chinese art

Cinema

Main article: Cinema of China

Martial arts film - Wu Xia film

Dance

dragon dance - lion dance

Literature

Main article: Chinese literature

Chinese classic texts - Chinese poetry - List of Chinese language poets - List of Chinese proverbs

Music

Main article: Music of China

Opera

Chinese opera

Visual arts and design

Calligraphy - Chinese painting

Classics

Chinese astrology - Chinese calendar - Chinese classic texts - Chinese constellation - Chinese dragon - Chinese mythology - Chinese New Year - Chinese philosophy - Confucianism - Confucius - Eastern philosophy - Five Elements - Futs-Lung - I Ching - Qilin - Lao Zi - Listing of noted Confucianists - Listing of noted Taoists - Lung - Lunisolar calendar - Mohism - Qi - Taoism - Yin Yang - Zhang San Feng

Cooking

Main article: Chinese cuisine

American Chinese cuisine - Boba milk tea - Cantonese cuisine - Cardamom - Chinese Buddhist cuisine - Chinese food therapy - Chinese Islamic cuisine - Chiuchow cuisine - Chopsticks - Chop suey - Dim sum - Double steaming - Fingerroot - Five spice powder - Fortune cookie - Ginger root - Hakka cuisine - Hot salt frying - Hot sand frying - Hunan cuisine - Longan - Lychee - Mandarin cuisine - Monosodium glutamate - Shanghai cuisine - Soy sauce - Stir frying - Szechuan cuisine - Szechuan pepper - Taiwanese cuisine - Tofu - Wok

Education

Ethnic groups and regionalisms

Games

Che Deng - Chinese checkers - Chinese dominoes - Go (board game) - Go proverb - Gwat Pai - Kap Tai Shap - Keno - Mah Jong - Pai Gow - Pai gow poker - Shanghai solitaire - Tangram - Tien Gow - Tiu U - Xiangqi

Handicraft

Joinery - Silk - Chinese paper art

History

Main article: History of China

Origins of Chinese Civilization - Chinese prehistory - Dongyi - Hunn-Xianpi - Khitan - Jurchen - Tabgach - proto-Sino-Tibetan - Shang-Chu Kingdom - Yuezhi - Yue Kingdom - Nanyue Kingdom - Wu Kingdom

Hobbies

Chinese tea culture

Language

Main articles: Chinese language, Languages of China

Chinese input methods for computers - Chinese numerals - Chinese written language - Classical Chinese - Pinyin

Martial Arts

Jeet Kune Do - Kung Fu - Leung Sheung - Martial arts - Nei chia - Nunchaku - Pakua Chuan - Qigong - Shaolin - Tai Chi Chuan - Wing Chun - Wing Tsun - Wong Fei Hung - Wushu - Yip Man

Mass media

Main articles: Media in China, Media in Hong Kong

Names

Chinese family name - Chinese name - Liu - Miao Hao - Nian Hao - Posthumous name - Shi Hao - Zi

Religion

Main article Religion in China

Bodhidharma - Buddhism - Dalai Lama - Falun Gong - Gedun Drub - Guanyin - Mahayana Buddhism - Shang Ti - Shaolin - Sonam Gyatso - Tibetan Buddhism - Vajrayana - Yami - Zen

Social relations

Main article: Chinese social relations

Tourism

Forbidden City - Grand Canal of China - Great Wall of China - Marco Polo Bridge - Mount Huangshan - Mount Jiuhuashan - Mount Tianzhu - Terracotta Army - The Temple of Heaven - The Summer Palace

Traditional medicine

Main article: Traditional Chinese medicine

Units

Main aricle: Chinese unit

Other, to be inserted above

Abacus - Celestial globe - Chinese nationalism - Communism - Counting rods - Cultural genocide - Cultural Revolution - Eunuch - Fists of Righteous Harmony - Ganqing - Giulio Alenio - Hopping corpse - Jean Joseph Marie Amiot - Jiang Hu - List of famous Chinese people - Maoism - Mao suit - National Palace Museum - Qi Qiao Jie - Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong - Sima Guang - Sima Qian - Triad - Zhang Heng - Zhu Shijie - Da Shan (Mark Rowswell)

See also: Culture of Hong Kong
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China Index
Provides information and links on news, travel, business, culture, government and medicine.
http://www.index-china.com/

China Big Web Guide and Yellow Pages
Business, trade and travel portal. Online yellow pages of two million companies, web guide, trade board and travel information.
http://www.chinabig.com/

Asianinfo.org: China
Information on various aspects of the country and its culture, with links organised by category and to news stories.
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/about_china.htm

China
Provides more than five link pages on education and research, history and culture, economy and politics, nature and mankind, tours and entertainment. From Texas University.
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/china/

China Vista
Portal site with sections on business, travel and culture.
http://www.chinavista.com/home.html

China Development Gateway
Information about the country from the Chinese government and the World Bank, focusing on the economy and administration.
http://www.chinagate.com.cn/

China Center
At Minnesota University. Includes bulletin board, annotated links, travel advice and information on academic exchanges.
http://www.chinacenter.umn.edu/

China Internet Information Center
Authorized portal site established by the Chinese government.
http://www.china.org.cn/

China-on-site
Covering culture, food, literature, art, music, gardens and travel.
http://www.china-on-site.com/

Chinasite
Link collection organised by topic, some with annotations. Categories in Chinese and English.
http://www.chinasite.com/

Chinese A to Z
Provides information about the country's history, culture, philosophy, art and astrology.
http://chinesea2z.co.uk/

China-Kontor
Portal site with news, information, shopping stores, forum, mailing list and links.
http://www.chinakontor.de/

Muzi Net
Bilingual portal with directory, forums and entertainment information.
http://www.muzi.net/

Internet Guide for China Studies
Annotated list of academic sites dealing with the Greater China area.
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/index.html

Library of Congress: China
Extensive information on the country's history, geography, population, culture, economy, politics and defence.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cntoc.html

Asiaco: China
Search engine and site directory. Also provides news, jobs and career search, travel information, classifieds and stock quotes.
http://china.asiaco.com/

China Bridge
English and Chinese web directory with portal services including shopping, horoscopes and chat.
http://www.thechinabridge.com/

China on Internet
Information on the country's culture, plus directories of companies and their products.
http://www.chinaoninternet.com/

Asiadragons: China
Portal site with directory, search engine, news and business, jobs, travel and stock exchange information.
http://asiadragons.com/china/

Eastday
Shanghai-based portal with news and entertainment and travel information.
http://english.eastday.com/

Ocrat Chinese Links
Chinese-related links related to both Taiwan and mainland China. Of particular relevance to students of Chinese or people wanting to live in China (including Taiwan).
http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/links.html

Yutopian
Portal site with information on Chinese culture, directory and shopping centre.
http://www.yutopian.com/

Mere China
Recipes, texts of literary classics, travel information and a forum.
http://www.merechina.com/

Chinese Business World
Information on the country in general, business and travel, with details of each province.
http://www.chinesebusinessworld.com/

ChinaOutdoors
Information on travel in general and outdoor activities in particular. Includes discussion boards and screensavers.
http://chinaoutdoors.com/

China - Facts at a Glance
Quick facts on land area, flag, population, money, and type of plugs for electrical appliances.
http://www.asiaspirit.com/a-cn.html

Chinaviva
General information on the country and its culture. English and Spanish.
http://www.chinaviva.com/eng/



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