This Is China: Essential Aspects of Chinese Culture is mainly for
international readers who are interested in Chinese culture.
This book is filled with accurate, informative contents and abundant
illustrations. It has brief introductions, explanations and comments of
Chinese culture, including the general information, family, clothing and
adornment, food and drinks, housing, transportation, communication,
incomes and expenses, education, employment, calendar and festivals,
interpersonal communication, leisure, hygiene and health, beliefs and
values, folk customs, traditional symbols, folk taboos, traditional Chinese
medicine, Qigong and Wushu, Chinese theatre and musical instruments,
painting and calligraphy, poetry and fictions, arts and crafts, famous
cities and historical sites. It shows readers a real picture of daily life in
contemporary China.