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In Class Presentation
Chinese Food : Traditional Breakfast, Chinese main food, Famous Chinese dishes, Weird Food, Chinese dinner table set. Download.
Chinese Astrology : Chinese Sign Chart (find out what is your Chinese sign), Chinese horoscopes (find out different sign's personality and its best match), Five elements. Download.
Chinese Movie : Kungfu Movies (Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan & Jet Li) . Famous Chinese Drama Directors and Their Movies (Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan & other directors) . Comedy Director Feng Xiaogang and his blockbusters. Download.
Chinese Music : Traditional Chinese Instruments, Top 10 Chinese Ancient Classic Music, Chinese Well-known Music, Chinese Rock and Father of Chinese Rock (Cui Jian). Download.
Beijing Tour : Take a visual tour to Beijing's tourist attractions, food options and transportion. Download.
Chinese Culture DVD
Traditional Chinese Medicine & Chinese Wushu :
Chinese herb medicine is well-known all over the world as well as traditional Chinese treatment. This documentary also introduces the development of Chinese Kungfu, including its different styles, weapons, and the legends of Shaolin Kungfu in China.
Chinese Cuisine & Chinese Tea:This documentary introduces 8 major cuisines of completely different tastes, focusing on the materials they use, the slice skill and their typical cooking requirements, through which you will enjoy a good view of the dishes in attractive color, vivid shape and appealing taste.
Chinese Figures & Chinese Pottery and Porcelain : This documentary displays to you black pottery, Jun porcelain, Jindezhen porcelain, brown earth pottery and porcelain carvings which are credited to be national treasures.
Peking Opera & Chinese Traditional Painting : Chinese traditional painting is an art of Chinese profound culture which is independent of other fine arts in the world. This documentary gives an overview of the development of Chinese traditional painting by introducing the masterpieces of the most famous artists in history and their painting skills and the techniques they use.
Chinese Silk & Chinese Embroidery : China is the origin of silk. This documentary demonstrates the development of the Silk Road in northern plain, the southwest and the sea by relating it to the cultural exchanges between China and the west countries. Meanwhile, you will see the continuous development of the Chinese silk craftsmanship and the various tastes in art of different dynasties.
Chinese Paper-cuts & Chinese Kites : This documentary shows you how Chinese kites come into being. By revealing the difference of kites in Nan Tong, Beijing and Wei Fang and the workmanship of the kites, this documentary will help you get to know more about historical literary quotation about Chinese kites and variety of Chinese kites in the south and north of China respectively.
Chinese Puppet & Leather Silhouette Show : This documentary starts from the Quanzhou International Puppet Festival, shows the development of this folk art which was favorite of Chinese emperors and aristocrats, the diversities of Chinese puppets and performances of Chinese puppets for thousands of years.
China's Buddhism : Buddhism came to China from India.This chapter addresses the evolvement and localization of Buddhism in China as well as its interaction with the local Chinese culture. The audiences are going to tour with the cameraman many important Buddhist relics such as Buddhist mountains, grottos, pagodas and learn many interesting knowledge about Buddhist sculptures, music, sports and arts.
Chinese Taoism : Taoism, a combination of many traditional Chinese beliefs and health preserving practices, is a native religion of China with Lao Tse as its founder.This charter is about the origin, evolvement of Taoism as well as its great impacts upon China’s traditional literature, philosophy, medicine, and health preservation.
Chinese Imperial Costume & Chinese Qipao : In this documentary, the costumes of 13 representative minority nationalities are demonstrated, focusing on their color, pattern, design and the materials used, which provides you a mosaic colorful dress world.
Chinese Folk Music & Chinese Folk Songs : This documentary introduces Chinese folk music in depth, such as its development, its genres, and the Chinese people’s curiosity in arts. Some musical instruments such as the earliest bone-carved flute, the musical gift to the aliens are displayed to you.
The Chinese Acrobatics & Chinese Lion Dance : This documentary focuses on introducing the skills and difference of Chinese lion dance in the south and in the north respectively. Chinese lion dance in the south is reserved and delicate, while it is majestic in the north.
Chinese Dances, Nuo Dance & Yangge Dance : Chinese Yangge Dance is an old national dance, it was originally called the song of the sun, which is sung in the ceremony of sacrifice to sun god. Chinese Yangge Dance spreads a wide range of region including the areas of the Yangtse River the Yellow River. This documentary demonstrates the origin of Chinese Yangge Dance, its forms of performances, its different characteristics in the south and the north.
Chinese Garden & Chinese Sculpture : Chinese garden culture enjoys a history of more than 3,000 years, with its own unique styles. This documentary introduces the architectural characteristics of the typical Chinese gardens whose remarkable design embodies the idea of correspondence of human and nature.
Qinghai Lake, Mount Hua &Lijiang: Qinghai Lake, located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau which is credited to be the roof of the world, is the biggest enclosed lake and salt-water lake. Qinghai Lake, stretching over a vast area, provides a beautiful landscape. In 1994, Qinghai Lake was acknowledged to be the key scenic resort and historic site in China. In 1997, it was acknowledged to be national nature reserve area.
Dunhuang China : Dunhuang, one of the famous historical and cultural cities in China, is located in the west China. It is a bright pearl shining in the Silk Road in ancient times. The culture of Dunhuang developed prosperous during the Tang Dynasty about 1600 years ago, leaving behind many historic relics for us to visit. The cultural architectures and arts produced over the past long years are not seen in any other part of the world, for which, Dunhuang is entered the historic relics of UNESCO.
In Class Movie Show:
Chinese Animation : Traditional Chinese color-paint Animations."36 Characters", "Xiao Ke Dou Zhao Mama", "3 Monks" , "Panda Store", "Shen Bi Ma Liang", "Fishing Boy", etc.
Foreign Cartoons in Chinese Language : "Snow White", "Tom&Jerry" and "Micky Mouse" .
Danwei TV Series : Beijing Big Building, Chinese Porcelain, Chinese Reading Trends, Chinese Wedding, English Names, Dashanzi Art Street, Shenyang Street Dance, Hutong Chronicles, IKEA, Lamb Kebab, Ma Yansong Architecturer, Midi Festival, SOHO Migrants, Country Love, Looking for Double Happiness, Sexy Christmas, Super Girl Show...
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