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4 sections • 6 lectures • 16m total length

The Culture of China2:05
China is a country with a vast territory, complex topography and diverse climates. From the south to the north, the country is divided into tropical, subtropical, temperate and frigid climate zones. Because of its high elevation, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is…
China’s Top Ten (Superlative statistics in China)1:14
1. The giant Panda of China is one of the rarest animals in the world. Giant pandas live in remote high mountains in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces and eat bamboo. They are a surviving species of the Fourth Ice Age and are known as a „living fossil”. They are regarded as China’s „nationala tre…
Superlative Statistics in China9:00

History of Chinese Calligraphy Alphabet0:25
汉字是世界最古老的文字之一，有6，000多年历史。最早的汉字初型可以从原‘时期的彩陶器表面的各种花纹、符号中看到其发展的脉络。殷商时期的甲骨文刻在龟甲或兽骨上，是比较成熟的汉字。汉字除实用性外逐渐形成了极有特色的书法艺术。中国书法有篆、隶、行、揩、草等多种书体，历代产生了众多的大书法家 Chinese characters are one of the earliest written languages in the world with a history of 6 000 years. The prototype and development of Chinese c…

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Learn more about China and its culture- Chinese cuisine, traditions, inventions and other interesting facts...