Dialogues about China: Material Culture [+MP3-CD]. ISBN: 9787561937310

Format: book + MP3-CD
ISBN-10: 7-5619-3731-8, 7561937318
ISBN-13: 978-7-5619-3731-0, 9787561937310
English Title: Dialogues about China: Material Culture [+MP3-CD]
Chinese Title: 对话中国 物态文化篇（含1MP3）
Binding: softcover
Pages: 174
Shipping Weight: 380g
Language: simplified Chinese
Year of Publication: 2013
Publisher: Beijing Language and Culture University Press

Dialogues about China is a series of readers targeted at Chinese language learners, deciphering the Chinese culture from all aspects. It is composed of 5 volumes, namely Material Culture, Psychological Culture, Behavioral Culture, Communication Culture and Institutional Culture. The series centers on such Chinese cultural issues as has attracted extensive attention among foreigners and answers certain questions regarding cultural exchange, blending and collision through dialogues and case analyses. The easy, popular language and splendid, lively pictures used in the series enable readers to get a clearer understanding of China and the life of Chinese people. An MP3 disk comes with the book, including the recordings of all the dialogues and short passages in the book. Readers can read the book while listening, feeling the ambience of Chinese culture. Suitable for intermediate to advanced learners who are able to read Chinese texts fluently.

对话中国 物态文化篇
本册为《物态文化篇》，从衣食住行着手，从具体的物象着眼，用问答形式，力图展现出中国人的生活情况，包括饮食、医药、住房、出行、年节等日常生活形态，房奴、车奴、蜗居、蚁族、宅男宅女等新型生活方式，以及以笔墨纸砚、琴棋书画、瓷器、剪纸等为依托的传统艺术，等等，解析这些生活方式背后的文化内涵，引导读者走进中国人的生活世界。

本书附有MP3光盘一张，录有全书的对话和短文，读者可以听读结合，更全面地感受中国文化。

作者简介
董萃，沈阳师范大学教授，长期从事对外汉语教学、中国文化与中国社会概况教学、海外汉语教师培训工作，为国家汉办阿拉伯地区孔子学院开发具有针对性的汉语教材，曾主编《中国文化概要》。

编辑推荐
第一，本书所讲述的文化点，是以问卷形式从外国学习者中收集而来，是外国人最关心、最感兴趣或最困惑的文化问题：为什么外国人把中国叫做“China”？为什么中国有两个新年？“囍”字是怎么来的？你可能知道“丝绸之路”，但你知道“茶马古道”吗？“蜗居”和“蚁族”指什么？……这些问题你都可以从本书中找到答案。

第二，本书是图文书，文字精炼生动，大量精美的图片是对文字准确、生动的注解，打开本书你就会进入一种浓郁的中国意境，令你对中国的物态文化有更真切的体验。