The origins of Chinese characters -- Chinese writing and Chinese language -- Chinese characters and calligraphy -- Using consistent character and roadway gauges -- Four treasures of the study -- The dialects -- Names -- Greeting styles -- Kinship appellation -- Chinese zodiac -- The traditional calendar- the agricultural calendar -- The twenty-four solar terms -- The spring festival -- The pure brightness day -- The dragon boat festival -- The mid-autumn festival -- The double yang festival -- The emperors Yan and Huang -- Da Yu controls the water -- Pangu creates the universe -- The Goddess Nuwa makes human beings -- Hou Yi shoots the suns -- The cowherd and the weaving maid -- Meng Jiangnu weeps down the great wall -- Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai -- The legend of the white snake -- The legend of Mu-lan -- The dragon -- The vicissitudes of the dynasties -- Minority ethnic groups -- Family ideology -- Marriage customs -- The four great inventions. Papermaking -- Printing technology -- Gunpowder -- Compass -- The abacus and calculation -- Post roads and relay stations -- The sedan chair -- Horse and carriage -- Yellow River culture -- The silk road -- The great wall -- The terracotta warriors -- The five sacred mountains -- Lakes -- Lao Tzu -- Chuang Tzu -- Confucius -- Mencius -- Mo Tzu -- Sun Tzu -- Han Fei Tzu -- The book of songs -- Poetry of the south -- Han Fu -- Han Yue Fu -- The records of the grand historian -- The book of Han -- the Yangtze River -- Tea -- Wine -- Food -- Han attire -- The story of the fan -- Folk arts and crafts -- Capital cities -- Palace architecture -- Temple architecture -- Money -- Medicine -- Chess -- Martial arts -- Folk theater -- Painting -- The great books -- Prose -- Tang poetry -- Song dynasty poetry -- Opera and theater -- The novel -- Gardens -- Residences -- Burial rites -- Go -- Primitive religion: the exorcising dance -- Beijing opera -- Kunqu opera -- Yu Opera -- Huangmei opera -- Yue opera -- The art of Dunhuang -- Jingdezhen porcelain -- Schooling -- The Imperial examination culture -- Collecting and archiving books and documents -- Confucianism -- Taoism -- Metaphysics -- Buddhism -- A dream of red mansions -- Water margin -- The romance of the three kingdoms -- Journey to the west -- The new culture movement -- Hu Shi -- Lu Xun -- Guo Moruo -- Mao Dun -- Ba Jin -- Lao She -- Cao Yu.