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US media: China is a ‘Confucian country’

  孔子的国度China is a 'Confucian country' 如果回溯历史,在很长时间里,西方世界对孔子的了解都是“只闻其声,不见其形”。16世纪,传教士利玛窦第一次把中国文化中的孔子形象介绍到了欧洲,随后又传到了美洲大陆。For a long time, Westerners had heard of Confucius, but never seen his face. Jesuit Matteo Ricci introduced the image of Confucius in the Chinese culture to Europe in the 16th century for the first time, and later to the American continent.

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City in China: Inner Mongolia内蒙古

Inner Mongolia`s grasslands and stark deserts exert a special pull on the imagination. It is very different from eastern China's crowded cities and intensively cultivated farmlands, Inner Mongolia is home to clear skies and vast, virtually empty landscapes stretching to an unbroken horizon; after a few moments in such starkly beautiful surroundings, it's easy enough to envision the legendary armies of Genghis Khan, Mongolia's most famous son, sweeping past on horseback en route to conquer the world.

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Happy Chinese S2: Tourist Chinese — Shenzhen 11 快乐汉语:旅游汉语 深圳11 问下一个目的地

Happy Chinese(快乐汉语) is an entertaining, fun and easy Chinese series. In Season II, we will focus on typical Tourist Chinese by famous tourist spots in China. It helps the learners form a solid foundation for their further studies.快乐汉语系列二《旅游汉语》主要教授在中国旅游途中的实用汉语。我们将以情景剧的方式把中国最有代表的旅游胜地串联起来,展示中国的秀美山川、人杰地灵。

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2013 The 12th Chinese Bridge for Foreign Students Open in UK 2013年第12届“汉语桥”世界大学生比赛英国开幕

Chinese culture is also gaining recognition among youths in Britain. The 12th "Chinese Bridge" proficiency contest is one such example. Held in the British Museum, 28 contestants vye for two spots at the Grand finals in July and August. The contestants are tested comprehensively in their understanding of Chinese culture through various presentations.

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City in China: Lijiang

Lijiang's (Lìjiāng, 丽江) Nestled in a high mountain valley, charming Old Townhas long been a center of Naxi cultureand in recent years has become a major tourist attraction. Declared a UN World Heritage siteafter a 1996 earthquake and developed in the years since with tourism in mind, Lijiang, once a remote backpacker getaway, now attracts more than 5 million tourists a year.

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敦煌莫高窟Dunhuang mogao grottoes

  Mogao Caves are the nation key cultural relic preservation organ, isnamed Thousand Buddhas Cave, is situated west the Gansu Corridor endDunhuang, is world famous by the fine mural and the cast. Itsbeginning constructs at 16 countries' former Qin times, has beenthrough repeatedly 16 countries, the Northern Dynasty, Sui, Tang, fivegenerations, Tangut , the Yuan and so on all previous dynastiesconstructing, forms the huge scale, existing cavern 735, the mural45,000 square meter, argillaceous painted sculpture 2,415, are in theworld the extant scale is biggest, the content richest Buddhism artplace. Since the modern times had discovered the Buddhist scriptureshole, in had 50,000 ancient times cultural relics, and grew speciallyto study the Buddhist scriptures hole ancient book and Dunhuang artdiscipline – Dunhuang studies. But since Mogao Caves receive many people in the modern times for thedamage, the cultural relic massively drain, its integrity wasseriously destroyed. In 1961, Mogao Caves are announced by thePeople's Republic of China State Council one of for first batch ofnational key cultural relic preservation organs. In 1987, Mogao Cavesare listed as the world culture inheritance.

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