Chinese Language and Culture

Further Reading

Module 1

Dynasties in Chinese History: [Useful timeline for all dynasties, a map of changing dynasty territorial
control, and table of names of each dynasty and the Emperors]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dynasties as at 12 December 2013

China Maps: [ Variety of maps of China including geographic and climatic information, ethnic
distributions and communications systems] www.chinamaps.org - viewed on 10 Dec 2013

Confucius Institute Network [Information on the support provided to Confucius Institutes and
Confucius classrooms globally, and its volunteer and scholarship schemes]
http://english.hanban.org/ on 10 Dec 2013

A Brief Introduction to Romanized spelling system of Chinese - Pinyin [ Provides a highly summarised
and simple explanation of the letters (consonants and vowels) and tone markings used in Pin Yin)
http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/pcr/soundsys/introtopinyin.htm

History of Chinese Script [ Provides interesting representation of how some symbols changed as
writing styles changed over the centuries] http://www.ancientscripts.com/chinese.html on 10 Dec
2013

Masters and Beginners of Chinese Calligraphy [Just 3 of many excellent web resources about Chinese
calligraphy]
a. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHBAJ4GwGcA ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQ6dh4yda8 and
b. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSgoKEy-3QQ viewed on 10 Dec 2013

Chinese Calligraphy Metropolitan Museum of Art [ Useful and authoritative summary of the
development of Chinese calligraphy and provides links to further articles ]
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chcl/hd_chcl.htm viewed on 16 Dec 2013





















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