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The content of this textbook is well selected, involving themes closely related to the lives of Chinese people, such as clothing, food, housing and transportation. The themes are representative, national and interesting, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of international students to love and experience Chinese culture and better solve the cultural problems in real life. The textbook consists of 16 chapters, which are then divided into six modules: living customs, social customs, cultural heritage, athletics and leisure, national art, and ideology and culture. Each chapter is composed of six parts: lead-in questions, chapter body, cultural intercourse, cultural tours, free-talk questions and further reading and viewing, embodying the new culture teaching model of “cultural teaching and learning, cultural experience, and cultural application”.　

《中国文化概况》系列分为中英两个版本，是为来华留学生而编写的一套立体化教材，也适合国外汉语学习者及对中国文化有浓厚兴趣的人士阅读。教材精选了相关中国文化知识，涉及衣、食、住、行等与中国老百姓生活息息相关的主题，主题内容具有代表性、民族性和趣味性，从而激发来华留学生热爱中国文化、体验中国文化的热情，更好地解决实际生活中的文化问题。教材共16章，内容分为生活文化篇、社会习俗篇、文化遗产篇、体育休闲篇、民族艺术篇、思想文化篇等六大篇章。 本教材体例清晰，由Lead-in Questions、正文、Cultural Intercourse、Cultural Tours、Free Talk Questions、Further Reading(and Viewing)几部分组成。除了介绍相关文化知识的正文部分外，Lead-in Questions主要是通过提问引发学生对相关文化点的思考和兴趣；Cultural Intercourse就是介绍在汉语中涉及到该章相应文化知识的俚语和表达方式，让学生体会文化对语言的塑造和影响，帮助学生减少跨文化交际中带来的文化障碍；Cultural Tours是将该章文化内容与中国文化遗产或旅游资源相结合，让留学生能体会到“读万卷书 行万里路”的乐趣；Free Talk Questions就是教师引导学生展开对该章文化内容的讨论，以加深对文化的理解与认同；Further Reading(and Viewing)则提供学生课外阅读的文本资料与视频资源，以进一步拓展课外知识。课后的这几部分环环相扣，层层递进，有内在联系与逻辑性。