Summary of China's Ancient Cultural History

This set of books is a liberal arts textbook recommended by the Ministry of Education. There are 3 1 special topics, including the history of China's philosophy, literature and general history. The knowledge it provides, which connects various disciplines, is a problem that must be studied to explore the ancient culture of China. More than 30 authors of this book are well-known scholars in related fields in China, such as Qiu Xigui, Wang, Luo,,, Yang, etc. This set of books won the 1993 Peking University Chinese Culture Award and the 1996 Excellent Textbook Award of the State Education Commission. ...

This book is a textbook for the course of ancient cultural history in China. Written by more than 30 experts from Peking University and other units. The content of this book focuses on the following aspects: (1) On the ancient nationalities in China, it introduces the formation process, distribution area, social life, historical contribution and migration and flow of the main nationalities. (2) In the daily life of ancient people, agricultural production, textile processing, architectural art and transportation were introduced. (3) In the aspect of ancient books and thoughts, it introduces the origin and evolution of Chinese characters, calligraphy system and Confucianism, which has a wide influence in history. (4) In the aspect of ancient system, it introduces the marriage system, family system, funeral system, official system, election and imperial examination system, etiquette system and monetary system. (5) In the aspect of ancient artifacts, the ritual vessels, weapons and daily utensils are introduced. (6) In terms of ancient customs, it introduces etiquette system, religion, folk Shinto, folk taboos and folk festivals. (7) In paleogeography, the development of geography and the evolution of administrative divisions in past dynasties are introduced. In ancient art, ceramics, lacquerware, painting, calligraphy, music and architecture were introduced. In ancient science and technology, the important scientific and technological achievements, astronomical calendar and weights and measures system are introduced.