Cultural ingredients in Chinese life

《中国百姓生活里的文化元素》由范革新编著。 《中国百姓生活里的文化元素》简介： Chinese culture is a crystallization of the five-thousand-year wisdom and embodied experience in life and nature of all the ethnic groups in China. Many cultural ingredients have been blended into every aspect of people' s life, and however, even educated Chinese may not know the roots of some commonly enjoyed cultural ingredients. Besides, with a growing impact China has had on the whole world and the all-around opening- up, there have been more and more foreign friends who want to know more about China, its long history, its splendid culture and its great national spirit. Therefore, writing a book introduc-ing the traditional Chinese culture in English has a significance of its own. The book, Cultural Ingredients in Chinese Life, can be used as a supplementary textbook for students majoring in English or in translation and interpretation, but also it is a window for for-eign friends to know more about Chinese people and the origins of Chinese culture.