Table of Contents

Aspects of traditional Chinese culture Chan Sin-wai

1. Architecture in traditional China Nancy S. Steinhardt

2. Agriculture in traditional China Liu Yingchun and Wang Haiyan

3. Bees in Chinese culture David Pattinson

4. Jingju: The treasures of classical Chinese theatre Li Ruru

5. Boat/ship building in traditional China Han Qing and Liu Yingchun

6. Buddhism in China Xue Yu

7. Chinese calligraphy Xu Yangsheng and Chan Sin-wai

8. Cantonese culture Chan Sin-wai

9. Cantonese opera Chan Sau-yan

10. Chinese culture in popular sayings and famous quotes Chan Sin-wai

11. The art of Chinese painting: Hong Kong perspective Tang Hoi-chiu

12. Confucianism Cheung Yu-kit

13. Education in traditional China Thomas H.C. Lee

14. Eight Characters, Five Elements, and Chinese Fortune telling Li Chao

15. Embroidery in China Margaret Lee

16. An overview of Chinese fortune telling in traditional times Richard J. Smith

17 Rouquan – A mysterious school of Chinese martial arts Devin Tam, Wang Ling, and Zhang Yaoting

18. Handicraft in traditional China Wang Haiyan and Liu Yingchun

19. Some mysteries of Kunqu music and its melodic characteristics Lindy Li Mark

20. Leisure in traditional Chinese culture Ma Huidi and Liu Er

21. Chinese shadow play Li Jie

22. Taijiquan as a unique living embodiment of Chinese philosophy: its essence, content, and terminology Kit Chunyu

About the Author

Chan Sin-wai is Professor and Dean of the School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China. His teaching and research interests lie mainly in the areas of translation studies, translation technology, and bilingual lexicography. He has published more than 60 books in 80 volumes, mainly scholarly monographs, dictionaries, and translated works in different fields. His most recent book publications include The Future of Translation Technology: Towards a world without Babel (2016), An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting (2018), The Human Factor in Machine Translation (2018), and A New Comprehensive Cantonese-Putonghua-English Dictionary (2019).