Overview

Covering wide-ranging topics including the arts and entertainment along with customs and traditions from the ancient imperial and modern eras, the Historical Dictionary of Chinese Culture provides more than 300 separate entries along with a comprehensive Chronology, Glossary of Chinese cultural terms, and extensive Bibliography of Western and Chinese language sources. Entries of decorative and fine arts include ceramics and porcelains, handicrafts, jade and seal carving, jewelry, and painting with literary subjects including fiction and non-fiction and especially poetry. Also covered are major customary practices from childbirth and childrearing to marriage and weddings to funerals and burial practices along with critical areas of education and major entertainment venues of cinema and film, classical puppetry, and theater, ancient and modern. Unsavory aspects of the culture are also examined, including crime, foot-binding, pornography, and prostitution, and the government policies aimed at their eradication along with major events affecting the trajectory of Chinese cultural development, especially the New Culture-May Fourth Movement (1917-1921) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Throughout the text, Chinese language translations of key terms are presented in italics and parenthesis along with biographies of figures central to the creation of China’s magnificent cultural heritage.

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"The volume's 300-plus entries range from half a page (""Abacus"") to over five pages (""Archaeology,"" ""Cinema and Film,"" ""Education""). Alongside topical entries, a handful of cities and provinces, as well as half a dozen notable modern figures (e.g., Mao Zedong, current president Xi Jinping), are also featured, with a focus on their cultural influences. Despite space limitations, the authors are successful in achieving both breadth and depth of coverage, offering meaningful insights into various aspects of China's ancient yet vibrant culture. Recommended -- ""Choice Reviews"""

"The volume's 300-plus entries range from half a page (""Abacus"") to over five pages (""Archaeology,"" ""Cinema and Film,"" ""Education""). Alongside topical entries, a handful of cities and provinces, as well as half a dozen notable modern figures (e.g., Mao Zedong, current president Xi Jinping), are also featured, with a focus on their cultural influences. Despite space limitations, the authors are successful in achieving both breadth and depth of coverage, offering meaningful insights into various aspects of China's ancient yet vibrant culture. Recommended"

The volume's 300-plus entries range from half a page (Abacus) to over five pages (Archaeology, Cinema and Film, Education). Alongside topical entries, a handful of cities and provinces, as well as half a dozen notable modern figures (e.g., Mao Zedong, current president Xi Jinping), are also featured, with a focus on their cultural influences. Despite space limitations, the authors are successful in achieving both breadth and depth of coverage, offering meaningful insights into various aspects of China's ancient yet vibrant culture. Recommended-- Choice

"The volume's 300-plus entries range from half a page (""Abacus"") to over five pages (""Archaeology,"" ""Cinema and Film,"" ""Education""). Alongside topical entries, a handful of cities and provinces, as well as half a dozen notable modern figures (e.g., Mao Zedong, current president Xi Jinping), are also featured, with a focus on their cultural influences. Despite space limitations, the authors are successful in achieving both breadth and depth of coverage, offering meaningful insights into various aspects of China's ancient yet vibrant culture. Recommended -- ""Choice Reviews"" The volume's 300-plus entries range from half a page (""Abacus"") to over five pages (""Archaeology,"" ""Cinema and Film,"" ""Education""). Alongside topical entries, a handful of cities and provinces, as well as half a dozen notable modern figures (e.g., Mao Zedong, current president Xi Jinping), are also featured, with a focus on their cultural influences. Despite space limitations, the authors are successful in achieving both breadth and depth of coverage, offering meaningful insights into various aspects of China's ancient yet vibrant culture. Recommended"

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Lawrence R. Sullivan is professor emeritus of political science, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1975) and a specialist on contemporary China. Prominent published works, authored and co-authored, include Leadership and Authority in China, 1895-1976 (2014), Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy (2017), Historical Dictionary of Chinese Foreign Affairs (2018), and Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment (2019).

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