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Pinyin / Wade-Giles Pronunciation Guide

dyang — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:10:36 +0000

Welcome to China Institute’s online Chinese pronunciation guide!

This guide is designed to allow you to search Chinese syllables written in both pinyin and Wade-Giles spellings, the two most predominant systems of romanization for Chinese characters used in English language documents. Wade-Giles, so-called after the two developers, is an older system sometimes used in Western academic and popular publications. Pinyin, developed and implemented in the People’s Republic of China in the 1950′s, is today the more widely used system.

TO ACCESS THE GUIDE, PLEASE CLICK HERE

Terracotta Warriors–Guardians of China’s First Emperor: A Resource Guide for Students and Teachers Terra Cotta Warriors–Guardians of China’s First Emperor: A Resource Guide...

Xu Bing Interactives

Miles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:35:46 +0000

Check out contemporary artist and MacArthur Foundation recipient Xu Bing’s online interactive projects, such as “The Living Word,” which is a very creative take on written Chinese. Also features other projects such as “Monkeys Grasp for the Moon,” “Laughter Project,” as well as an interview with the artist.

GO TO SITE: http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/xubing/default.html

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists...

The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology

Miles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:16:49 +0000

From the National Gallery of Art, this is an excellent resource on learning about ancient Chinese cultures, enhanced by images from their collection.

Table of Contents

I. Late Prehistoric China

II. Bronze Age China

III. Chu and Other Cultures

IV. Early Imperial China

GO TO SITE: http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_toc.shtm

“Ancient China: From the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty” Instructional Packet This is a comprehensive guide (in PDF format) to ancient...

Create a Bronze Vessel From the Princeton University Art Museum website, this is an...

Met’ Museum of Art – Shang & Zhou Dynasties

Miles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:04:33 +0000

A subsection of the exhaustive Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, this a great place to being your exploration into Shang & Zhou cultures. Images from their collection are coupled with itemized descriptions and a thorough historical introduction, including socio-political, geographic and cultural aspects.

GO TO SITE: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/shzh/hd_shzh.htm

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Create a Bronze Vessel

Miles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:37:06 +0000

From the Princeton University Art Museum website, this is an online interactive site that teaches users about the bronze casting and firing process.

GO TO SITE: http://etcweb.princeton.edu/asianart/interactives/bronze/bronze.html

“Ancient China: From the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty” Instructional Packet This is a comprehensive guide (in PDF format) to ancient...

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“Ancient China: From the Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty” Instructional Packet

Miles — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:12:12 +0000

This is a comprehensive guide (in PDF format) to ancient Chinese history and culture, with information on ancient belief systems, bronze culture and more, published by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco:

Contents

Introduction: Studying Ancient China

Historical Overview: Neolithic Period to Han Dynasty

Archaeology and the Study of Ancient China

Ceramics, Jades and Bronzes: Production and Design

Three Tomb Excavations

Importance of Rites

Slide Descriptions (of ancient artwork)

Timeline

Bibliography

Student Activities

GO TO SITE: http://www.asianart.org/pdf/education/Ancient-China-Neolithic-Han.pdf

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China Independent Documentary Film Archive (CIDFA)

KevinL — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:15:25 +0000

The founder of this website is pleased to have Mr. Wu Wenguang, one of most prestigious independent documentary filmmakers in China, as its curator. As an English language website, its purpose is to present the largest possible variety of China independent documentaries (here after CIDFAs) in form of archives; to provide researchers on CIDFAs as well as international film festivals and other interested agencies with an online platform to view documentary film productions and background info related to the films and their producers. Click here for link.

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MIT Visualizing Cultures Image/Essay Database

Miles — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:22:51 +0000

A treasure trove of spectacular images related to China and Japan from the 19th century to the end of the Second World War. Although the majority of the images deal with Japan — ranging from propaganda woodblock prints on the Sino-Japanese War created by Japanese artists to photographs by foreigners traveling through the country — many of the images are even more remarkable when compared with the contemporaneous artwork in China. This site also features an interesting visual breakdown on the creation of woodblock prints.

GO TO SITE: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/vis_menu.html

A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization, Woodcuts section A quick but informative introduction to the New Woodcut Movement...

Half a Century of Chinese Woodblock Prints — Sweet Briar College and Lynchburg College exhibition on Modern Chinese Woodcuts This website has an assortment of images from a Sweet...

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists...

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue

Miles — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:48:09 +0000

Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists as Li Hua, Yan Han, Zhao Yannian, and others! Also serves as a link to a broader discussion on Chinese art in general.

GO TO SITE: http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/Exhibitions/5000years/indxs/mod/modwood.html

Half a Century of Chinese Woodblock Prints — Sweet Briar College and Lynchburg College exhibition on Modern Chinese Woodcuts This website has an assortment of images from a Sweet...

Gems of New Year Prints – An Exhibition from the Shanghai Library Collection This is an online collection of pictures from Hong Kong...

A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization, Woodcuts section A quick but informative introduction to the New Woodcut Movement...

A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization, Woodcuts section

Miles — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:03:05 +0000

A quick but informative introduction to the New Woodcut Movement of the 1930′s and 1940′s, focusing on key points such as Lu Xun, the Japanese invasion of China, the role of women in society, and the use of art in the formative years of the Chinese Communist Party. As a section of a larger site, this page is a link to a broader introduction to Chinese history & culture.

GO TO SITE: http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/graph/9polwood.htm

Half a Century of Chinese Woodblock Prints — Sweet Briar College and Lynchburg College exhibition on Modern Chinese Woodcuts This website has an assortment of images from a Sweet...

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists...

Half a Century of Chinese Woodblock Prints — Sweet Briar College and Lynchburg College exhibition on Modern Chinese Woodcuts

Miles — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:59:58 +0000

This website has an assortment of images from a Sweet Briar and Lynchburg Colleges joint exhibition on Modern Chinese woodblock prints from the 1940′s to the 1990′s, as well as some great introductory essays on the history and major trends of the woodblock movement. Also contains links to other sites for further research into Chinese art.

http://www.artgallery.sbc.edu/exhibits/00_01/chinesewoodblock/index.html

Gems of New Year Prints – An Exhibition from the Shanghai Library Collection This is an online collection of pictures from Hong Kong...

A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization, Woodcuts section A quick but informative introduction to the New Woodcut Movement...

Modernist Woodblocks from the Guggenheim’s 1998 exhibition, on-line catalogue Some great examples of Modernist woodblock prints by such artists...

Terracotta Warriors–Guardians of China’s First Emperor: A Resource Guide for Students and Teachers

KevinL — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:26:28 +0000

Terra Cotta Warriors–Guardians of China’s First Emperor: A Resource Guide for Students and Teachers is a teacher friendly guide produced by the National Geographic Museum’s 2009/10 exhibit.

Pinyin / Wade-Giles Pronunciation Guide This guide is designed to allow you to search Chinese...

Recording the Grandeur of the Qing: The Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls of the Kangxi and Qianlong Emperors

KevinL — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:16:57 +0000

The imperial inspection tours of the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors were unique in Chinese history. Other emperors in other eras had from time to time completed a single inspection tour of the empire or made the epic journey to Mount Tai to worship Heaven, but the Qing emperors were the first to undertake multiple tours of inspection to all corners of the empire. In fact, these personal inspection tours were part of a strategy for extending and solidifying Manchu rule throughout the empire. During his 60-year reign, the Kangxi Emperor completed six southern inspection tours. The Kangxi Emperor’s grandson, the Qianlong Emperor, followed his example and also made six southern tours.

Columbia University’s Asia for Educators program has developed an excellent website using scrolls of the imperial inspection tours to explore issues related to the emperors and state, the economy, the art, and the inspection tours themselves.

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Computer Reconstruction of the Wu Liang Shrines

Caitlin Hopping — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:12:09 +0000

Introduction and link to the website that Dr. Agnes Hsu demonstrated during her lecture at the China Institute’s workshop, Confucius: A Multi-disciplinary Approach.

Welcome to the interactive, virtual reality tour of the “Wu Family Shrines” cemetery site. Developed by Professor Anthony Barbieri-Low of the University of Pittsburgh, this tour is designed to give the viewer a sense of how this archaeological site in Shandong Province may have looked during the Han Dynasty, around 150-170 CE. The user can investigate each of the key monuments, read translations of the major inscriptions, and examine the pictorial carvings in the three reconstructed stone chambers at the site. Links to high-quality rubbings of the carvings and summaries of the stories and legends they allude to will help the user comprehend the visual world of a funerary complex from the second century in northeast China.

Computer Reconstruction of the “Wu Family Shrines” Cemetery Site

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Gems of New Year Prints – An Exhibition from the Shanghai Library Collection

Caitlin Hopping — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:18 +0000

This is an online collection of pictures from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s New Year woodcut exhibit. The site also includes an introduction to the art form, and historical information on woodcuts.

Gems of New Year Prints – An Exhibition from the Shanghai Library Collection

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NCIKU Website

Caitlin Hopping — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:56:10 +0000

NCIKU is a free online English-Chinese, Chinese-English Dictionary and learning community.

Features include:

-Dialogues with Chinese characters, pinyin, English translation and audio
-Targeted vocabulary lists
-A forum for asking and answering language-related questions
-A character writing section for practicing stroke order
-A community space for other Mandarin learners
-Downloadable flashcards and various apps and widgets for mobile use

The learning tools on this website are among the best you can find without paying a fee.

NCIKU Website

yellowbridge.com This resource is useful particularly for teachers using “Integrated Chinese”....

Sima Qian’s Biography of Jing Ke

Caitlin Hopping — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:42:41 +0000

The Biography of Jing Ke is an account of the failed assassination of Ying Zheng, later known as Qin Shi Huang Di, the first emperor and unifier of China.

The story of Jing Ke was recorded by the Han Dynasty historian, Sima Qian, more than 2000 years ago in his work the Shiji. Sima Qian recounts how, following Ying Zheng’s military success in uniting the Han, Wei, and Chu kingdoms, Prince Dan of the Yan kingdom requested the help of Jing Ke in assassinating the emperor.

The assassination attempt fails, Jing Ke is killed, and a few years later Ying Zheng conquers the remaining states and unifies China in 221 BCE. This amazing story poignantly illustrates how one person’s actions can dramatically affect the course of history.

Excerpts of the story can be found here.

Teachers might also consider using the movie Hero to examine this crucial period in Chinese history.

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Tank Man

Caitlin Hopping — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:10:02 +0000

Website and DVD of the 2006 PBS full-length documentary on the man who stood in front of the tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident.

Tank Man

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From Silk to Oil

Jared — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:38 +0000

Travel the deserts and mountain passes of Central Asia with From Silk to Oil: Cross-Cultural Connections Along the Silk Road. This book of global studies curriculum, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and produced by China Institute, begins in the second century BCE and ends in the contemporary period.

The twenty-three curriculum units consist of a lesson plan, written and visual documents, maps, tables, and even a Silk Roads board game. There is also a glossary; lists of additional resources; and a CD with the entire text and color images-including hotlinks to relevant websites-in PDF format.

From Silk to Oil is directed at teachers of high school world history, global studies, social studies, geography, literature, and art. Some units will also be suitable for advanced middle school, community college, and lower level university survey courses.
The book can be downloaded in eight separate sections.

Please select from the links below to open the PDF.

To order a copy, please e-mail mkerrjarrett@chinainstitute.org.

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The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature

KTCOL10 — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:20:49 +0000

This is the first comprehensive collection of twentieth-century Chinese literature. It covers genres from both before and after the Communist takeover in 1949. With a generation selection of new translations commissioned for this volume, here is the best short fiction, poetry, and essays from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Including a lucid introduction by the editors and short biographies of the writers and poets, this anthology expertly guides readers to a better understanding of Chinese society and culture.

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