From Moon Cakes to Mao to Modern China: An Introduction to Chinese Civilization - Softcover

In From Moon Cakes to Mao to Modern China a team of experts describe iconic elements of Chinese life such as language, festivals, dragons, the Great Wall, tea, Beijing opera, qipao, Taoism, Chinese martial arts, poetry and literary classics like Book of Songs and A Dream of the Red Chamber, figures such as Confucius and Lu Xun, as well as a reading of the legends such as Pan Gu separating the sky and earth and Nu Wa creating the human race. Between these covers readers, whether students, travellers, or simply interested, will find a guided tour to the highlights of China's dazzling five thousand year old civilization - an excellent introduction to the breadth and power of China's culture.

Editors Zhu Fayuan, Wu Qixing, Xia Hanning, and Gao Han are all scholars and experts in the analysis of traditional Chinese culture.