ChinaPanoramaisintendedfortheusebyinternationalstudentscomingtoChinatostudytherequiredcourse"ChinaPanorama".AswellasreadingmaterialforallofthosestudyingChineseasasecondlanguage，thiookisthetopchoiceforlearningChinesecultureandmotivatingstudents'interest.ThisbookintroducestopicssuchasChinesegeography，culture，history，internationalrelationsandthedevelopmentofthenation.Readerswillfindtheyareinspired，challengedandprovidedwithculturalfactsthroughoutthelearningprocess.Inthepracticesections，lotsofthoughtprovokingandpracticalexercisesareset，encouragingintercommunicationbetweenbookandreaders，teacherandstudents.Itachievestheperfectmatchofculturalawarenessandstudentsneeds.
With the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic on October 1, 2009, China has presented a new face to the world. Over the past 60 years, Chinese society has undergone significant changes that are clearly reflected in literature, painting, film, drama and other literary and artistic works. In China, both the rich and the poor, the elite and the working class all celebrate the Spring Festival. Paintings depicting Spring Festival entertainments are one of the most popular and inexpensive consumables of the season. Before TV sets and inter became as popular as today, Chinese New Year paintings (including publicity paintings) were one of the most direct and biggest media for observations of China, which were able to reach millions of households throughout the country. This book is posed of 200 carefully chosen Chinese New Year paintings from 1949 on, and is divided into threetime periods: 1949-1965. 1966-1978, and 1979-2009. These paintings tell of the major events in China from di
一座人文古城，历经数百年风雨沧桑，究竟发生过怎样生死攸关的历史变迁，明清两朝帝后，伴随五世纪风云变幻，到底演绎了几多激荡人心的命运悲歌。图书图文并茂，以两条线索介绍京城皇家遗迹，一条线索引导游客参观游览；另一条线索介绍典故传闻、建筑特色。 北京故宫又称紫禁城，位于北京市区中心，是中国最后两个封建王朝——明、清两代的皇宫，在公元1420-1911年这近500年中，从明成祖朱棣到清末代皇帝溥仪，共有24位皇帝（明代14位，清代10位）先后居住在这座宫殿内，对全国实行封建统治。中国明清两朝历史上的许多惊天动地的故事就发生在这里。
本书是关于中国最古老农业区一个典型村庄全面而详尽的研究。这个村庄是作者的家乡，凭着对那里人们生活的熟悉和公正，作者写出了这一个中国村庄。家庭生活、村内冲突、庄稼种植和孩子游戏只是他所描写的乡村生活诸多内容中的几个方面。一个中国村庄是切近理解和科学精确的完善结合，是第一本把中国乡村生活各方面总合起来加以完全贯通和透彻理解地描述的书。该书和早它出版的《江村经济》（费孝通著）、《金翼》（林耀华著）以及晚它出版的《祖荫下》（许烺光著）并列为早期中国人类学的里程碑作品。
China Panorama is intended for the use by internationalstudents ing to China to study the required course "ChinaPanorama". As well as reading material for all of those studyingChinese as a second language， thiook is the top choice forlearning Chinese culture and motivating students' interest. Thisbook introduces topics such as Chinese geography， culture， history，international relations and the development of the nation. Readers will find they are inspired， challenged and provided withcultural facts throughout the learning process. In the practicesections， lots of thought provoking and practical exercises areset， encouraging intermunication between book and readers，teacher and students. It achieves the perfect match of culturalawareness and students needs.
