Let the Confucius Institute
Introduce You to China
By Wang Xiaojun “Helen”
Confucius Institute at UWP
 Prof. Xiaojun Wang (Helen)
 Visiting Professor of Confucius Institute at
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Prof. of South-central University for
Nationalities (Wuhan China)
Association of Charted Certified Accountants
(ACCA, UK) Affiliate
Tel: 608 – 342 – 1474
Email: wangx@uwplatt.edu
Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan(2005)
South-central University for Nationalities
(Wuhan China)
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SCUN
http://www.scuec.edu.cn/
http://en.scuec.net/index.php
One of six higher education institutes
belonging to State Ethnic Affairs
Commission (SEAC)
More than 20 000 university students
Students, faculties and staffs come
from 54 ethnic groups
Tuition-free to Students majoring in
ethnology
Special canteen on campus
Confucius
Institute
at
UWP
 Sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council
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International (Hanban)
Co-op of SCUN and UWP
More than 300 in the world, 56 in US
Mission and Purpose
Promote a better understanding of the Chinese language and
culture among the people of the world;
Develop friendly relationships between China and other
countries;
Accelerate the development of multiculturalism
at the international level;
Help bring about global peace and harmony.
Confucius
 Kong Qiu 孔丘
 Kongzi 孔子
 Kongfuzi 孔夫子
 Sept. 28, 551B.C. – 479 B.C.
 a Chinese thinker and social
philosopher
Main Rites of Confucius
---- Analects of Confucius
 ren 仁，humaneness
 filial piety, xiao, 孝
 li 礼，ritual
 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzM5MTIwOTY=.ht
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 55 Minority Ethnic
Groups
 123m people
 9.44% of total
population
 64% of national
territory
 80 languages
 30 characters
Regional National Autonomy
 The People's Republic of China is a unitary
multinational State created jointly by the people of all
its 56 nationalities.
 Regional national autonomy means that the minority
nationalities, under unified State leadership, practice
regional autonomy in areas where they live in
concentrated communities and set up organs of selfgovernment for the exercise of the power of autonomy.
 It is a basic political system of the State.
Province level
Provinces
Autonomous
regions
Municipalities
Special
Administrative
Regions (SARs)
Prefecture level County level
Prefectures
Autonomous
prefectures
Counties
Autonomous
counties
Prefecture-level County-level
cities
cities
Sub-provincial Sub-prefecturecities
level cities
Leagues
Township level
Townships
(ethnic)
Sumu (ethnic)
Towns
City districts
Subdistricts
Banners
Autonomous
banners
County districts
(defunct)
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壮Zhuang
满Man （Manchuria）
回Hui
苗Miao
维吾尔Uygur
彝Yi
土家Tujia
蒙古Menggu (Mongolia)
藏Zang （Tibetan）
布依Buyi
Miao Ethnic Group
 8.94m
population
 31% in
Guizhou
province
 Ancestor – Shen Long 、
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Chi You
Miao language – 19 types
Miao Characters
Religions:
- Nature worship
- Christianity
- Catholicism
New Testament
 Miao’s Calendar
 Sept-Dec : Miao’s New
Year
 Flower mountain stanza
 - Jan 2-7 in Miao’s Lunar
Calendar
 Colorful clothes
 Silver ornaments
 Songs and Dances
 – reed-pipe wind
instrument
 http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=14RqUu2qPg
 Fish in Sour Soup
 glutinous rice wine
Hui Ethnic Group - Muslim
 9.81m
population
 Ningxia Hui
Ethnic Group
Autonomous
Region
 Language:
 - Mandarin + Arabic + Persian
 Script:
 - Arabic letters
 Religion:
 - Muslim
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- Allan
- Ahung
 Muslim calendar
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Apr.6 –
 Ramadan Festival (Sept. – Oct. in Muslim calendar)
 Corban Festival (Dec.10 / Dec.19, 2008)
 Taboos:
 No pork
 Don’t greet somebody with left hand.
 No liquor / Alcohol
 No cigarettes
 No idol worship
Uygur Ethnic Group
 8.39m
population
 Xinjiang Uygur
Ethnic Group
Autonomous
Region
 Language:
 - Uygur language
 Script:
 - Uygur script
 Religion:
 - Muslim
 Colorful clothes:
 Sing and dance
 http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=hbCJyP0p3Xs
Mongolia Ethnic Group
 5.81m
population
 Inner Mongolia
Autonomous
Region
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Language:
- Mongolia language
Script:
- Mongolia script
Mongolia’s Lunar
Calendar
 - Tsagaan Sar
 Religion:
 - Lamaism
 Clothes
 Roasted whole lamb
 Fermented Horse
Milk(Koumiss)
 Yurt
 lele cart
 Mongolia Long Tune / Urtiin Duu
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_X
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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 Nadamu Gathering
藏族 zang ethnic group （Tibetan）
 5.42m population
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- 2.42m (96.4%)
in Tibet
 - Qinghai,
Sichuan, Gansu,
Yunan, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTaY9gvqRXI
青藏铁路环保的亮点
 Language:
 - zang language
 - Mandarin
 - English
 Script
 - zang
Religious Life of Zang Ethnic Groups
 Lamaism (Tibetan School of
Buddhism)
 - Pilgrim
 - wheel of law
 clothes
 - Tibetan Robe
 - shirt
 - boot
 Tibetan Calendar
 - Lunar Calendar
 Feb. 25, 2009 - New Year in Tibetan Calendar
 Shoton Festival (Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2009)
 shoton, “yogurt”
 Tibetan Opera Play (17th century)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmtf8hIa8-M
Travel in Tibetan area
 Bow
 za xi de le !(Tashi Delek! )
扎西德勒 – Hello / Wish
you good luck!
 hada (Kha bTags)
 Highland barley
 Buttered tea
 Glutinous rice cake
 Beef and lamb
Worship to the Nature
 Tibetan Snow Cock
 Eagle
 yak
 Both hands.
 No touch the head.
 No touch the ritual utensil.
 No meat of donkey, horse and dog.