Contents Briefing

The Inheritance of Chinese Culture is financed by Quality Education Fund of Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau. It is a research result of Chinese Culture Research Program (for junior middle school). The book takes reference on the syllabus of Chinese teaching and other relevant literature, and are classified into 24 categories in 3 volumes. The first volume includes fairy tales, legendaries, social customs, traditional festivals, sceneries, historic relics, etiquettes, and entertainments, the second volume cuisine, costumes, language, rhetoric, moral ethics, economy, transportation & communication, and science & technology, and the third volume literary figures, literary works, arts appreciation, human cultivation, governance, historic figures, academic ideas, and religions.

The depth of the book fits the intelligent level of middle school students. The combination between the spreading of knowledge and the cultivation of ethics makes the book not only full of amusement, knowledge, and literariness, but also thoughts and realism.

Publisher Profile

Established in 1902, Peking University Press was the very first Chinese university press. Now it is one of the largest academic and educational publishers in China. It publishes more than 1,500 new titles each year, with 3,000 titles in print.

Since its restoration in 1979, the Peking University Press has published over 10,000 sorts of books and been awarded more than 700 prizes of different levels. In 1993, it was honored with the title of "National Excellent Press". In 2005...    more about

Author Profile

(Chief Editor) Shi Zhongmou