Food/shelter/clothing
Religion
Education
Role of each family memeber
Problems
100
Modern-Where do Chinese people live now?
In normal apartment or houses, but there are still some people left who live in the traditional Chinese houses.
100
What is the name of the Chinese religion?
Taoism
100
Ancient-Did everyone go to school?
No, only boys in rich family went to school.
100
Ancient-how were children expected to behave?
Children were supposed to be obedient, especially to their fathers.
100
Explain family marriage in the past and what was the problem?
For more power, rich nobles of China married with each other to create political power that was bonded by blood. Family marriage is morally wrong and it sometiems caused some genetic problems
200
Modern-Do modern Chinese people still wear traditional clothes, and if so, when?
Yes. There are some old people who wear the traditional Chinese clothes daily, but most people wear the traditional Chinese clothes on rituals/festivals/special occasion.
200
What do Taoists believe in?
Wuwei or non-action, which means going with the natural flow or way of things like a stick being carried along on a stream.
200
Ancient-What did Chinese children learn at school?
They learned the teachings of Confucius by heart. They also learned calligraphy.
200
What affected the roles of each family member?
Religion/Confucianism(social order&communal behavior)
200
What is the biggest problems that China has now in economy?
There's too much gap between the rich and the poor.
300
Ancient-Where did the Chinese people in the past live?
Big Chinese traditional house-四合院(siheyuan)
300
Who do Taoists worship?
Taoists worship a pantheon of gods.
300
Modern-Describe modern China's education system.
All boys and girls go to school. Like Western school, they learn basic subjects, such as Math, English, Chinese, History, Science etc. Some rich families get tutors for their children or send their children abroad to study.
300
Modern- What is a father's role?
He may still have a final say in the important matters concerning his children but no longer does the man of the house enjoy absolute control over his family members
300
How were girls in the past treated like?
Girls were valued much less than boys and baby girls were often left outside to die or were drowned.
400
Ancient-List at least one traditional clothing for man and for woman.
Man: 汉服(hanfu)/唐装(tangzhuang)/中山装(zhongshanzhuang/mao-suit) Woman: 旗袍(qipao)
400
Describe Yin and Yang.
The Ancient Chinese believed that all matter is made of 2 opposite and complementary principles. Yin is feminine, soft, gentle, dark, receptive, yielding and wet. Yang is masculine, bright, hard, hot, active, dry and aggressive. Everything is a mixture of these 2 opposites.
400
What is Confucius's Chinese name? (Need to write in Chinese, too)
孔夫子（Kong Fu Zi）
400
Ancient-What did the society expected women to be like?
Women were to be ruled by her father or by her husband or by her son(if widowed).
400
Explain one-child policy.
The Chinese government forced one couple to have only one baby to control the booming population of China. If they broke this law, they would have to pay a lot of money, so couples who prefer male, often had abortion if the baby was a girl. And the entire policy is against human rights, so it has lots of problems.
500
Ancient-List 3 traditional Chinese food(Use English)
Spring rolls/roasted duck/chow mein/dumplings/wontons/ma po tofu/gong bao chicken/sweet and sour pork.
500
Ancestor worship was important in China. How did people worship them?
Each family had a household shrine where they burned incense and made offerings. People believed the dead could help the living and prayed to them.
500
Based on the teachings of Confucius, how did the Chinese people see the king/emperor?
They believed that heaven chose the emperor to rule, but it was a moral force. If the king or emperor were evil heaven would send natural disasters as a warning
500
Ancient-Describe the role of a father.
Since male heirs were very important in China as they carried on the family, the father had complete authority over his wife and children. Also, they were responsible for housing and educating his children up until the time of their marriage.
500
Explain "lily feet".
When girls were 4 or 5, they had their feet bound. Eventually the girl's feet became deformed so they had difficulty walking. However 'lily feet' were very attractive to men, so it became a trend and many parents forced their daughters to do so.
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