Unit1
UNIT1CULTURALHERITAGE
Learnaboutintangibleculturalheritage
TheTowerofPisaLookatthepictures!Canyoutelltheirnames?TheGreatWall
Lookatthepictures!Canyoutelltheirnames?MachuPicchuThePalaceofVersailles
TangibleCulturalHeritage
MediterraneandietThen,What’rethey?KunquOpera
ThePekingOperaPortugueseFado
IntangibleCulturalHeritage
Readthenews,whataretheyreporting?
(a)oraltraditionsandexpressions,includinglanguageasavehicleoftheintangibleculturalheritage;
(b)performingarts;
(c)socialpractices,ritualsandfestiveevents;
(d)knowledgeandpracticesconcerningnatureandtheuniverse;
(e)traditionalcraftsmanship.What’sintangibleculturalheritage?
Howdoknowtheculturalheritage?Acountry’sculturalheritageincludesnotonlytemples,palaces,andotherculturalrelics,butalsoitstraditions,customs,andknowledge,suchasdances,arts,andcrafts.
AreyoufamiliarwithanyoftheseexamplesofChineseICH?Tellyourpartnerwhatyouknowaboutthem.
KiteflyingKiteisatwo-dimensionalflatwakeformedbytwopairsofribs,eachpairingthesamelengthandangleeachotherandusingastringorropetofly.Thebasicingredientsarepaper,smallbamboopieces,andglue.Toplayit,thekiteisflownintospacewitharollofretractablethread.Flyingakiteisagreatwaytospendawindydayoutside.
BeijingOperaBeijingOperaisthequintessenceofChina.ThelargestChineseoperaform,itisextolledasOrientalOpera.Havingahistoryof160years,ithascreatedmanyfirstsinChinesedramas:theabundanceofrepertoires,thenumberofartists,operatroupesandspectators.
Chinesepapercutting,orJianzhi,isakindoffolkartwhichusesscissorsorknivestocutpapersfordecorationorotherfolkactivities.HavingawidemassbaseinChina,papercuttinghasbeeninvolvedinthesociallifefordifferentpeoplesandhaspresentedmultiplesocialvaluesincognition,am