Chinese Cultural Knowledge Research Articles

Research on the Current Status and Optimization Strategies of Chinese Culture Dissemination under Cross-Cultural Backgrounds

To analyze the current status of Chinese culture dissemination under a cross-cultural context, this study targeted African international students from a university, utilizing questionnaire surveys and interviews to investigate the channels through which they acquire knowledge of Chinese culture, their perceptions and identifications towards it. The research delves into the deficiencies in the dissemination of Chinese culture and proposes corresponding optimization strategies. It is found that issues such as teachers' lack of cross-cultural awareness, the monotony of school cultural activities, and low cultural identification among international students hinder the cross-cultural dissemination of Chinese culture. Consequently, optimizations can be made from three aspects: the communicators, communication channels, and communication content, thereby effectively promoting the dissemination of Chinese culture within a cross-cultural context.

The Approaches to Cultivating Chinese Cultural Communication Awareness in Senior English Teaching

Under the current background of globalization, it is particularly important to cultivate Chinese cultural communication awareness in Senior English teaching. However, the current researches show that the content of Chinese culture in English textbooks is relatively insufficient, and students’ awareness of cultural communication is very weak. In addition, students lack motivation in cultural learning, and teachers’ teaching methods are too simple to arouse their learning interests. Therefore, the research aims to explore the approaches to cultivating students’ awareness of Chinese cultural communication. The research results indicate that it is essential to fully explore Chinese cultural elements in teaching materials and design diversified cultural teaching activities. In order to stimulate students’ interest in learning, teachers are required to innovate teaching methods, promote interdisciplinary integration and make full use of multimodal resources. These approaches are beneficial to enriching students’ knowledge of Chinese culture, enhancing their cultural self-confidence, and ultimately cultivating their awareness of spreading Chinese culture.

On C-E Translation of Fantasy Novels from the Perspective of Transknowletology: A Case Study of Coiling Dragon

With the boom in spreading Chinese net literature abroad, it is imperative to enhance the quality of translation for network novels. As a cornerstone of network novels disseminated in international markets, fantasy novels not only incorporate original fictional knowledge but also Chinese cultural knowledge, both of which are the secrets to attracting foreign readers and the focal points requiring special attention in translation. The translation standards of pursuing “Truth, Virtue, and Beauty” proposed by Transknowletology provide guidance for addressing the challenges in translating fantasy novels. Taking Coiling Dragon as an example, this paper explores how the translator conveys his genuine comprehension of the source text to the target readers, caters to them and aligns with their aesthetic standards when translating the fantasy novel. This paper aims to summarize translation methods for the English translation of fantasy novels so as to provide valuable references for improving the translation quality of network novels which are published and popular on internet.

Moral Education and Heaven–Human Relationship in Jesuit Translations of Chinese Poetry (17th–18th Centuries)

The 17th and 18th centuries were a period of extensive cultural interaction between China and the West, and also the beginning of Chinese poetry translation in the West. Jesuit missionaries were pioneers in introducing Chinese poetry to Europe. Influenced by the Confucian poetic thought of Siwuxie 思無邪 (no depraved thoughts) and Ricci’s accommodation strategy, the Jesuits translated poems from the Shangshu 尚書, the Shijing 詩經, and the Emperor Qianlong’s Imperial Odes on Shengjing 禦制盛京賦, as well as works by Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹, Du Fu 杜甫, Shao Yong 绍雍, and even the poems in the exhortations of the Ming and Qing dynasties into European languages. These poems predominantly dealt with themes of moral education, the image of virtuous monarchs, and the Chinese concept of the Heaven–human relationship. Through intentional omissions and rewriting, the Jesuits incorporated their religious and political views into the Chinese poetry. Their translated works not only enriched European knowledge of Chinese culture but also demonstrated the complexity of Chinese–Western cultural exchange.

从中国文化视角看日本文学经典《源氏物语》

“Genji Monogatari” is a famous literary work in Japanese history. It is known as the “peak of Japanese literature” and is generally recognized by academic circles as the world's first full-length novel. But at the same time, because the author Murasaki Shikibu has a profound knowledge of Chinese culture, the shadow of Chinese elements can be seen everywhere in the work. This book is very similar to the legends and Bianwen of the Tang Dynasty in my country, but the article is correct and elegant, and the prose is full of charm. In addition, he quotes a large number of historical facts from Han Dynasty poetry and Chinese classical books, and the author cleverly hides them in moving storylines, giving this book a strong flavor of Chinese classical literature. This article aims to analyze the Chinese elements reflected in “Genji Monogatari” and compare its spiritual connotation with the spiritual connotation of Chinese culture. Using “Genji Monogatari” as a literary representative reflected in Japanese culture, it explores the differences between Chinese culture and Japanese culture and the outstanding manifestations of cultural exchanges between China and Japan. It has deepened our understanding of cultural exchanges between China and Japan, and jointly promoted cultural development and literary creation through mutual learning, learning from each other's strengths, and our own innovation.

Analysis of the Integration Path of Chinese Traditional Culture in College English Education and Teaching under the Background of Big Data

Abstract The cloud platform teaching system utilizes the optimized load balancing algorithm and DP algorithm to allocate and cluster massive teaching resources respectively, organize massive Chinese cultural knowledge scientifically and rationally into relevant network modules, and present it to English learners in a combination of graphic and text, audio and video. By investigating the selection of resource content and the quality of each functional module on the cloud platform, it can be found that the five primary cultural contents are generally well balanced, with the two that account for the most significant proportion of the content being cultural practices and cultural products, and the proportion of the other three varying little. Most students preferred the functional modules of Learning Center (84.3%), Resource Center, Extracurricular Paradise, and PK Pavilion, but only 12% preferred the Psychological Center module. The correlation coefficient between different factors and the intensity of Chinese culture penetration is the highest, 0.924. The average score of the degree of realization of the five teaching objectives in teaching practice is 3.838, close to “basically realized”. The scores of the four major dimensions of the university students increased significantly (p<0.05). The most significant improvement was seen in the quality of thinking dimension, with a mean increase of 2.678 points.

Construction of Chinese Culture Teaching Resources for International Chinese Language Education Based on Knowledge Mapping

Abstract The transformative development of international Chinese language education has entered a new period, showing emerging development trends such as diversification, marketization, and digitalization. This study creates a unified classification system that links Chinese and English knowledge and complements each other based on the cross-language knowledge mapping of Chinese cultural knowledge. Additionally, a knowledge base for sharing cultural knowledge between Chinese and English is being constructed to provide strong support for information retrieval and machine translation. The data information is stored in plain text format for ontology and knowledge to make it easier to use and process teaching resources. The results show that in the teaching feedback, the average scores are all over 3, indicating that the teaching effect of the resource is positive overall, and the standard deviation values range from 0.1560 to 0.9812, indicating significant differences between different individuals. The above findings can be a valuable resource for constructing and implementing international Chinese language education network resources.

Chinese national music platformisation: A systematic review

Chinese national music is unique to China, and in the past, the single means of distribution and the audience led to the fact that knowledge of Chinese culture and history was limited to national musicians and a subset of fans. With the rapid development of the internet, the dissemination of Chinese national music is no longer limited to live performances, but is beginning to shift to media platforms. Social media has had a tremendous impact on Chinese music culture; people can search for any information they need about Chinese music. With the advancement of social media, groups of internet celebrities such as wanghong (网红) have formed on the internet. This study systematically reviews platformisation and the social media in Chinese national music. Past literature and current notions on Chinese national music development under platformisation are examined given the essentiality of smart devices in developing music through digital technology. The study posed three research questions: 1.What is the current state of development of Chinese national music? What opportunities does platformisation bring to Chinese national music? 2.What areas are the focus for research on platformisation and social media? What is the impact on the music field? 3.What is the history of the development of the Chinese wanghong phenomenon? What impact has it made on Chinese national music? A general systematic review of scholarly articles was conducted for this study using multiple publications from reputable databases: Scopus, Web of Science and CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure). The articles were categorised based on scholarly works involving platforms, platformisation, Chinese national music, social media, and wanghong to determine past study profiles in this domain and relevant knowledge gaps.

Research on the Path of Integrating Chinese Culture into Offline Chinese International Education Teaching

At present, learning Chinese has become a global craze, so the demand for teachers of Chinese international education is gradually increasing in China, and more and more excellent people become teachers of Chinese international education. However, the current situation is that most teachers only adopt traditional teaching methods according to the content of the teaching materials and ignoring the principle of combining theory with practice in teaching leads to a lack of interest and practical application in teaching. Therefore, as a teacher of Chinese international language education, it has become a very important issue in the teaching process to spread excellent Chinese cultural knowledge with efficient and interesting teaching methods while teaching. Through three parts, this paper discusses how to use cultural content to better use teaching methods in the offline teaching of Chinese as a foreign language, so as to promote the further development of teaching Chinese as a foreign language and expand the influence of Chinese in the world.

Adult ethnic minorities’ mainstream language proficiency: cultural knowledge, cultural identification, and language use attitudes

ABSTRACT This study examines how immigrants' enculturation/acculturation, language use, and parenting were linked to their oral and written language proficiencies in multilingual Hong Kong (speak English, speak Cantonese, read and write Chinese). Participants in this study included 655 immigrant parents (from Pakistan, Nepal, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Kenya, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and others). Structural equation modelling of survey responses showed that parents with greater ethnic enculturation or host acculturations reported better mainstream language skills (speak English, speak Cantonese, read and write Chinese). More heritage cultural knowledge was linked to better spoken Cantonese. Greater cultural identification with their own ethnic community was linked to better spoken English. Those with more local Chinese cultural knowledge reported better Chinese reading and writing and permissive parenting, which contributed to better English speaking. Compared to immigrant fathers, immigrant mothers reported lower Cantonese and English speaking proficiencies. Together, these results show that greater cultural identification with the ethnic community was linked to greater English-speaking skills.

An Analysis on the Cultivation Path of College Students' Global Competence Based on the Extracurricular Activities

In the context of globalization, the research focusing on global competence is increasing. Based on the research of domestic and foreign scholars on global competence, the author believes that the connotation of global competence should include five dimensions: tolerance and understanding of multiculturalism, foreign language application ability, Chinese cultural knowledge and communication ability, cross-cultural communication and cooperation ability, and global competitiveness in professional fields. Cultivating college students' global competence is a systematic project. In building a multi-level training system, we need not only to attach importance to the first classroom education, but also to give full play to the educational function of the extracurricular activities, so as to promote the realization of the targeted training goal of college students' global competence. This paper analyzes the importance of global competence training for college students, explains the positive role of the extracurricular activities in global competence training for college students, and explores the path of global competence cultivation for college students based on the extracurricular activities in combination with the current situation of global competence training for college students.

Pelatihan Keterampilan Bahasa Mandarin Bagi KaryawanPelaksana dan Karyawan Pimpinan Di PTP. Nusantara IV Persero Sumatera Utara

This service activity is entitled Mandarin Skills Training for Implementing Employees and Leadership Employees at PTP. Nusantara IV Persero North Sumatra. This service will be carried out in the form of debriefing training activities in the form of basic Mandarin language skills and Mandarin in the field of agriculture. The purpose of carrying out this service activity is as a debriefing for implementing employees and leadership employees considering the rapid development of investors from China, especially in the agricultural sector in Indonesia. This is in accordance with the development of the industrial world which has reached the stage of the industrial revolution 5.0. This training is considered important because it is expected to be a medium in an effort to improve the quality of human resources (HR) working in PTP. Nusantara IV Persero North Sumatra. Another purpose is to provide an introduction to Chinese cultural values that are considered necessary for employees to know so that they are expected to assist in efforts to improve the quality of performance and establish good communication between investors and the Business Entity which in this case is PTP. Nusantara IV Persero North Sumatra. The method used is distance learning method (synchronization method and asynchronous method). After participating in this training, it is hoped that it will help improve the quality of work by implementing employees and leadership employees who are built through Mandarin language skills and knowledge of Chinese culture as a medium of communication at work. Based on the activities that have been carried out, it was found that 93% of the training participants were able to master basic Mandarin. These results were obtained through an assessment process in the form of pre-test and post-test so that it can be concluded that this service activity is able to improve human resources in PTP. Nusantara IV Persero North Sumatra.

Exploring the affordances of WeChat for Chinese cultural knowledge learning among learners of Chinese in an international exchange program

Affordance refers to the opportunity available to a learning activity. Taking affordance as a theoretical and analytical construct, this exploratory study investigates learners’ attitudes and the opportunities WeChat may provide for Chinese cultural knowledge (CCK) learning. The aim is to find out the potential new affordances and compare learners with different language levels. 24 participants were paired with native Chinese speakers and required to complete three-stage activities with the integration of WeChat. This study adopted a mix-method approach. Data were collected through questionnaires, two rounds of semi-structured interviews, chat logs, and WeChat moments. It is found that most learners were positive toward the activities and WeChat provided learners with opportunities for interaction and collaboration, for resource sharing, for knowledge internalization and construction, and for sustainable learning and friendship maintaining. The affordance of knowledge internalization and construction was mentioned with the highest frequency in the interview. The findings that distinguish this study from previous ones are: (1) the affordance for sustainable learning, and (2) differences between high-level (HL) and low-level (LL) learners. In comparison, the activities won more supports from HL learners, and HL learners’ frequency in leveraging the affordance for resource sharing and sustainable learning was also higher. Pedagogical implications and research recommendations were provided respectively in discussion and conclusion parts.

An Equity Perspective on Chinese (csol) Teacher Preparation for Global Contexts: Domestic and International Preservice Teachers’ Experiences

Abstract Using a three-dimensional framework that sees equity as distributed justice, inclusion, and rightful presence, this study examines the perspectives of 60 (40 domestic and 20 international) pre-service csol teachers’ experiences of preparation for teaching in diverse local and global contexts in a major teacher education program in China. Thematic analyses of semi-structured interview data revealed the exclusive Chinese linguistics focus of the program excluded both domestic and international preservice teachers’ needs to learn to teach in csol and through csol. The attention to traditional Chinese cultural knowledge also failed to legitimize “the rightful presence” of international students or prepare the teachers with intercultural competence. Finally, the lack of attention to the theory-practice connection in core competencies preparation had resulted in distributed injustice and a shared sense of under-preparedness for both groups. Findings inform an equity-centered Tcsol teacher education for global contexts.

The Project of “Chinese Culture Going Global” and Its Implications for College English Teaching in China

With the rapid development of China, the project of “Chinese culture going global” came into being in order to make people from other countries have a better understanding of China. However, both college English teachers and students in China suffer from “Chinese cultural aphasia”, and the majority of them are incapable of introducing Chinese culture to foreign friends due to the insufficient attention to Chinese culture teaching, the lack of Chinese cultural knowledge in most college English textbooks, college teachers’ shortage of Chinese cultural knowledge and the strong influence of the western culture on college students, etc. The project of “Chinese culture going global” has three implications for college English teaching: enhancing Chinese cultural consciousness and confidence of college teachers and students in China, enlarging English vocabulary concerning Chinese culture and enriching college students’ Chinese cultural knowledge; and improving Chinese college students' intercultural communication competence.

Development of a situational judgment test for global engineering competency

AbstractBackgroundAs globalization continues to impact the engineering profession, many programs aim to prepare current and future engineers to work across national and cultural boundaries. Yet there remains a lack of quality tools for assessing global competency among engineers and other technical professionals, including their behavioral tendencies in global work situations.PurposeWe introduce development of a situational judgment test (SJT) covering three dimensions of global engineering competency (GEC) in Chinese national/cultural context. The main aim of this article is to describe how the SJT was developed through a systematic multistep process. Secondarily, we explore relationships between SJT performance and other theoretically relevant variables.MethodsAfter generating a large initial pool of SJT scenarios and behavioral response items, we used ratings from subject matter experts (SMEs) to select six SJT scenarios and create scoring keys for 26 response items. To further explore the instrument's validity, we deployed the SJT items, other relevant measures, and a demographic survey to a sample of practicing engineers (n = 400).ResultsSME ratings provide strong evidence for the content relevance of the GEC–SJT tool. Survey results also suggest positive relationships between SJT performance and Chinese cultural knowledge, age, and years of work experience. However, more validity and reliability evidence is needed before recommending wider use of the instrument.ConclusionsOur findings suggest the SJT format as a promising behavior‐based approach to measuring global competency and other professional attributes in engineering. We also discuss directions for future research and training efforts related to assessing and developing global competency.

Making cross-cultural meaning in five Chinese promotion clips: Metonymies and metaphors

AbstractMetonymy and metaphor are fundamental and ubiquitous meaning-generating tropes that operate on a conceptual, not just a verbal, level. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate to scholars outside of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Metonymy paradigm how these two tropes cue meaning verbally, visually, musically, sonically, and multimodally in five Chinese clips promoting Chinese cities and Chinese trade fairs, all produced after, and in the spirit of, president Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” initiative (2013). We also pay attention to how interpretations are to some extent bound to differ depending on whether the audience does or does not have detailed knowledge of Chinese culture. We end by briefly arguing that a full analysis of the clips – as indeed of most discourses – requires awareness of yet other tropes as well as expertise in other humanities disciplines.

An Investigation of Chinese Undergraduates’ Ability to Translate Chinese Cultural Items into English and Predictors of Such Ability

AbstractCollege English teaching in China has long focused on importing cultures of English countries while neglecting to enhance students’ English competence in home culture. The present research aims to investigate Chinese non-English major undergraduates’ competence in translating Chinese cultural items into English and the significant predictors of such competence. With a test and a questionnaire as research instruments, this study was conducted to assess 82 undergraduates’ ability to translate three different levels of Chinese culture-specific items into English and explored the factors which might have affected the students’ home culture translation ability. The results show that the participants did well in translating the surface layer cultural items, but their performance in sub-surface and deep layer culture translation tasks was far from being satisfactory. It was also found that students had positive attitudes towards Chinese culture and were willing to learn to express Chinese culture in English, but their English learning motivation in general was not strong enough, and they were not given much input on Chinese culture in their English class. Students’ Chinese cultural knowledge and their awareness of the importance of learning Chinese culture in English were found to be the two significant factors that can predict their performance in the translation tasks. These findings have implications for the teaching of culture and cross-cultural communications in EFL classes.

TAHAP PENCAPAIAN BAHASA CINA DALAM KALANGAN GURU PELATIH DI INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of Chinese Language mastery level among the trainee teachers at the Institute of Teacher Education. The selected trainee teachers comprise two different programs, namely the Bachelor of Education Program (PISMP) and the Postgraduate Education in Diploma Program (PDPLI). A total of 389 samples were selected from 16 Institute of Teacher Education throughout the country by using the group and simple random sampling method. The instruments consisted of a Chinese Language test that was used to measure their achievement in the Chinese language as well as a questionnaire aimed at measuring their Chinese Language proficiency level. The results showed that the Chinese Language test results for the PISMP trainee teachers showed a high passing rate of 99.63%, whereas the DPLI trainee teachers scored at average 72.28%. Furthermore, the overall comparison found that the majority of the trainee teachers master the language skills well in communication, reading and writing skills. However, the t-test indicated that there was a significant difference in Chinese Language achievement between the PISMP program respondents and the DPLI respondents with t = 19.76, p <.05, η = .67. This meant that the level of proficiency in the Chinese Language skills of PISMP trainee teachers was better than that of the DPLI trainee teachers. Therefore, the Malay trainee teachers should regularly associate with native speakers to improve their understanding and mastery of Chinese Language, Linguistics and knowledge of Chinese Culture to enhancing the quality of their teaching in the classroom.

‘Thousands in gold in a family count far less than a skill one possesses’: socializing cultural competence in Chinese heritage language learning

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the ways in which authentic conversation provides a sociocultural resource for developing the cultural competence of learners of Chinese as a heritage language in Australia. It draws upon language socialization as a theoretical framework to study the interconnected processes of linguistic and cultural learning in interactional discourse practices through an intergenerational interaction model. In this model, local community resources were effectively utilized when older speakers of Chinese as their first language and English Chinese heritage learners were paired and conducted naturalistic conversations. Building on discourse analysis of the linguistic exchange between three pairs of interactants, we illustrate how the older speakers, that is, expert users, socialize the novice learners of Chinese into acquiring Chinese cultural knowledge through the related lexical items. Our analysis shows that this interaction model proves beneficial for developing socially and culturally competent members within minority communities.