Unit 1 Overview of Lingnan......................... 1
Part One Motivating...............................................................................2
Part Two Reading ...................................................................................3
Text A Lingnan Culture in History............................................................4
Text B Guangzhou, a Major International Metropolis and Innovative City ..............................................................11
Supplementary Reading Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ................................................................17
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking........................................20
Video Clip A About Guangdong...........................................20
Video Clip B Rural Revitalization in Guangdong .........................23
Part Four Unit Project........................................................................... 27
Part Five Assessment...........................................................................29
Unit 2 Architecture....................................31
Part One Motivating.............................................................................32
Part Two Reading.................................................................................33
Text A Liang Sicheng and Heritage Conservation......................34
Text B Chen Clan Academy ............................................40
Supplementary Reading Kaiping Diaolou and Villages .................51
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking........................................53
Video Clip A Inside the Round Tulou Houses You Saw in Mulan.....53
Video Clip B Diaolou................................................56
Part Four Unit Project...........................................................................60
Part Five Assessment...........................................................................62
Unit 3 Culinary Culture.............................63
Part One Motivating.............................................................................64
Part Two Reading.................................................................................65
Text A The Art of the Cantonese Soup................................66
Text B Yum Cha......................................................71
Supplementary Reading Clear Your Place................................79
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking........................................82
Video Clip A Freshness................................................82
Video Clip B Tangyuan.................................................84
Part Four Unit Project........................................................................... 87
Part Five Assessment...........................................................................89
Unit 4 Cultural Relics and Historic Sites...... 91
Part One Motivating ............................................................................92
Part Two Reading ................................................................................93
Text A Guangji Bridge ..............................................94
Text B The Nanhai No. 1 .............................................100
Supplementary Reading The Former Site of the Whampoa Military Academy.........................................................108
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking........................................111
Video Clip A The Ancient Whampoa Port ................................111
Video Clip B The Tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty ...........................................................114
Part Four Unit Project ......................................................................... 119
Part Five Assessment ......................................................................... 121
Unit 5 Traditional Arts and Crafts..............123
Part One Motivating............................................................................124
Part Two Reading................................................................................125
Text A Cantonese Opera.............................................126
Text B Lingnan School of Painting...................................133
Supplementary Reading Foshan Woodcarving:
Devotion and Persistence Make a Master.................................140
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking...................................... 144
Video Clip A Guangcai ...............................................144
Video Clip B Teochew Opera..........................................146
Part Four Unit Project......................................................................... 149
Part Five Assessment.......................................................................... 151
Unit 6 Martial Arts...................................153
Part One Motivating............................................................................154
Part Two Reading................................................................................155
Text A A Foreigner’s Search for Kungfu..............................156
Text B Taichi Quan: A Form of Moving Meditation.......................163
Supplementary Reading Wing Chun.......................................170
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking.......................................173
Video Clip A Wushu: A Global Sport....................................173
Video Clip B Values of Chinese Martial Arts: Harmony..................176
Part Four Unit Project..........................................................................179
Part Five Assessment.......................................................................... 181
Unit 7 Lingnan Celebrities........................183
Part One Motivating............................................................................184
Part Two Reading................................................................................186
Text A Sun Yat-sen .................................................188
Text B Master Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch..........................194
Supplementary Reading Liang Qichao....................................200
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking......................................203
Video Clip A Zhong Nanshan ..........................................203
Video Clip B Lady Xian—A Kind Mother of Lingnan .....................206
Part Four Unit Project......................................................................... 210
Part Five Assessment..........................................................................212
Unit 8 Intangible Cultural Heritage............213
Part One Motivating ...........................................................................214
Part Two Reading ...............................................................................215
Text A Lion Dance ..................................................216
Text B Dragon Boat Festival..........................................221
Supplementary Reading Herbal Tea......................................226
Part Three Watching, Listening and Speaking...................................... 228
Video Clip A South China’s Folk Art Appeals to Students................228
Video Clip B More Teachers Needed for Intangible Cultural Heritage Courses.............................................................231
Part Four Unit Project ........................................................................234
Part Five Assessment ........................................................................236