With the advancement of higher education internationalization, an increasing number of Chinese students choose to study abroad for higher education. However, differing socio-cultural and educational contexts in host countries bring great challenges to their intercultural adaptation. Taking a double first-class university in Shanghai as an example, by using anonymous online questionnaire and interviewing approaches, this study explored the features and challenges of intercultural adaptation encou...

Culture  International Relations  Education 

The research on ideological issues has been studied for a long time, but it has not been widespread in all the research areas. The numbness and even indifference of the public to the ideological issues is precisely the biggest crisis in dealing with this situation. This paper invests and analyzes ideological data of university English teaching from cognitive competence, environment, features and measures under nowadays background. At the same time, this paper supplies some useful measures of con...

Culture  Education  Linguistics 

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the Chinese American female writer, is rich in Chinese elements, such as Mahjong, the Five Elements and Yin-yang. This article addresses Chinese elements in The Joy Luck Club from the perspective of a cognitive model known as Conceptual Blending Theory. Developed by Fauconnier and others, the theory combines individual chunks of meaning together to produce new meanings. It serves as an effective tool to manifest the complex unity of the text’s meaning ...

Culture  Sociology  Linguistics 

The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to “strengthen the conservation and utilization of cultural relics and the conservation and inheritance of cultural heritages”. Cultural heritages are outstanding relics remaining along the long development history of a country or region condensing the collective wisdom. As a historical and cultural city, Lianyungang must pay attention to the conservation and flexible utilization of the hist...

Culture  Politics 

Living inheritance not only refers to the inheritance of key skills, but also relates to the prosperity and growth of the entire Qiang culture. Qiang embroidery is the material carrier of the traditional skills of the Qiang people. Xiuxi Qiang Village is a typical pure Qiang Village. Qiang embroidery flourishes here, but it also faces many problems, such as low recognition by villagers and insufficient policy support. This article understands the current situation of Qiang embroidery development...

Culture 

This paper analyzes the spatial environment image of Ji’na Qiang village by using the methods of questionnaire survey, interview description, cognitive map, and selecting five basic elements: road, boundary, region, node and landmark. To provide relevant suggestions for the protection and renewal of settlement space in ethnic areas.

Culture  Architecture 

Architectural culture is the sum of architectural material wealth and architectural spiritual wealth created in the course of human social and historical practice. Building is the carrier of architectural culture. It is loaded with information about the mutual movement of human beings, society, nature and architecture. The synthesis of these information is architectural culture. Architectural culture is an important part of human culture. Research on its protection status can find the memory of ...

Culture  Architecture 

“Big Fish & Begonia” is a Chinese fantasy animated film directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun, which took 12 years to complete. It has been well received at home and abroad. This paper analyzes the film from six aspects: ancient culture, ancient charm, ancient modeling, new concept, new fashion and new design. It is found that the film has made breakthroughs and innovations in technology, creativity, theme, and animation skills and catered to audience of all ages, but there are also some ...

Culture  Art 

Chinese costume dramas are rich in Chinese cultural elements, but there is an inescapable challenge in the English translation of the titles: cultural differences. Titles of Chinese costume dramas have two main characteristics: implicitness and simplicity, while those of British and American costume dramas are clear and concise. Therefore, this paper proposes that the primary principle for the English translation of titles of Chinese costume dramas is to simplify and crystallize. Titles of Chine...

Culture  Linguistics 

Grounded in researches on intercultural adaptation and the status quo of Chinese undergraduate students in German higher education, using an online anonymous questionnaire-based approach, this study investigated these student sojourners’ intercultural adaptation in terms of general life, social communication, academic studies, and mental health. Further coping strategies and suggestions were provided with regard to the four aspects of boosting foreign language skills and competence, respecting, ...

Culture  International Relations  Education