Unit 3 The world meets China
1．The relationship between culture should be absorption and integration not plunder and conquest
文化关系应吸收融合绝掠夺征服
2．Culture won＇t because of the poverty of a countryand lost its value
文化会国家贫穷失掉价值
3．Geographical environment decided to the development of cultureand traditional culture can affect the course of history
理环境决定文化发展传统文化会影响历史进程
The Chinese nation is a hardworking and intelligent people who has made great contributions to the world civilizationReferring to the Chinese cultural heritagesome of them are preserved very wellIf you have a chance to travel to ChinaI recommend you first to visit Beijing and Xi＇anwhere many historic sites are worth visitingApart from the historical and cultural heritagethe beauty of West Lake in Hangzhou and Guilin Scenery cannot be ignoredSome villages in Yunnan Province still remain simple folk customsinside which you will be reminded of the good old days
Known as the mother of Uygur musicMuqam(木卡姆)has a long historySome scholars believe that its origins can be traced back to the Great Western Region Melody(西域曲)．This developed during the Han(202 BC～220 AD)and Tang(618～907 AD)dynasties and enjoyed great popularity in central ChinaIn the mid16th centurythe Silk Road connected China and EuropeXinjiang was at the centre of the cultural exchange between east and westMuqam music was spread across Uygurpopulated areas during that timeThe queen of Yarkant Kingdom(叶尔羌汗国)whose name was Amannisahanwas a poet and musicianShe devoted all her efforts to collecting and sorting Muqam musicWith the help of other expertsshe finally worked out 12 pieces of musicwhich became the famous Twelve MuqamWhen Amannisahan was doing her workshe didn＇t seek materials from the fully developed Arabian and Persian musicInsteadshe exploited (利) the rich resources of Uygur folk music that spread across the north and the south of the Tianshan MountainsAs a resultthe Twelve Muqam has a strong Uygur flavor
After New China was foundedthe local government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region made every effort to preserve the Twelve MuqamIn 1960two volumes of the Twelve Muqam were publishedThis finally protected this oral cultural heritageOver the past two decadeslocal Xinjiang cultural institutions have supported research projectsA number of books about the Twelve Muqam have been publishedCDsand DVDs of the Twelve Muqam have also been made
[探究发现]
1．Find out the person who made the greatest contribution to the spread of Muqam
Amannisahan
2．Find out what played an important role in the protection of Muqam after New China was founded
The local government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
3．Find out the main idea of the passage and then think of a proper title for it
Muqaman art form of Xinjiang
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1．The relationship between culture should be absorption and integration not plunder and conquest
文化关系应吸收融合绝掠夺征服
2．Culture won＇t because of the poverty of a countryand lost its value
文化会国家贫穷失掉价值
3．Geographical environment decided to the development of cultureand traditional culture can affect the course of history
理环境决定文化发展传统文化会影响历史进程
The Chinese nation is a hardworking and intelligent people who has made great contributions to the world civilizationReferring to the Chinese cultural heritagesome of them are preserved very wellIf you have a chance to travel to ChinaI recommend you first to visit Beijing and Xi＇anwhere many historic sites are worth visitingApart from the historical and cultural heritagethe beauty of West Lake in Hangzhou and Guilin Scenery cannot be ignoredSome villages in Yunnan Province still remain simple folk customsinside which you will be reminded of the good old days
Known as the mother of Uygur musicMuqam(木卡姆)has a long historySome scholars believe that its origins can be traced back to the Great Western Region Melody(西域曲)．This developed during the Han(202 BC～220 AD)and Tang(618～907 AD)dynasties and enjoyed great popularity in central ChinaIn the mid16th centurythe Silk Road connected China and EuropeXinjiang was at the centre of the cultural exchange between east and westMuqam music was spread across Uygurpopulated areas during that timeThe queen of Yarkant Kingdom(叶尔羌汗国)whose name was Amannisahanwas a poet and musicianShe devoted all her efforts to collecting and sorting Muqam musicWith the help of other expertsshe finally worked out 12 pieces of musicwhich became the famous Twelve MuqamWhen Amannisahan was doing her workshe didn＇t seek materials from the fully developed Arabian and Persian musicInsteadshe exploited (利) the rich resources of Uygur folk music that spread across the north and the south of the Tianshan MountainsAs a resultthe Twelve Muqam has a strong Uygur flavor
After New China was foundedthe local government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region made every effort to preserve the Twelve MuqamIn 1960two volumes of the Twelve Muqam were publishedThis finally protected this oral cultural heritageOver the past two decadeslocal Xinjiang cultural institutions have supported research projectsA number of books about the Twelve Muqam have been publishedCDsand DVDs of the Twelve Muqam have also been made
[探究发现]
1．Find out the person who made the greatest contribution to the spread of Muqam
Amannisahan
2．Find out what played an important role in the protection of Muqam after New China was founded
The local government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
3．Find out the main idea of the passage and then think of a proper title for it
Muqaman art form of Xinjiang
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