Post on 26-Jun-2020
Understanding
Diverse Chinese Cultures
and Religious Beliefs
Kun Shi
USF Confucius Institute
St. Petersburg College – November 18, 2013
kshi@usf.edu)
http://global.usf.edu/confucius
Diversity and Complexity
of China
Regional Dialects of Mandarin
Chinese and Ethnic Minority
Languages
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/Languages_of_China
The Han people and 55 Ethnic
Minority Groups
Minority populations: 8.5% of total; but they inhabit 64% of the country. The larger minority groups are listed below.
Zhuang: 17 Million
Yi: 8.7 M Miao: 9.4 M
Manchu: 10.4 M
(2010 census data from Wikipedia)
Hui: 10.6 M Uyghur: 10.1 M
Tibetan: 6.3 M
Tujia: 8.4 M
China’s Arable Land
China in Transformation A complicated picture: development & underdevelopment
(Find out more about China from Wikipedia)
Ningxia, 2005
More at http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/03-12/3737442.shtml
China’s Growth and Comparative Low GDP
Source: http://www.stats.gov.cn/zgrkpc/dlc/yw/t20110428_402722384.htm
China’s College Education Attainment Rate
China’s Illiteracy Rate
Changes in China
Growth of Internet Users, 1997-2012 (from 1% in 1997 to 40.1% in 2012)
Source: Everyday Life in China during the Last Two Decades （袁岳、张军《日子里的中国》）, 2013
The Chinese Stream – Online Video in China The Economist, Nov. 9, 2013
“China’s online-video market is the largest and most innovative in the world. It is also the most competitive.”
Social Media Landscape in China
Three Religions in One
Taoist Taichi Society in north America
World Buddhist Forum
(2nd Forum in 2009; 1700 Buddhist monks and scholars from 50 countries)
March 28-29 in Wuxi, Jiangsu; and March 31-April 1 in Taipei
First WBF in 2006, Hangzhou: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Buddhist_Forum,_2006
Third WBF in 2012, Hong Kong: http://gbtimes.com/news/third-world-buddhist-forum-opens-hk
Theme of 1st Forum:
Harmonious World Starts
from the Heart
首届论坛主题: 和谐世界从心开始
10,586,087 in 2010 (3,559,350 in 1953); speaking Chinese
From: http://www.chinahush.com/2009/12/06/family-portraits-of-all-56-ethnic-groups-in-china
Pop: 10,069,346 in 2010 (8.4M in 2000; 3.6M in 1953); Turkish speaking
42,000 in China: following Shia Islam and speaking Wakhi (no writing)
From: http://www.chinahush.com/2009/12/06/family-portraits-of-all-56-ethnic-groups-in-china
Mosques in Xinjiang
• About 10 million of China’s 25 million Muslims live in Xinjiang
• About 23,000 of China’s 30,000 mosques are in Xinjiang
Emin Minaret and Mosque in Turfan
Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar
Mosque in Urumqi
Female imams (ahong) in China
From http://www.npr.org/2010/07/21/128628514/female-imams-blaze-trail-amid-chinas-muslims
Inside one of 16 women's mosques in Kaifeng
Bai Chongxi Hui Liangyu ROC Army General PRC Vice Premier
6,282,187 in 2010 (4,593,072 in 1990, and 2,501,174 in 1964)
From: http://www.chinahush.com/2009/12/06/family-portraits-of-all-56-ethnic-groups-in-china
The Diversity of Tibetan Religions
Three religious traditions of the Tibetans: 1. the divine dharma, or
Buddhism; 2. Bon dharma; and 3. the dharma of human
beings, or folk religion.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/understand/bon.html
USF Confucius Institute www.global.usf.edu/confucius
Chinese@usf.edu
Harmony
Collaborate
合作
和谐
Areas of the CI Activities Include: • Supporting academic programs at USF • Community engagement in the Tampa Bay area • Helping K-12 schools with Chinese language programs • Promoting cultural and economic exchanges between China and the U.S.