This book introduces ten aspects including the origins of Chinese characters, the evolution of Chinese character fonts, the method of making character, the simplified and traditional characters, Chinese pinyin, mandarin and dialects, chinese couplets, riddles and lantern riddles, idioms, and chinese two-part allegorical sayings. Besides thses, there are also cultural notes such as the oldest four writing systems, characters in the Warring States Period, strokes of Chinese characters, the method of Chinese character simplification, the composition of Chinese character syllables, modern standard Chinese, the custom of playing lantern candle, and the book strategies of the warring states, etc.

Meiru LIU, the master and doctor of China study, the professor of Chinese Language and Culture in Portland State University in the United States, and the foreign director of Confucius Institute (2007-2015). She has more than 30 years of experience in Chinese-teaching, cultural communication and transmission and has compiled many TCFL textbooks.

Lina LU, the master of culture communication, the doctor of pedagogy in Portland State University in the United States and the president of ATCO. Since 1986, she has been teaching Chinese and the cultural comparison between China and the U.S in many universities of America and Canada.