Over the long history of paintings in ancient China‚ the largest portion of painters specialized in landscapes. Landscape paintings are the most influential category among Chinese paintings and were developed in the Tang Dynasty (618-907)‚ usually taking images of natural scenery‚ such as mountains or rivers. Landscape painting continued throughout the following dynasties maturing over time. There are specific techniques used to express nature that have been passed down from the ancient masters
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Animals in Indian and Chinese Art Animals‚ as subject matter‚ have undoubtedly been the emphasis of generations of art for as far back as we can date. Some of history’s oldest surviving Paleolithic cave paintings depict various species of animals in great detail and abundance. When noting the tremendous importance of animals to man‚ not only as a source of food but also as a material resource and means of labor‚ it is no surprise that they recurrently make appearances in art as leading subject matter
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Development of Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphic characters are very well known even in modern days; we can easily find them on the walls or banners in chinese stores or restaurants. In fact‚ chinese calligraphy has gone through a period of almost five thousand years‚ from complex characters on bones‚ to seal script‚ clerical script‚ running script and finally the most well popular and known standard script‚ and other kinds of script like cursive script. Moreover‚ chinese calligraphy has
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Haobang Lu Professor Connie So AAS 350 March 21‚ 2015 Meaning of being Chinese or Chinese American China has a long brilliant history. The history of Chinese American in the Unites States has three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States at the very beginning of the 19th century. The one impressed me most is Chinese immigrants worked as laborers‚ on the transcontinental railroad during 19th century. The Chinese immigrants were suffered a lot at that time‚ full of racial discrimination
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Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy)‚ Hua (painting)‚ Qin (a string musical instrument)‚ and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati. Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture‚ "Shu Fa" (calligraphy) is often thought to be most revealing of one’s personality. During the imperial era‚ calligraphy was used as an important criterion for
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Psychological anthropology is the study of individuals and their personalities and identities‚ within particular cultural contexts (Miller‚ 2007). Although American and Chinese people are raised in different cultures‚ their cultures are somewhat similar. Even though individuals are raised thousands of miles apart‚ is it possible to possess some of the same personality traits? In the American culture‚ baby showers are held to celebrate the impending birth of a baby. Family and friends bring many
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The beginning of the Chinese immigration can date back to 1858‚ around the time of the British Columbia gold rush. The number of Chinese immigrates increased during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1881-1885)‚ when they were brought here as cheap laborers. However‚ instead of showing gratitude toward these people‚ the Canadian government set out harsh rules in order to “reserve” a “white man’s country” (Prime Minister R.B.Bennett‚ 1907). In 1885‚ the Chinese Immigrate Act was created
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In her essay "Why Chinese mothers are superior"‚ Amy Chua claims that children raised by Chinese mothers are more successful in its direct children who are bred by Western mothers. According to the author‚ the beliefs of the Chinese parents allow their children to excel since they result in a strict‚ direct and strong education. Chua described a study of 50 Western mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers revealed that Chinese mothers believe that their children’s academic success is the direct result
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior How do you raise your child in the best way? Is it the Western or Chinese methods to prefer? That is the big question in this article. Amy Chua takes her starting point in her own life‚ where she raises her two daughters‚ Sophia and Louisa. Their upbringing is influenced by the Chinese methods. Amy Chua never allowed them to attend a sleepover or get any grade less than an A for instance.1 The sender of this article is the 50-year old Chinese woman‚ Amy Chua‚ who
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior B “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ is an article written by the 48-year-old lawyer and mother Amy Chua. The article is published in The Wall Street Journal on January 8th in 2011. In the article Amy Chua focuses on how the western parents up bring their children versus how the Chinese parents up bring their children. The receivers of the article are the western parents because she wants them to lean from the Chinese parents. Though the whole article
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