WHICH CULTURE IS BETTER: WESTERN OR EASTERN “The Last Supper‚” the painting of Da Vinci illustrates the mental states of each subject and the expressions in a vivid manner and bring the subjects to life. Qi Baishi‚ a renowned painter of traditional Chinese painting‚ famous for painting shrimps could bring subjects to life within seconds. Both of them possess painting techniques which are extraordinary‚ but their styles are completely different. The famous Chinese painter Master Li Hongzhi
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The way the eastern civilization would live is how people dream of living today. The eastern peoples put others above themselves. The way the western civilization used to live is how we live today: caring about ourselves for the most part. Even though the eastern side of living is how most people wanted to live‚ there are some positive characteristics of the western side that are worth incorporating. A common problem today is that we don’t think. A trait of eastern culture is the
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Street Journal (Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior) discussing the differences between Eastern and Western parenting styles. I did not know that another parenting book brought into the fold would cause such a stir. In the next few paragraphs I am going to go over the major differences between the two styles. First I will begin with the some of the characteristics of the more traditional Eastern way of parenting. Eastern parents have complete control over their children‚ they feel they know what it always
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INTRO. In America‚ doctors follow the Western belief in using medication and doing various testing procedures when treating patients‚ while the Hmong shamans believe in treating the spiritual ailment of the person through elaborate traditional practices. Shamans who themselves are epileptic try communicating with “a malevolent spirit called a dab” (Fadiman 1998: 4). The Hmong shaman is “believed to have the ability to enter a trance…and negotiate for this patients’ health with the spirits who lived
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The Right Medicine – 对症下药 Having chosen the particular subject of Medicine for our research article‚ we picked up “The Right Medicine” as our article topic. With the modern advances of science‚ we‚ young adults‚ often ask ourselves who should we follow‚ scientific reason or traditional remedies? Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a
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The Eastern Church vs. the Western Church In the year 1054‚ due to political‚ cultural and religious reasons‚ the Great Schism divided Christianity into the Eastern Church (the Orthodox Church) and the Western Church (the Catholic Church). As a result of the Schism‚ differences increased between the two. The primary differences are the Papal claims of authority and the insertion of the filioque clause into the Nicene Creed (Ware‚ 1963). Since the two were one prior to the Schism‚ there are similarities;
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Dramatherapy Vol. 34‚ No. 2‚ July 2012‚ 92–100 CLINICAL COMMENT A research interview: dramatherapy and cross-cultural awareness Downloaded by [The University of British Columbia] at 21:37 23 February 2013 Mandy Carra* and Madeline Andersen-Warrenb a Freelance Dramatherapist; b Northern Trust for Dramatherapy The following interview is based on research by Mandy Carr in 2009‚ for a ‘top up’ MA at Roehampton University‚ London‚ entitled ‘An investigation into the importance of raising
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Western Vs. Eastern European Jews In this essay I will be discussing the second question on the sheet. This question asks to compare and contrast what Jewish life was like in Eastern Europe compared to the Jewish lifestyle in Western Europe. To understand what lead to the differences seen between Jews in these two regions‚ it is important to see how they ended up where they did and the history that came with them. The Jewish people came to Europe with the Romans‚ and had settled in many places
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Traditional Chinese Medicine vs. Western Medicine Although it seems like a new health treatment in America‚ traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been around for centuries. It is based on a classic published in the third century‚ B.C.‚ entitled Nei Jing‚ or The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. Many diseases and ailments that cannot be cured by Western medicine (WM) can be treated by TCM successfully. This is not to say that TCM can cure all diseases that Western medicine cannot. It is
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Western Parenting vs. Eastern Parenting Chua feels that the traditional Chinese way of parenting is the only way if you want a successful child. If you ask almost any other Western American‚ it sounds more like the parent has become a dictator and their children are nothing but peasants that aren’t allowed to fail otherwise they are shamed and beaten. Parenting the western way is more effective and leads to a better‚ well rounded adult as compared to Chua’s idea that‚ an A-minus is a punishable
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