HOMOSEXUALITY: A COMPARISON OF WESTERN AND EASTERN VIEWPOINTS The purpose of this paper is to shed a positive light on homosexuality. The paper will also look at how religion has shaped the views that people have regarding homosexuality. It will be seen that‚ for the most part‚ Christianity in the West has encouraged people to take a negative attitude on the subject. By contrast‚ the Eastern religion of Buddhism has taught people to have a more tolerant attitude toward homosexuality. It
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A Cultural Comparison of English and Chinese Family Names Hongmei Zhu School of Foreign languages‚ Henan University of Technology Lotus Street‚ Hi-Tech Development Zone‚ Zhengzhou 450001‚ Henan‚ China Tel: 86-371-6775-6797 E-mail: zhuhongmei@haut.edu Abstract The family names of humans are formed and used in the long process of the course of history and the development of society. Family names‚ being a part of culture‚ are closely related to history and culture. English and Chinese names are different
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Comparison of Chinese and Western Food Culture Food is closely related to people’s lives and it is considered the most important element in Chinese culture. Chinese food is famous all over the world too. American Chinese cuisine differs significantly from the traditional Chinese cuisine and even though the variation in taste can be so it is still attractive to many people. When it comes to food‚ Chinese people always care about the color‚ taste‚ smell and shape of Chinese dishes. In
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“The Early Chinese Empires Qin and Hand”‚ the book basically talks about the early time in China when the Great Wall was built‚ the time when Three Kingdoms occurred‚ and the first unification of China in history. For these reasons‚ the book categorizes into History. The Qin and Han dynasties unify China and establish a centralized empire‚ which continually uses and develops through 20th century. The imperial structure draws on elements of both Legalist and Confucian thought. The Chinese empire is
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First love can happen at any age or not happened at all‚ but must people have fallen in love for the first time as a teenager or an adult. First love is an exciting new experience that most people remember very well as something naïve‚ impulsive and unforgettable love. However‚ forever love is one of the strongest emotions that a human being can feel. It can arise ever so intensely‚ spreading a feeling of warm happiness through every inch of a person body like a wild fire spreading through a tree
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The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between Chinese and Western Jiahui Sheng San Francisco State University HTM 0421-01 Abstract Currently‚ with much more frequent culture exchanges between Chinese and Western‚ people from different countries have more and more opportunities to meet new friends with different religions. However‚ it is hard to avoid meeting some conflicts during the culture exchange because of differences of cultures‚ and the difference of food habits is one of the distinct
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Chinese culture and Western culture‚ an interesting comparison. East is east and West is west; never the twain shall meet. This one line pretty much sums up this never ending debate on the differences between the Chinese culture and the Western culture. Many westerners‚ when they visit China for the first time are in fact shocked to see the customs and traditions in China. But the same holds true for the people of China who go to western countries for the first time. What is to be remembered is the
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containing over 250 myths. To compare and contrast these two poets and their writing styles‚ I will use Achilles’ battle with Hector in Homer’s Iliad book 22 and compare it with Achilles’ battle with Cycnus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses book 12. The comparison of these battles will give us a better understanding of these poets different views on the Trojan War. This battle also takes place outside the city of Troy‚ at the beginning of the Trojan War‚ nine years previous to Achilles’ battle with Hector
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On the Chinese and Western Superstition Differences in Superstition-related Numbers and Festivals between Chinese and English 从英汉数字和迷信节日看中西方的迷信思想差异 内容摘要 迷信是人类文化的一部分，它起源于人类出现的第一天。尽管科学和技术在发展，迷信思想仍然存在。迷信思想存在于人类生活的方方面面中，并在很大程度上影响着人们的行为。迷信作为一种文化现象，因国家和民族的不同而不同。随着世界各国交流日趋频繁，了解世界各国的迷信思想文化的差异显得尤为重要。中西方国家在数字和节日方面存在一些迷信思想差异，文化，宗教，心理等因素的不同是其差异的主要原因。因此，探究中西方数字与节日的迷信思想差异及其成因成为本文的主旨。 关键字：迷信；差异；迷信数字；迷信节日 Abstract Superstition‚ as one part of human culture‚ dates from the first day when human
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(influenced by Egyptian canon) to reflect greater naturalism‚ an adherence to close observation of reality. Greek perfection was achieved through rational ordering of the world‚ in which the canon was based on a mathematical system of proportion. A comparison of two sculptures‚ Khafre Enthroned from the Egyptian Old Kingdom Period and Kritios Boy from the Greek Early Classical Period‚ illustrates a progression of desire to achieve perfection from Egyptian ideals of knowledge and completeness to Greek
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