Ancient Chinese Inventions and Contributions Strayer University HUM 111- World Culture I 30 May 2013 Introduction China is an exceptional nation that is famous for its ancient invention and contribution to both the past and the current world. Chinese invention and contribution helped greatly in creating jobs‚ engaging in Wars and still contributed to public life. This paper will highlight the top ten ancient Chinese inventions and their importance to people’s daily lives. Eight useful Chinese
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Reading Log for Fiction Sydney V. Best Title: Chinese Cinderella; The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter Author: Adeline Yen Mah Page Range: 1-42 Entry 1: “I did as I was told. Though I was only four years old‚ I understood I should not ask Aunt Baba too many questions about dead mama.” (Mah 3) Question 1: Who is speaking? Where does this particular scene take place (setting?) Explain the character’s thoughts‚ motives‚ and actions (i.e. what does this person
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1. INTRODUCTION “ While parents are alive‚ one must not travel afar. If one must‚ one’s whereabouts should always be made known” - Analects‚ Book II: Li Ren 19 The idea of filial piety has always remained as a significant part of Chinese tradition from ancient China and even till today’s times. It stands not only as a mere concept but more so‚ something that was an “absolute‚ metaphysical entity‚ something so exalted in (ancient Chinese’s) minds” (Holzman‚ 1998). Perhaps the idea of filial piety
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Chinese clothing is an important part of their culture. Although China no longer dresses in their older more traditional styles‚ the traditional garments are still worn for holidays and ceremonies. There have been many historical changes in Chinese clothing‚ and the Chinese style choices vary depending on what region is being scrutinized. Hanfu is a term that includes all traditional Chinese dress worn prior to Manchurian and western influences. All Chinese citizens living under the Ming dynasty
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Red at Chinese WeddingsRed is the color theme of traditional Chinese weddings. It symbolizes love‚ joy‚ and prosperity. A Chinese brides wedding gown is often red‚ as are the wedding invitations‚ gift boxes‚ and envelopes for gifts. Even the homes of the bride and groom are decorated in red on the wedding day.Chinese Pre-wedding eventsBefore the wedding a Chinese bride goes into seclusion with her closest friends to symbolically mourn the loss of her family and friends. Often the grooms family will
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Literature Circles Chinese Cinderella I read Chinese Cinderella as my literature circle book. Adeline Yen Mah wrote Chinese Cinderella. Chinese Cinderella is dedicated to all the unwanted children in the world. This book is easy to read and understand. In the double-digit chapters it became more interesting to me as a reader. There were a lot of emotional points to this book. As a young reader it just makes me think of how lucky I am to live the way I do. Chinese Cinderella is based on
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republican ideals. After the Chinese Civil War during the Communist era‚ China ’s government‚ under Mao Zedong ’s leadership‚ from 1949 to 1978‚ worked to unify China under one single social class. Finally‚ from 1978 to the present‚ a movement opening China to the world and international markets has provoked a new educational policy preparing the Chinese students to the modern world the complexity of Chinese society in 2012. Despite the reforms implemented by the Chinese government during the past
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A: Why do you want to get a part-time job? B: I’d like to make some spending money. If I earn the money myself‚ I can spend it however I want. It’s liberating and I can ease my parents’ burden at the same time. A: Do you have time to work? Will it affect your studies? B: I’d like to work during the summer break. It won’t affect my studies. A: Where do you want to work? B: I plan to go to medical school later‚ so I’d like to get a job at a hospital to see if I liek to deal with patients. What
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Chinese Instrument: Guzheng Done By: Ng Yee Ru 5Care Introduction Of Guzheng The guzheng or gu zheng (Chinese: 古 筝 ‚gǔzhēng) is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It has 18 to23 or more strings and movable bridges. The guzheng is similar to Japanese koto ， the Mongolian yatga‚ the Korean gayageum ， and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin. Guqin is another ancient Chinese string instrument without bridges. History Of Guzheng The early
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Characters are used as components in other characters. Most Chinese characters contain two components‚ one indicating meaning and the other indicating sound. There are around two hundred Chinese characters that are used as the meaning part of the component. These two hundred characters used are called radicals. Radicals are important because they are used to organize Chinese characters in many of the Chinese dictionaries. To look up a Chinese word in the dictionary‚ the easiest way is to know the radical
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