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 in their
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Differences between Chinese and American food culture The histories‚ boundaries‚ population‚ religions‚ politics‚ folks‚ economy of America and China are not the same‚ so the food culture of the two countries are not the same. Chinese culture starts from 1‚700‚000 years ago. When someone says something about Chinese food culture‚ they must praise the color‚ taste‚ smell‚ shape of the Chinese dish and the types of the dish. Most of people in China are used to have rice and wheat as their
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Chinese New Year? Is it Real or Fake? This year’s Chinese New Year is going to be on: 2013 | 2013-02-10 | Snake (2013-02-10—2014-01-31) | | | | Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China‚ it is also known as the Spring Festival‚ the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally ran from Chinese New Year’s Day itself‚ the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar‚ to the Lantern
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On Different Values of Individualism in Chinese and American Cultures 1. Introduction Everyone‚ every social class and every country have their own unique values. It is the fact that value is the core of cross-culture communication and the differences of culture among countries depend on different values. Value exerts great influence on everyone’s daily life. Scores of people rely on value to obtain knowledge‚ master the basic skills and foster correct world outlook. China and America are two
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I were to ask a group of people “What is your favorite food?” most of them would say countless varieties of food‚ starting with the delicious French pushing it to Chinese and Indian Cuisine. But whatever it is‚ whenever it comes to my favorite food‚ I would say Chow-Mein‚ which hit the top of my most favorite food. Chow-Mein is a Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles‚ which eventually carries many varieties: chicken Chow-Mein‚ beef Chow-Mein or even pork Chow-Mein and of course for vegetable
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Chinese New Year China is the first one of the cradles of world civilization‚ 5000 years of history makes China more powerful. There are many China’s unique festivals‚ like Mid-Autumn Festival‚ Ching Ming Festival‚ Dragon Boat Festival‚ Winter Festival and Chinese New year. Especially Chinese New Year remains the most important social and economic holiday in China. The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Beginning of Spring. Its origin is too
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Case Title The Chinese Fireworks Industry- revised Date October 8th 2012 1. Issue identification： Jerry Yu is considering whether to invest in Liuyang fireworks factory‚ so he made an evaluation of the Chinese firework industry. Here is a brief identification of the issue: 1.1 History of fireworks: There is an old-line of the Chinese fireworks‚ which is tightly combined with varieties of celebrations and festivals in China. Especially‚ Liuyang is known as “the home of
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Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is celebrated throughout China and is also known as The Spring Festival. It goes for fifteen days and the preparations start even before the old year has come to an end. The people prepare by cleaning up‚ buying gifts and cooking festival food. Chinese New Year according to an ancient legend was started like this: People were once tormented by a beast called a Nian - a ferocious creature with an extremely large mouth‚ capable of swallowing several people in a
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different culture. “China is an extremely large country‚ and the customs and traditions of its people vary by geography and ethnicity. More than 1 billion people live in China‚ representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest group is the Han Chinese‚ with about 900 million people.” (Access online livesience.com) And I born in this large culture and obviously affected by Han’s culture. People usually speak mandarin and use chopsticks‚ which have dark hair and black eye color. Speaking about culture
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Struggle for Identity: American Born Chinese Asian American students today are faced with the issue of identity in the American society. They are faced with this issue because of their unfamiliar background to the American society. They want to fit-in and become accepted in school’s diverse environment. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Yang‚ exemplifies the issue of Asian American students search for identity in the American society. He wanted to target teenager that are struggling
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