millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people‚ whether they explain nature or present ways to live a just life‚ became so complex that simple prose could not suitably express their meaning. Yet paradoxically‚ the simpler‚ less exact form of poetry does put forth the ideas. Nowhere is this more exemplified than in the literature pertaining to the two major schools of ancient Chinese thought; Taoism and Confucianism. Poets such as Tu Fu and Po Chü-i expressed
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‘’Did the Chinese discover America?’’ The writer maintains the significant of explorations made by Columbus in fourteenth century. He describes that after Columbus’s explorations‚ efforts have been made to rewrite the history by arguing that it was Amerigo Vespucci who discovered the America and named after him‚ the Norsemen sailed to these areas centuries before Columbus‚ and Native Americans were living in these areas thousands of years before. Recently‚ Gavin Menzies has brought a significant
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Like past immigrants who came from Germany‚ Ireland and other places around the world. Chinese people in America faced many challenges when migrating. They felt like outcasts. Some experiences for the Chinese were in racist encounters and the feeling the way that Nazli Kibra felt when she came to America. She had always thought of herself as an American when she thought of herself as “the American kid on the block‚” (Source F) until she went to school and she felt outcast and that “Whites think
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not only for entertainment but also for answers to nature ’s mysteries. Mythology helped to explain aspects of the natural world to the ancient Greeks. Some of the greatest mysteries of nature that are explained in mythology are the origins of mankind‚ the four seasons‚ and how flowers got their colors and names. One of the greatest mysteries for all cultures concerns how men were first created. In ancient Greek mythology‚ this aspect of the natural world is explained with several different stories
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1.1 Chinese Traditional Food Culture Food is closely related to culture. Different nations create different food Cultures. So the food Culture has strong national characteristics and diversified idiosyncrasy. The global foods can be divided into two major systems of eastern foods and western foods. Among the eastern foods‚ Chinese food is one of the most representatives‚ of which the food way‚ the food culture‚ the development history‚ and the relative national conditions and customs
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found in between Roman and Greek Mythology. Both‚ Greek and Roman mythology are mostly influenced by Greeks myths and legends‚ then Italians‚ since Greek literature and myth occur before the Romans. This demonstrates why Roman myths have similar themes and myths as Greek Mythology. The twelve Olympian god/goddesses in Greek mythology are represented in Roman mythology‚ but with different names. Also‚ each god/goddess symbolize and power are similar in both mythologies. These similarities is what makes
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In chapter 2 of Edith Hamilton’s Mythology two Gods were introduced: Demeter and Dionysus. Although those two Gods were different‚ they also had numerous similarities. For example‚ both are correlated with rebirth and revival. Demeter and her daughter Persephone are in a constant cycle of death due to plants dying off in the winter and regrowing in the summer. Every winter Persephone would be taken by Hades but “she [rose] from the dead every spring” (Hamilton 61). Dionysus was also coordinated with
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The Chinese Abacus The Chinese Abacus is a simple device for performing mathematical calculations. The Chinese Abacus also known as a “Suanpan” in Chinese. The Abacus was first mentioned by the mathematician Xu Yueh at the end of Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D). The Abacus is a tool for calculating numbers‚ and was widely used in ancient times up to the invention of the modern mechanical and electronic calculators. The Abacus is similar to the modern calculator. It has a rectangular wooden frame
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In Greek and Roman mythology‚ both males and females are necessary in the creation of the world and everything on it. Since they both need to work together‚ it would be assumed that males and females would hold an equal amount of power but that is not the case. From the beginning with Gaia and Ouranos to the current ruler of Mount Olympus‚ the men are regarded as the more powerful and capable beings. The females may still be valued and considered from time to time‚ but overall do not compare to the
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Chinese Immigrants in Flushing‚ Queens I would like to research Chinese immigrants living in my home-town of Flushing‚ New York. The reason why I’ve chosen to research this particular culture is because I have been a part of it for as long as I can remember‚ and I wish to gain further knowledge from my studies. Some concepts that I would like to discuss are‚ acculturation of Chinese immigrants in to American culture‚ reasons for immigrating‚ how Chinese immigrants choose to identify themselves
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