Festival and Lantern Festival By Yolanda The Spring Festival‚ also known as the lunar new year‚ which falls in late January or early February. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the “Winter Sacrifice”. And the word “Nian”‚ which in modern Chinese solely means year‚ was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a New Year. So people hang“good luck”wishes on red paper on the door and wall‚ use fireworks in
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I am Thai‚ but inside I am also Chinese “My hometown China‚ I’m so sad that I had to leave you”‚ is a part of the song I heard all the time when I was little‚ and I still remember it. Not much is known about my background; I only know that I am actually Chinese. I could have cared less about it because I was born and raised in Thailand‚ and I considered myself Thai until my mom told me about my grandparents. My grandfather used to be a doctor in a small communist camp in China. He didn’t like it
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roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. Some are so different that they do not even remotely resemble the original festival despite sharing the same name and date. There are also various local festivals that are mostly unknown outside a given prefecture. It is commonly said that you will always find a festival somewhere in Japan. Unlike most people in East Asia‚ Japanese people generally do not celebrate Chinese New Year; although Chinese residents
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and friends. On this fine morning‚ I would like to talk about Malaysian Holidays .Our country of Malaysia is the home of people of different cultures and ethnic groups. The majority of Malaysians are Malays. Besides Malays‚ there are Chinese‚ Indians‚ and so on .We live here‚ Malaysia‚ peacefully without wars amongst ourselves . To students‚ a public holiday means having fun and relaxing. We students will get tired of school if holidays didn’t exist. Spending our time on
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China‚ New Year’s Day is a solemn occasion. Every family performs religious rites at the family altar. In order to rejoice at the New Year‚ people wished others a happy new year and blessed heartily. Some stick calligraphies full of joy on doors‚ most of them were antithetical couplet‚ phrase‚ individual character‚ such as: blessing‚ longevity‚ luckiness‚ propitious New Year and so on. Whereas‚ some people pasted paper-cuts for window decorations to do away with the old and set up the new‚ the
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important ancient chinese invention ever made was gunpowder.” Gunpowder Taiwanese-secrets.com Gunpowder is one of the greatest and most powerful inventions the Chinese people created. The chinese created a formula which was made of Saltpeter‚ Charcoal‚ and Sulfur during the Tang dynasty possibly around the year A.D. 850. The Chinese were trying to make a formula that would make you live forever but instead it shortens your life by killing you. The first use that the Chinese had for gunpowder was
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Everyone has their own festival to celebrate. As a Chinese‚ I always celebrate different festival like the Lantern Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. However‚ the festival which I anticipate and put in my effort to prepare for it will be the annual Chinese New Year. Whenever Chinatown is aglow with flamboyant lights‚ and the laughter and banter of eager shoppers fill the air‚ it is a clear sign that the welcoming Chinese New Year is approaching once again. While there is no denying
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amplify our mental abilities and furnish radical insights into the complexities and inner workings of our world. It is not just the ability to collect‚ store and process data on a massive scale‚ or even communication‚ but the opening of our minds to new and often hidden possibilities—that is real power.” There is no denying that the growth and spread of computing technology have been significant things that we witness and indeed experience personally. Cell phones‚ for example‚ have been through from
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Wenqing Zhong Professor King English 1A 30 January 2015 My Cultural Lineage As can be told from my face‚ I’m an Asian. To be more specific‚ I’m a Chinese. Unlike many big families in my country‚ my family doesn’t keep a genealogy‚ which is a vital means by which people can record their domestic history. I believe part of the reason has something to do with my family name. My family name is Zhong‚ which is very rare even in China. But thanks to that‚ it’s easier for us to find our ancestors since
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Unforgettable Spring Festival The Spring Festival‚ which is commonly known in the west as Chinese New Year‚ is the most important festival for the Chinese people and the moment that all family members get together just like Christmas. People who live or work away from home will go home before the Spring Festival. Therefore‚ it is the busiest time for the transportation systems. Spring festival is my favorite festival because all my family members can get together and that family plays an important
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