Title: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi‚ ca. 1310 By: Zhao Mengfu (Chinese‚ 1254–1322) Type: Handscroll‚ ink on paper Size: 9 5/8 x 46 1/8 in. (24.4 x 117 cm) The artist of this calligraphy scroll‚ Zhao Mengfu‚ was highly praised by the Yuan emperor Renzong as unrivaled traditional Chinese polymath (for a lack of a better word). It is said that the emperor admired him for possessing the following seven outstanding qualities: wide learning‚ Song royal ancestry‚ elegant and charismatic
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Chinese tattoos In China have many traditions cultural; today I want talk about Chinese tattoos. In china tattoos is called “Ci Qing”. And Chinese tattoos have become very popular things for who likes tattoos in western world. And Chinese tattoos offer beautiful and much deeper meaning‚ so this is a important reason why the Chinese tattoos is very popular. The most famous tattoos in china‚ I think is from the legend of the Chinese general Yue Fei. Yue Fei was in South Song Dynasty‚ in this
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CHINESE INFLUENCE ON YOUR CULTURE Historically‚ Vietnam has undergone many wars with some countries all over the world. After each war‚ Vietnamese culture was influenced by those countries. Especially‚ China is the huge country‚ which dominated Vietnam for a thousand years‚ (countryside‚ n‚d). Thus‚ it is no surprise that Vietnamese culture has been affected by Chinese culture in many aspects such as calendar‚ language‚ religion and food. The most obvious influence can be seen is the calendar.
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Part 1 Essay | topics How Flower-and-Bird painting becomes a significant category in Chinese Painting & Today Flower-and-Bird paintings Part 2 Further developed | deliverables of the final project The expression and poetic meaning within the flower and bird painting is such a good value to today’s busy city. While we are lack of having the time with nature that far different from the ancient Chinese life‚ so‚ here design a hotel concept based on flower and bird paintings as the theme
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Chinese proverbs • o Literally: A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. o Meaning: Even if it was just a little help from others‚ you should return the favor with all you can when others are in need. • ， o Literally: If one person is not hungry‚ the whole family is not hungry. o Meaning: Families will make sacrifices for individual members of the family. o Common Misunderstanding: If one person in the family is happy‚ the whole family is happy. • ‚ o Literally:
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Intercultural and Intergeneration Communication within the Chinese American Families In recent decades‚ migration waves have brought to the United States large numbers of Asians and Pacific Islanders (API). Well over two-fifths of all non-amnesty persons admitted in the U.S. in 1991 were API.[i] The trend of increasing API immigration is clear and the API portion in the U S. total immigration steadily grew from the 1972’s 28.7 percent to 1985’s 44.2 percent. According to the U.S. Census Bureau
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American Popular Culture Contrast between Chinese and American Consumption Concepts Following is a story that was once rather prevalently discussed in China: A Chinese old lady and an American old lady were both‚ miserably‚ dead. They met with each other in the heaven. The Chinese old lady said‚ “I have been working hard for more than thirty years. The day before my death‚ I finally managed to buy a large house with my own earnings. But the doctor said I was overworking‚ and caught a cancer
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Compare Chinese New Year with American New Year Difference: Following is two differences between two customs. Dates are different: The Chinese New Year is based on lunar--calendar‚ but the American New Year is based on solar—calendar. So‚ both the dates of New Year are different even if the New Years are on January 1. Festivities are different: In the America‚ Americans like to have parties at New Year’s Eve. At ten seconds before midnight‚ people count down. After. People hug and kiss
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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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Chinese Masks Chinese masks first appeared in China some 3‚500 years ago primarily used for Chinese shamanism. Chinese masks became an age old cultural phenomenon shared by all ethnic groups in China. The Chinese developed such masks to overcome disasters and to protect their lives. These masks were given many functions like‚ communicating with the gods‚ bringing blessings‚ driving away ghosts‚ warding off diseases‚ and lots of sacrificial rituals involving masks were regularly held. Many
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