private events‚ commercial events and public events. The reason for choosing the Chinese New Year event is that it is a big event in my home country. It represents the history and culture from thousand year ago in China. In this report‚ it covers certain dimensions: the background‚ rise in the event industry‚ event as a role in the society‚ positive and negative aspects and the conclusion. Background The Chinese New Year festival‚ also named as the Lunar New Year festival‚ is based on the Lunar
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AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE WUSHU WUSHU IS A TRADITIONAL CHINESE SPORT‚ WHICH PAYS ATTENTION TO BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES‚ WITH FIGHTING MOVEMENTS AS ITS MAIN CONTENT AND WITH ROUTINE EXERCISES AND FREE COMBAT AS ITS FORMS. THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WUSHU Wushu‚ a time-honoured sport in China‚ traces back to as early as the time of the clan communes in primitive societies. At that time‚ there appeared the “Xi” (sport) of Jiaodi (wrestling) and the “Wu” (dance or exercise) of
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disorders‚ toothaches‚ bloated abdomen‚ etc.‚[6][7] which Shang elites usually attributed to curses sent by their ancestors.[6] There is no evidence that the Shang nobility used herbal remedies.[6] According to a 2006 overview‚ the "Documentation of Chinese materia medica (CMM) dates back to around 1‚100 BC when only dozens of drugs were first described. By the end of the 16th century‚ the number of drugs documented had reached close to 1‚900. And by the end of the last century‚ published records of
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2011-17964 Dumalaog‚ Frances Camille BA Development Studies 2011-29085 Juane‚ Marc BA Social Science (Area Studies) 2011-17964 Anthropology 167: Medical Anthropology TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE A Background on Traditional Chinese Medicine and TCM in China Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)‚ also known as Chinese medicine (中医)‚ is an umbrella term for various medical practices developed in China. TCM traces its history since the period of the mythical “Yellow Emperor”‚ Huang di (Jia‚ 2005). According
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The Chinese Civil War Evaluate the reasons for the success of Mao and the communists gaining support during the Chinese Civil war. By: Chia Ni Wu 13th May‚ 2010 Teacher’s Name: Mr. Smith Total Number of Pages: 11 {2‚903 words} Table of Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.) Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the oldest medical systems in the world and is based on the philosophy of the principles of holistic medicine. The goal of TCM and each of the treatments is to integrate the mind‚ body‚ and spirit in order to prevent illness and promote ultimate wellness. 2.) The roots of TCM extend back to antiquity‚ originating with the study of the healing properties of plants and flowers. Sheng Nung played a crucial role in the discovery and and recording of certain
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Chinese immigration and integration in Canada Submitted by: Sammi Cheung Student number: 500342755 POL 129 Section 011 15 March 2013 In order to look at the history of Chinese immigration in Canada and how this reflects on Canada‚ and its success in welcoming and integrating immigrants‚ one needs to divide the history into different episodes. The first is the early settlements‚ mostly in British Columbia‚ as Chinese came more as sojourners for gold and fortune. The second would
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"the most distinguished Chinese people" by Mahatma Gandhi in India. The Spirit of the Chinese People is the representative work of GuHongming and it collected from a series of papers with the core of the spirit of the Chinese people. At the time of facing Western powers bullying the Chinese nation and discriminating against the Chinese culture‚ Gu Hongming is to reveal the main thrust of the spiritual life of the Chinese people‚ expounding the eternal values of Chinese traditional culture.
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strongly tied to her Chinese identity‚ while in America‚ she traded her culture for her freedom. However‚ they are similar in how they were still tied to their origins as a Chinese woman. A difference between the life experiences of the sisters is that the sister in America had more freedom. The Chinese culture had great limitations on women’s freedom. The sister that left for America did not need to be confined to those restrictions on women‚ she was free from it. In the Chinese culture‚ women were
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ENG-108 11.11. 2011 Bumblebee! What are you doing in China? In recent years‚ the number of Chinese movies has been rocketing dramatically. Movies have really changed Chinese lives because watching movies has become ordinary entertainment in China. Since the founding of new China‚ Hollywood has occupied almost the entire Chinese movie market. Contrasted with American movies‚ the improvement of Chinese movies is much slower. At the time when movies first came into China from western countries‚ there
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