I am a Chinese‚ called Lily. I studied in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when I was twelve. Today‚ I would like to tell you something funny in my school life. Hogwarts allowed students bring their pets to school‚ BUT THEY DID NOT ALLOWED MINE. Mine is a small‚ red Chinese dragon. On the first day‚ Miss McGonagall‚ headmistress at Hogwarts‚ told me to send my little dragon back to China. “Please have a look on your handbook‚ we allowed owl‚ cat‚ dog and snake only.” Miss McGonagall said
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Book Review A Daughter of Han: The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman‚ Ida Pruitt Carol De Leon April 4‚ 2006 Historical Methods 2003.005 Death is one of the main reoccurring themes in the book The Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman by Ida Pruitt. Death is a catalyst for change‚ the focus of familial ritual‚ result of the Japanese occupation and the outcome of diseases that had no cure. The consequences of death
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learned from America with the organizations’ operation and management and made a great progress‚ which made America learned from it in turn. 2 Similarities between Chinese and Japanese organizational cultures Both Chinese and Japanese corporate cultures belong to East Asian cultures in essence and were deeply influenced by Chinese ancient traditional culture. They put ethics‚ morality and orthodoxy into companies’ daily operations and managements‚ also Confucianism and teamwork principle into companies’
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medicine Chinese medicine is based on the text written by Huang Di‚ The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. This book was written before the birth of Hippocrates‚ the father of modern medicine. Ancient Chinese medicine was based on the idea of balance. Life energy means (Chi-Qi_Ki) in Chinese‚ constantly flows through the body. When a person is healthy‚ the energy remains balanced; however‚ if it becomes unbalanced then an illness will occur. The job of ancient Chinese physicians
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ask ourselves who should we follow‚ scientific reason or traditional remedies? Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2‚000 years‚ including various forms of herbal medicine‚ acupuncture‚ massage (推拿)‚ exercise (气功) and dietary therapy. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an empirical medicine and was developed in the old days in the absence of systemic
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accordingto the Chinese calendar. But for me‚ Chinese New Year is a payday. Usually Ireceive red envelopes‚ hong bao‚ which are the equivalent of Christmas presents.Instead of wondering what the present will be‚ though‚ it is the amount of moneyinside that is the mystery. The lucky money is actually a sign of prosperity‚ andthe envelopes are red to scare away evil spirits. I always have to wait weeks tofind out what my parents have in store for me. I never knew where or howthe traditions of Chinese New Year
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Yushi Pang Miss. Kreso ENG4USL 21 March 2013 Chinese traditional thinking affect Jook-Liang in The Jade Peony Can you imagine that everyone rejects you just because you are a girl? That actually happened universally in the last century‚ specifically in the old China. The gender discrimination was deeply rooted in people’s minds and became a traditional Chinese thinking. Wayson Choy illustrates this kind of discrimination really well in his novel The Jade Peony. In the novel‚ Grandmother continually
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The Critiques of Feudal Chinese Society in Lu Xun’s Two Articles: Madman’s Diary and Leaving the Pass By The term 2 HASS essay question Singapore University of Technology and Design Lin Yijuan October 2013 Once during the years 1915-1923 in modern Chinese history‚ a grand revolution campaign named New Culture Movement was whipped up by some pioneer revolutionists. This group led by Lu Xun and Chen Duxiu considered the feudalism as the primary obstruction of China’s development
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Chinese New Year is really just around the corner. The Chinese will definitely be busy running errands to make sure that the Chinese New Year celebration is well prepared. Some may choose to start as early as a month before the celebration which also means the last month in the Lunar Calendar. This way‚ they get to plan things they need to have for the celebration and slowly distributing the tasks among the family members and then carry them out. Since Chinese New Year is the most important celebration
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Asian Studies Review March 2010‚ Vol. 34‚ pp. 3–18 History‚ Silence and Homelessness in Contemporary Chinese Cinema: Wang Xiaoshuai’s Shanghai Dreams RICHARD LETTERI* Furman University Abstract: Set a few years after China’s opening to the various forces of globalisation‚ the film Shanghai Dreams (2005) tells the story of the conflict between Qinghong‚ a 17 year-old schoolgirl who wishes to remain in her hometown of Guiyang‚ and her father‚ Lao Wu‚ whose dream of returning to his hometown of
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