Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday celebrated among Chinese people. It is often referred to as the spring festival because it signals the beginning of spring. It is a time when families and friends get together to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It originally lasted for 15 days‚ but now only lasts for 5 to 7 days. The exact origin of this Chinese New Year holiday is too old to be traced‚ but many explanations still exist. One idea is that the holiday originated when a beast named
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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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The film "Apocalypto" depicts the ancient Maya culture as a super-cruel‚ psycho-sadistic civilization. This movie illustrates the life of tribesmen who live in a fear to sacrifice their lives. They always have to keep themselves prepared to escape from the enemies and save their family‚ their villages from destruction. This movie was very adventurous and successful historical based movie; however‚ its depictions of original cultures generated controversy. I think‚ this movie was an inaccurate representation
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ARECLS‚ 2008‚ Vol.5‚ 105-135. THE INFLUENCE OF CHINESE CORE CULTURAL VALUES ON THE COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOUR OF OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH ABDUSALAM ABUBAKER Abstract This study is based on three dimensions of Hofstede’s framework‚ which are power distance‚ masculinity versus femininity‚ and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede (1980) considers the Chinese culture to be characterized by high power distance‚ medium masculinity and weak uncertainty avoidance. For this reason
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The Mayan Civilization was essentially a Mesoamerican civilization that was developed by the then Maya people. The civilization was most outstandingly noted for the Mayan hieroglyphic script as well as its architecture‚ art and fully developed writing system of pre-Columbian Americas. It is also good to note that the Maya developed in a place that encompasses Belize‚ all of Guatemala and southeastern Mexico. Some western parts of Honduras and El Salvador were also part of the plan (Chase et al
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The Aztecs were a powerful‚ strong‚ intelligent civilization. Who reigned most of Central America and what is now Mexico. Then all of a sudden the civilization fell. Do we know why? The Aztecs had a very good life since they had many crops to be able to survive. They also had animals to hunt and eat. Aztec crops included maize (corn)‚ beans‚ tomatoes‚ potatoes‚ and avocados. Animals they hunted are: turkey‚ snakes‚ rabbits‚ deer‚ and coyotes. Dogs and turkeys were mostly domesticated. Aztecs mostly
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The Maya civilization was an indigenous society located in Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was a term used to refer to Mexico and Central America. To be more specific‚ they were centered in Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ western parts of Honduras and El Salvador and parts of Tabasco and Chiapas (these two states are both located in Mexico) (“History.com”‚ 2009). This culture is known for their monumental architecture‚ interpretation of content of images‚ hieroglyphic writing and their mathematical
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significance of the Chinese holidays celebrated in Suriname which has significances among the Surinamese people. These two significant holidays are: The Chinese New Year and The Chinese Moon Festival. They are also the most important and economic holiday for the Surinamese Chinese and also worldwide for the Chinese people. These holidays are not nationally in Suriname as yet. This is not only celebrated by the Chinese but also celebrated by the non-Chinese people. These Chinese holidays are to bring
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000 Chinese restaurants in the United States. Chinese cuisine has been available for a long time in a form that suits American tastes (sometimes called "Chinese-American food"). In the nineteenth century thousands of Chinese workers have arrived to the western territories of United States to build railroads‚ dig mines‚ as well as to perform other types of demanding industrial operations. Early California "chow chow" were simple restaurants managed by the Cantonese Chinese‚ nursing his Chinese compatriots
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stood before a California State Senate Committee and sounded the alarm: "The Chinese are upon us. How can we get rid of them? The Chinese are coming. How can we stop them?"1 Panicked cries such as these and portrayals of Chinese immigration as an evil‚ "unarmed invasion" had been shared by several witnesses before the committee‚ which was charged with investigating the "social‚ moral‚ and political effects" of Chinese immigration. Testimony like Clement’s was designed to reach a broad audience‚
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