The Chinese Voyages of Exploration Succeeded by the non-Chinese Qing Dynasty‚ the Ming Dynasty is considered to be the last native dynasty to exist. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and is known as the greatest era of social stability and organized government (European). Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty; he is also known as Hongwu‚ Taizu‚ and Ming Taizu. Hongwu died in 1382‚ leaving his grandson‚ Huidi‚ the next heir. However‚ Chengzu‚ or Yongol‚ created a military campaign to
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O’Dell Holliday Humanities Vol. 1 Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone
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CHINEESE NEW YEAR Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the New Year is called the Lantern Festival‚ which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few
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of Chinese culture that Joy is confronted with‚ women are put at a lower status than men where daughters are thought of as a disgrace to the family and women are confined to obligations within the household. Overall‚ Joy is suppressed by the dominantly negative Chinese culture. The Chinese culture has an adverse effect on women who get accustomed to the ways of life in a male dominated system. Men are thought of as the important beings because they are physically stronger than women. Chinese elders
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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 Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet ETH/316 March 17‚ 2013 The Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet For week five I chose option 2‚ Ethics Game Dilemmas as my final assignment. I was not sure what to expect of the simulation and what kind of decisions I would face. It was a challenging experience and I learned about myself and my decisions through this process. The first ethical issue that was presented to me in the simulation was answering Gayle’s request for confidentiality
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Chinese Lion Dance The lion dance is a traditional dance performed in the Chinese culture. The performers mimic the moves of the lion inside a costume that looks in a way like a lion. Many people who are not very familiar with the Lion Dance often gets it confused with the Dragon Dance‚ since both are performed‚ for the most part‚ for the same occasions. It is simple to tell the two dances apart. The Lion Dance is performed most of the time with only two people. The Dragon Dance is performed with
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pulled the Chinese to America‚ but it wouldn’t keep
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Ancient Chinese Inventions It is well known that China has an ancient and glorious history‚ from the feudal periods ending in 222 BC through the three Imperial and Intermediate Eras‚ up to the Modern era – over 4000 years of dynastic reigns. It may also be well known that China is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions from spaghetti to gunpowder. This list‚ however‚ will take a slightly different slant of the topic: Chinese inventions and developments that were not known to or adopted
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Chinese music Instruments In this research paper I will introduce four Chinese music instruments: Chinese drum‚ Guzheng‚ Qin and Chinese lute. Chinese drum is still very popular in china for the old generation‚ and they use drum as an exercise for body training. GuZheng is a Chinese traditional instrument; furthermore‚ I remember when I was in the secondary‚ one of my classmate played GuZheng very well. In every public holiday‚ she will show GuZheng; moreover‚ it’s really specially. The third
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