“Diwali Delight” The best feeling is to have all your long-time unseen relatives and friends gather around together and have a blast. Recently on my dad’s birthday‚ the day of October 26th‚ the start of Diwali‚ can be as delightful as any of your cultural holidays. Diwali is the festival of lights. Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. My dad was the first one to come to the United States in my whole‚ family‚ which makes
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A year has been passed since the beach incident took place. But it’s still fresh in my mind as if it happened yesterday only. I can recall what I had felt at that time‚ the adrenaline rush and the screaming. It was that day I had learnt a valuable lesson and this lesson was not only learnt by me but also by my cousins who were there when this incident took place. New years eve was just a day away and all of us‚ my cousins and I‚ had made great plans of partying out all night and having a blast
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different culture. “China is an extremely large country‚ and the customs and traditions of its people vary by geography and ethnicity. More than 1 billion people live in China‚ representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest group is the Han Chinese‚ with about 900 million people.” (Access online livesience.com) And I born in this large culture and obviously affected by Han’s culture. People usually speak mandarin and use chopsticks‚ which have dark hair and black eye color. Speaking about culture
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Struggle for Identity: American Born Chinese Asian American students today are faced with the issue of identity in the American society. They are faced with this issue because of their unfamiliar background to the American society. They want to fit-in and become accepted in school’s diverse environment. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Yang‚ exemplifies the issue of Asian American students search for identity in the American society. He wanted to target teenager that are struggling
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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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Introduction to Chinese Cupping Therapy Ladies and gentlemen‚ thank you very much for coming along here to listen to my presentation. I hope you will find it useful or interesting. As we all know‚ Traditional Chinese Medicine is a medical culture with a history of 5000 years. It has formed a deep and systematic knowledge of medical science‚ theory‚ diagnostic methods and cures. There are many aspects about traditional Chinese medicine. But in this talk‚ I would like to concentrate on one aspect
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Different types of fireworks would have different elements or compounds in them. b.) If you wanted red fireworks‚ you could use lithium nitrate or lithium chloride. For orange‚ use potassium nitrate‚ calcium nitrate or sodium nitrate. For yellow fireworks use barium nitrate. If you wanted green fireworks use copper II nitrate or copper II chloride. Limitations to compounds you can use in fireworks is you need to make sure they are not toxic‚ so certain colours
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approval for the law from state officials. Originally‚ this law sounded personally appealing. As a proud Chinese American‚ I believe that this would have a profound cultural impact on Asian families. However‚ unless the Department of Education recognizes every holiday for every ethnic group‚ it seems unfair to single out the Lunar New Year as one exclusively for the Chinese. The Chinese zodiac says this year of the dragon is supposed to bring prosperity‚ but even with good fortune‚ I find it hard
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The novel ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is an autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah‚ describing her childhood and younger teenage years as an unwanted daugther. Unlike most children‚ Adeline had a difficult time growing up. All throughout her life she was bullied and looked down upon by most of her family. At a young age Adeline is constantly being left behind by her family‚ leaving her to feel like the unwanted daughter. Throughout the whole novel‚ Adeline is looked down at and is never acknowledged
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Acceptance: Chinese & American Born Chinese Perspectives in Poetry The United States is a place where people can have diverging views on how to describe the diverse nation. The country in fact does not have an official language because of the myriad of distinct ethnicities residing within the country. With all this diversity it is only natural for people to struggle with which cultural norm to follow. Of the many immigrants that have journeyed to the U.S. for a better life‚ Chinese immigrants
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