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    Chinese Noodles

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    Chinese noodles are very old food‚ which originated in China and it has a long history. Eastern Han Dynasty in China saved records that noodle’s history has more than nineteen hundred years. And then the earliest kind of noodles are found on October 14‚ 2002 in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. When scientists do Geological Survey‚ they found a bowl in a floodplain which is 3 meters under the ground floor‚ the bowl is upside down and it fitted with yellow noodles‚ the longest is 50 cm. Researchers

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    Chinese Seals

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    Chinese seal carving was one of the four traditional arts of ancient China‚ along with painting‚ calligraphy‚ and poetry. Seal carving was an art of deep cultural roots of the Chinese generations. The first record of a seal in China was from 544 BC‚ during the Spring and Autumn period; right after Chinese ancestors could make potteries and owned properties. When the first dynasty was established‚ the emperor began to use seals. These seals were created for the purpose of making marks on people’s

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    Chinese Mythology

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    (Lansford 1). Every culture has its own myth that explains about the nature of that particular culture. The Chinese culture has been around for many centuries‚ its myths have accumulated into varies stories of gods and their culture. China is the world’s oldest continuous civilization (Cotterel 9). Evidence show the earliest Chinese civilization to be found around 1650 B.C. The beginnings of Chinese mythology‚ started around the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Influenced by alchemist ideas‚ Taoist and Buddhist

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    Chinese Cuisine

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    from the different tastes to the different methods of cooking the food. However Chinese cuisine and American cuisine stand out the most because they are completely different and value different things. Chinese cuisine is a very versatile type of cuisine because there are many styles of Chinese food that make up the Chinese cuisine. These styles of Chinese food originate from the many provinces in China. Like the Chinese cuisine‚ American cuisine is also very diverse‚ but most of the cuisine is a combination

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    Chinese Cinderella

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    Last term our class studied Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah. It is Adeline’s story‚ about her tough and horrible childhood as a neglected and unloved daughter of a rich and arrogant man‚ and a cruel‚ and abusive Stepmother. Right from the moment her mother died‚ Adeline was labelled as ‘bad luck’. Her family was very superstitious and believed she caused her mothers death so was therefore despised‚ no one wanted her around at all. Unfortunately for Adeline she didn’t really have any parents

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    Challenges - Opportunities ! Canadian culture and the way Canadians live their lives is significantly different from the Chinese. Chinese who are “fresh off the boat” often struggle with language barriers‚ cultural gaps and the new environments they are introduced to because they arrived in a strange country with no experience. In spite of the difficulties many Chinese encounter‚ they are willing to acquire new knowledge about Canada. Many families who immigrate to Canada lose everything. They

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    The Life of the Chinese

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    culture greatly by shaped the Chinese thinking and teaching patterns. Another traditional Chinese belief is to worship the souls of their ancestors. Media Throughout China’s history‚ the Chinese government has dictated the media. While in the Chinese constitution‚ citizens are allowed freedom of speech and press‚ authorities use the vague media regulations to claim that the stories could potentially endanger the country by sharing state secrets. In April 2010‚ the Chinese government made a revision

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    Chinese Civilization

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    CHINESE CIVILIZATION http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China Wikipedia: China http://library.thinkquest.org Thinkquest: Discovering China & Beauty: The Land of China http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/China/ Part I INTRODUCTION The land here is broad and diverse. Among this immense piece of earth‚ one can find both farmer and businessman; mountain and plain; drought and rainfall; wasteland and farmland. It is vast‚ it is multifaceted. And yet these collections of disparate

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    Color and Wise Head

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    of a silent man and still water A large expanse of water that is still and does not move is often deep and dangerous. We should be careful of it. In the same way‚ we should be careful with a person who does not talk much. A still tongue makes a wise head Someone who does not talk much‚ but listens to other people‚ probably has experience‚ knowledge and good judgment. Barking dogs seldom bite Don’t be afraid of dogs that bark or people that threaten you (say they will do something bad to you) - in both

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    Chinese Food

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    A part of Chinese food Chinese food has a long history with more than 5‚000 years. Different area has different kind of cooking. Also‚ different style of cooking has different characteristic. Chinese food covers a lot of the delicious tastes from all over the country. First‚ Cantonese cuisine is delicious and attractive‚ which is always my favorite style of dishes. Cantonese cuisine’s characteristic is sweet‚ original and light. It lays importance on the food’s high freshness. (About) You can see

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