COMPARISON BETWEEN JAPANESE AND CHINESE TRADITIONS Other than their geographical nearness‚ the countries of Japan and China share many similarities. Both countries have established excellent senses of national identity and extremely rich cultures. Since both countries have existed for quite some time‚ their histories have crossed during several periods. These nations also share similar value systems and religions‚ which have influenced each other. However‚ the Chinese civilization was older than the
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roof was put up. Putting the roof up first allowed the Chinese architects freedom to think differently about each building. Social class in China was very important. The Chinese believed that social groups should be strict and that people should behave based on their social standing. Confucius‚ a Chinese philosoper‚ proved this belief. Under the emperor of China‚ there were four social classes. Those classes were
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Americans have changed Chinese Food The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer Lee demonstrates clearly what Chinese food has become around the world. From the history of fortune cookies and the real meaning behind them‚ to the real history of what General Tso’s chicken really is. Certain areas of this novel may change the way certain ordinary people view Chinese food. Then novel states “There are some forty thousand Chinese restaurants in the United States” (Jennifer Lee). This crazy number is
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Feminism is understood broadly as a movement that strives for sex equality between men and women. The history of feminism within the Chinese context dates back 1898 when there was a reform movement until the revolution of 1911. Since its existence‚ Chinese feminism has emerged onto stage‚ it has been intimately bound to larger social trends of people which often hide and distort female subjectivity. Literary novels and other forms of art are found at different particular eras throughout China ’s
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American and Chinese cultures. The two cultures have different views of what a ghost is. The Chinese believe the ghost spirits may be of people dead or alive. Chinese culture recognizes foreigners and unfamiliar people as ghosts because‚ like American ghosts‚ they are mysterious creatures of the unknown. Americans view ghosts as spirits of the dead that either help or haunt people. American ghosts may or may not be real. There spirits are there but physical appearance is a mystery. Chinese culture
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as sorghum which became part of the Chinese diet. Hu Sihui‚ an intellectual physician during this time period wrote a guide that was later excavated that taught citizens how to cook healthy meals. This cook book including both Chinese and Mongol food practices. The Mongol influence impacted the Chinese diet through the implementation of more foreign traditions and cuisines. Scholars credit the Mongols for adding many types of cheese and yogurt to the Chinese diet. The Yuan Dynasty ended on
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Amy Chua wrote “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” for Wall Street Journals‚ this paper deals specifically in an alternative style of raising kids and how it may be better to the western counterpart. She argues that a Chinese style of raising kids are what makes them “such stereotypically successful kids”. Explained in the article are some of the things western parents and western minded people may find disagreeable or even cruel. Humiliating your own child for not being the best will appear distasteful
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We Need a Traditional Chinese Medicine Kelly Ross said‚ “The U.S. economy was broken long before the Crash of 2008‚ but its weakness was temporarily papered over by a real estate bubble in the Bush years.” (Ross‚ 2012) It seems like that we are experiencing a financial crisis right now‚ but the truth is that our economy system is weaker than what we thought. How do we resolve the underlying problems? Think about China‚ why is China doing so well? Cheaper labor cost‚ lager export‚ or huge
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I am Chinese-Canadian. Nowadays the hyphen is used together‚ though there are two different meanings tied to the phrase. Namely‚ the different categories. Catagory A being First generation Chinese-Canadians. Category B. being Second-and-Above-Generation Chinese-Canadians. I grew up in a small elementary school with a mixture of both types of Chinese Canadians. As children‚ untainted by sporadic hormones and societal construct between us‚ we all managed to coexist in the pond. Consequently
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The Changing Role of Women in Chinese History Those familiar with Pearl S. Buck’s classic novel of Chinese life The Good Earth will recall that when female children were born‚ they were referred to with contempt and disappointment as "slaves." In Chinese culture since ancient times‚ that term was not much of an exaggeration for the role of women. In a classic Chinese work from 2‚000 years ago by court historian Pan Chao‚ it is written: "Let a woman modestly yield to others. Let her respect others
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