Chinese culture 1. Chinese Tea Culture China is the homeland of tea. It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago‚ and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years. Tea from China‚ along with her silk and porcelain‚ began to be known the world over more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export. At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world’s
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Spread of Islam vs. Spread of Christianity 600 CE to 1250 CE—a time in which Islam’s golden age took place and‚ from a Eurocentric point of view‚ a time of Christian expansion and conversion—was a period of religious spread and expansion. While Islam was “spread by the sword” due to the military conquests and expansion of the Arab empire (which was predominantly Muslim)‚ Christianity had no association with a specific race or group of peoples and therefore did not spread with the purpose of expanding
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Buddhism was founded in India in the sixth century B.C.E and was brought to China in the first century C.E‚ gradually gaining converts after the collapse of the Han. Buddhism was appealed by the Chinese due its promises of enlightenment and release during the time of struggle and invasion. Buddhism was also seen negatively due to its foreign influence‚ and it was limiting and lowering the status of the upper-class. However‚ Buddhism stilled allowed people to break out the strict hierarchy of Confucianism
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Since Hong Kong became a colony and ruled by the British Empire for 99 years before handover to China‚ the official language has been changed to English. English became the normal language in Hong Kong‚ its uses in a wide range in public infrastructure‚ including the mass media‚ the civil service and the entertainment career. A data showed that the number of people who speak a reasonable command of English rose from 6.6 percent in 1983 to around 33.7 percent in 1993(Bacon-Shone and Bolton‚ 1998)
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Mainland China is rooted in more than 4‚000 years of rich Chinese cultures and history. It’s known for their lives‚ travel‚ history‚ business and food‚ their people and customs. Traditional Kung Fu is as much of the culture of china according to statistics. The Chinese people have shared a common culture longer than any other groups on earth. China is one of the cradles of the human race. For thousands of years the culture of china has attract and moved many people from all over the world‚ being
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Since Dr. Jurewicz’s article has been published‚ I shall not here attempt to reproduce her very rich argument‚ but only to give its gist. As an example‚ I quote from publications of a modern Buddhist author from Sri Lanka‚ G.H. de Zoysa. and as Heinz Bechert asserts‚ is “accepted by the Sinhalese Buddhists of Sri Lanka as well as by Theravada Buddhists in Southeast Asia.” to which we will return Space obviously would not permit a full review of the wide range of papers included in these
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population number and the need to bring these large populations together‚ this population increase was due to the agriculture abundance. Chinese civilization and Indus civilization both developed sophisticated belief systems by influential philosophers like Confucius and Siddhartha Gautama. These philosophers developed the teachings of Confucianism and Buddhism which were some of major beliefs and were open to anyone who believed in them. The development of these regions led to similarities and differences
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Danilo Sevilla 102K Indian Culture "Unity in diversity". It is not just another phrase or quotation. But‚ these words are highly prudent to a country like India that is incredibly rich in culture and heritage. Few quotations or statements cannot describe the pedestal that India holds in the world map because of its colorful and unique culture. From the times of Mauryas‚ Cholas‚ Mughals till to the period of British Empire‚ India has always been famous for its traditions and hospitality. The
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Hershberger PSY-230 April 15‚ 2013 The Chinese Culture Chinese people have had the world’s most successful continuous culture for the past four millennia‚ and culture and traditions remain prominent wherever they live. Even in the twenty-first century‚ Chinese people living in China‚ Taiwan and the United States of America still value their culture and traditions. And people from Chinese culture living in Australia and the United Kingdom follow Chinese culture and traditions in relation to their
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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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