Di Gao ELCB 0900 Ken B 1st Major assignment 1st Draft 10/8/2014 Chinese Values and Assumptions Have you ever been to China? What do you feel about that ancient country? I come from China and now I am living in the United States. Traveling to a foreign country is an interesting experience because I can learn different cultures. From my experiences travelling in the US‚ I have learned that the culture of different nations provides insight not only into aspects of the culture itself‚ but also into
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Zen Buddhism in Japan Culture The two main religions of the Japanese people are Shintoism and Zen Buddhism. While they both play major roles in Japanese culture today‚ Shintoism is as old as the Japanese culture itself while Zen Buddhism was imported from the mainland in the sixth century. Zen Buddhism teaches that everyone is an enlightened being‚ but we have yet to comprehend that. It also teaches to take away anything that is unnecessary in our life and leave only the bare essentials. The main
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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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Metaphysics: Plato and Buddhism Plato used an idea called the cave allegory to show how humans are ignorant. Before I explain a real life example‚ I will explain the Idea. In the cave there are prisoners. These prisoners cannot move because they are restrained by chains. The only thing that they can see is a wall that illuminated by a great light. This light is actually a fire behind them‚ which has a low sitting wall in between itself and the prisoners. As men walk below the wall holding up objects
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Christianity‚ their spread has effected many places throughout the world. Throughout the years these religions have had substantial impact on the course of history. There are many things alike and different between the spread of Islam in Africa and the spread of Christianity in Europe. During the first two centuries of the existence of each religion there were fundamental differences between the expansion of Christianity and that of Islam‚ despite early similarities in the way they spread. Christianity
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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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Compare and Contrast Judaism and Buddhism One of the most early religions are Judaism and Buddhism. Both Judaism and Buddhism have lots of differences beliefs and practices and only few similarities. Judaism was started in 2000 B.C.E‚ led by Abraham. Buddhism was started in 560 B.C.E‚ by Siddhartha Gautama. Both religions have different point of view. Buddhism don’t believe in deity and Judaism believe in deity. Buddhism are just followers of Gautama and Judaism believe in Yahweh (the God
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diffusion of Buddhism from its origins to 1450 and the diffusion of Christianity from its origins to 1450. Be sure to discuss how each religion gained followers as it diffused. Diffusion of Buddhism and Christianity from their origins to 1450 share many similar traits such as a religious leader who later on helped to diffuse the religion‚ and that the religion was diffused by willing missionaries. Their diffusion differs in what they offered converts and in their locations. Both Buddhism and Christianity
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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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Traditional Chinese Music V.S. Modern Chinese Music Traditional Chinese music and modern Chinese music have many differences. Here is a brief look at some of the differences. First‚ traditional Chinese music often uses traditional musical instruments such as erhu‚ flute‚ and drum and so on. Modern Chinese music uses piano‚ violin‚ guitar and many new musical instruments. Sometimes people use different instruments to create new music in order to give others special feelings. People play
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