China’s Festivals Xinhuanet 2003-02-26 17:46:56 Spring Festival | Lantern Festival | Qingming | Lantern Festival | Mid-Autumn Festival | National Day | Spring Festival The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the Winter Sacrifice. It was a custom practiced by the people of primitive society. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year‚so the first meal is
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China and Japan China has been a multi-religion country since the ancient times. It is well known that Confucianism is an indigenous religion and is the soul of Chinese culture‚ which enjoyed popular support among people and even became the guiding ideology for feudalism society‚ but it did not develop into a national belief. It makes the culture more tolerant to others‚ thus‚ many other religions have been brought into the country in different dynasties‚ but none of them developed powerful enough
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The Independent Study Unit (ISU) assignment allows students the opportunity to choose a religion to study on their own. The first step of this assignment is to select one of the following religions: - Confucianism - Daoism - Shinto Faith - Falun Gong - Cao Dai Once you have selected one of the religions‚ post your responses to the following three questions: Religion: Confucianism 1. Positive Afterlife Potential – What is the reward individuals in this belief-system can expect if they
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there are no Confucian deities and no teachings about the afterlife‚ it was established as a way of life and became a set of guidelines within Chinese culture. One of the main beliefs of Confucian followers is that women have their “natural place”. Confucius was not degrading towards women‚ although he did believe that women were at the bottom of the patriarchal family structure. This was transformed into a belief that women have their place and that is to serve men and take care of those around her
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Chinese culture is vastly different form of living than here in the United States. Chinese cultural practices like “face saving‚ social ritual‚ family-based structures and connections‚ and other aspects of Chinese culture were preventing Western firms from imposing their impersonal and highly efficient business practices in China” (RARICK p. 1). For those reasons‚ China was characterized as being difficult to do business with. “’History has had an enormous influence on business operations and
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Analects of Confucius Confucius Confucius lived in the latter part of the Spring and Autumn Period(770-479BC). Confucius was a philosopher‚ political thinker and educator of ancient China‚ whose influence is still felt across the world. (论语) Analects of Confucius (论语) Analects of Confucius Lun Yu‚ or the Analects of Confucius It covers a wide variety of subjects‚ ranging from politics‚ philosophy‚ literature and art to education and moral cultivation. It is indispensable material for
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sunrise. The cosmos of Confucianism are also the Tao. The Tao is the principal concerns of human life. The main ethos of Confucianism is the Silver Rule ( Shu).The Silver Rule is “ Don’t do on to another‚ as you wouldn’t want one to do unto you.” The Confucius response to the warring states of China was “ deliberate tradition teach people the way.” Deliberate tradition is the modern way of looking at a problem. The first way would be to accept the tradition as it is while the second way is to complete
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in government application or through abstract‚ immaterial ideals‚ we find that the two-sided coin can sometimes land on its side. To begin any comparison between the two traditions‚ one must understand the historical background of each. Firstly‚ Confucius was born during a period of struggle and political unrest; this was a period that spanned around three centuries resulting from the Chinese states’ continual desire to expand their borders2. Similarly‚ Zhuangzi appears in 369 B.C.E‚ again a time
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|India |China |China | |Historical figures |originated in neolothic period from |Gautama Buddha was the founder in |Founded by Confucius in 551 BC during Zhou | Founded by Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) | |and events |Vedas(170-1100BC).It is an Evolved religion. |563BC.Spread
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-Identify and discuss three questions religions seek to answer. What is time and how should we make use of it? Time is observed by the Islam‚ Judaism‚ and Christianity religions as moving forward “in a straight line from the beginning of the universe until its end.”(Molloy‚ Michael. Experiencing the World’s Religions: Tradition‚ Challenge‚ and Change / Michael Molloy. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies‚ 2013‚ pg. 15.) Time is valued since it is not guaranteed. Buddhism views time as periodic.
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