Chinese Instrument: Guzheng Done By: Ng Yee Ru 5Care Introduction Of Guzheng The guzheng or gu zheng (Chinese: 古 筝 ‚gǔzhēng) is a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument. It has 18 to23 or more strings and movable bridges. The guzheng is similar to Japanese koto ， the Mongolian yatga‚ the Korean gayageum ， and the Vietnamese đàn tranh. The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin. Guqin is another ancient Chinese string instrument without bridges. History Of Guzheng The early
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The ancient Chinese custom of footbinding caused severe life-long suffering for the Chinese women involved. When researching the subject of footbinding‚ one of the difficult things is finding factual knowledge written before the 20th century. Most of the historical data has been gathered from writings‚ drawings and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. Additionally‚ the research indicates that the historical documentation was mainly from missionary accounts and literature from various anti-footbinding
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The life of Irish immigrants in Boston was one of poverty and discrimination. The religiously centered culture of the Irish has along with their importance on family has allowed the Irish to prosper and persevere through times of injustice. Boston ’s Irish immigrant population amounted to a tenth of its population. Many after arriving could not find suitable jobs and ended up living where earlier generations had resided. This attributed to the "invisibility" of the Irish. Much of the very early
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Characters are used as components in other characters. Most Chinese characters contain two components‚ one indicating meaning and the other indicating sound. There are around two hundred Chinese characters that are used as the meaning part of the component. These two hundred characters used are called radicals. Radicals are important because they are used to organize Chinese characters in many of the Chinese dictionaries. To look up a Chinese word in the dictionary‚ the easiest way is to know the radical
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Chinese Civilization It was known to be the oldest civilization‚ which formed dynasties all through. This irreplaceable nation had the most important source‚ silk‚ that we still use in everyday life. One of the smartest‚ and detailed regions‚ known of today. To modern day period‚ one of Americas biggest commerce‚ and trade countries of all tools. Though devastated through the industrial revolution‚ a period of time between the 18th and 19th century. Which made changes in their old way of
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1. What kinds of advantages can Chinese companies obtain if they move production into the United States? There are several advantages Chinese companies obtain by moving their production to the United States. For starters‚ they would be able to sell to companies that only purchase American made products. Also‚ the money earn from the U.S. base production generates profit for China; which allows the companies to help its country economy by expanding its business in both countries and providing jobs
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Chinese Education The Education system in China although different than America’s has many good qualities. The view of Education in China has changed dramatically over the last forty years; it has gone from there being no real system to one that is held up to be one of the best in the world. In this paper I will go through the history of Chinese education and show how much it truly has changed. I will also look at how it is now and what China can expect for its future. In 1949 The People’s Republic
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Helen Keller‚ the deaf and blind author and political activist. Life in the 1900’s was filled with unknowns and the prospect of a better way of life. This time in American history was filled with the first movie theater‚ license plates‚ New York subway‚ and electric washer. The 1900’s was a time of new opportunity for all people. New rights and technological advances changed the way people viewed their country. Things in the 1900’s did not come easy and were filled with times of danger and risks. Risk
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1. Many of the same environmental factors‚ such as cultural factors‚ that operate in the domestic market also exist internationally. Discuss the key cultural factors Starbucks had to consider as it ex-panded into China. Starbucks has found success in the USA because of marketing towards “20-40 year old men and women who are concerned with social welfare” thus creating the coffee house atmosphere-Heather Karr Employee of Starbucks in Madison‚ WI. The coffee house in the US includes college students
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CHINESE CONSUMER McEwen‚ W‚ Xiaoguang‚ F‚ Chuanping‚ Z & Burkholder‚ R 2006‚ ’Inside the mind of the Chinese consumer’‚ Harvard Business Review‚ vol. 84‚ no. 3‚ pp. 68-76. INTRODUCTION Today China becomes one of the biggest economies all around the world. After the economy boom‚ there is many affluent people appear. A study conducted in China‚ revealed that this country consumes a quarter of world luxury consumer products. Therefore‚ it can be obviously said that China converts one of the
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