Chinese culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures.[1][2] The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical region in eastern Asiawith customs and traditions varying greatly between provinces‚ cities‚ and even towns. Important components of Chinese culture include literature‚music‚ visual arts‚ martial arts‚ cuisine‚ religion etc. dentity[edit] Today there are 56 distinct recognized ethnic groups in China.[3] In terms of numbers however‚ Han Chinese is by far the largest
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Chinese Painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world‚ it is also known in Chinese as Guohua. Traditional painting involves essentially the same techniques as calligraphy which is done with a brush dipped in black or colored ink. Compared with the western style of painting‚ oils are not used in Chinese Painting. Chinese paintings were usually painted on paper or silk; Traditional painting can also be done on album sheets‚ walls‚ folding screens‚ and other media. Chinese
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CHINESE ARCHITECTURE Ancient Chinese architecture is an important component of the world architectural system. Through the years it formed into a style that combined stone carving‚ rammed earth construction‚ bucket arch buildings and many other techniques. Chinese laboring people created many architectural miracles like the Great Wall‚ the Forbidden City and the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The most significant characteristic Is the use of timber framework. Painting and carving were
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has about five thousand years history which is a very long period of time. Also‚ the Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappinesses were happening during this period. The Chinese culture has many special characteristics which are very interesting for people to learn. The family life is very important for every Chinese. Chinese families are very close-knit. Children tend to stay with their parents even after they
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Confucianism and Daoism‚ these 4 religions have something in common. They all tell a person how to live and make an ordered society. Confucianism is a Chinese religion based off of a famous philosopher-teacher named Confucius. He had taught that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society. Throughout this essay expressions of Indian and Chinese religion and how they’re ordered societies had been created will be shown. As stated before‚ Religion paid a major part in Indian society.
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Chinese Culture China has about five thousand years history which is a very long period of time. Also‚ the Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappinesses were happening during this period. Although‚ the time has passed‚ the histories and the civilizations have not passed. These family virtues‚ serious‚ working attitudes‚ sense of justice and the great Confucian tradition have been deeply assimilated into the Chinese
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Miranda Saake May 24‚ 2011 A Father’s Story Stories often have a main character that is centered on because he/she fails at some responsibility of theirs or falls short of their goal. In "A Father ’s Story" written by Andre Dubus‚ Luke Ripley is a character that succeeds in his responsibilities as a father. Luke shows love‚ compassion and above all a protective instinct and desire to help his daughter. He emphasizes that he is very religious although perhaps not very devout. All of these characteristics
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CHINESE FOOD Social culture (Social structure influent social culture) The social culture affects Chinese food a lot in Canada. The traditional Chinese cuisine have changed in Canada turn into several cuisines in Canada‚ like non-Sinicized country( Indian Chinese food‚ Peruvian Chinese food‚ or Caribbean Chinese food)‚ and of course Canadian Chinese food is also the important type of cuisine in every mall in Canada. (Darren‚ 2012)And with the immigration keep growing‚ the old-school Chinese
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Chinese noodles are very old food‚ which originated in China and it has a long history. Eastern Han Dynasty in China saved records that noodle’s history has more than nineteen hundred years. And then the earliest kind of noodles are found on October 14‚ 2002 in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. When scientists do Geological Survey‚ they found a bowl in a floodplain which is 3 meters under the ground floor‚ the bowl is upside down and it fitted with yellow noodles‚ the longest is 50 cm. Researchers
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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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