“Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains”. In this long handscroll painting‚ Huang Gongwang painted the landscape in the area around the Fuchun River. As a main topic of this painting‚ I would like to talk about how this painting depicts the basic elements of Chinese painting: its balance or contrast and its subject matter or theme of the painting. First‚ the idea of balance or contrast in this painting by Huang Gongwang is depicted by his drawings of hills and mountains. As they scroll follows the riverbank
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short story “A Conversation with My Father” written by Grace Paley is a short story about a woman who is having a conversation with her elderly father. In this story‚ the narrator is telling‚ and retelling‚ her father a story about a mother and her desire to be close with her son no matter the cost or circumstance. Not only does this work involve various themes‚ but it also literary elements such as comedy‚ exaggeration‚ and irony. “A Conversation with My Father” is a short story that contains several
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If we analyses industry life cycle graphs‚ the Chinese firework industry is not in growing period‚ it can be counted at maturity phase such as sunset industry. According to Chinese Firework Industry article‚ there are some challenges for future outlook in Firework market‚ such as some safety regulations and increasing environmentally conscious among consumers. Both of them force the industry to be more manufacturing and it increases the cost. In addition to these disadvantages reproducing is another
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The Chinese Vase is a representative of trends in porcelain decoration during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor‚ the second ruler of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The two scenes in this vase represent an interesting visual riff on the narrative technique (prof Besio). Both the top and the bottom scenes can be divided into 3 sections‚ with top and bottom paralleling each other: trees growing in a garden; human figures in a garden; and‚ contiguous and open to the garden‚ an interior of a scholar’s study
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are evident in the memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita and the novel Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. The perceptions of belonging in these texts are shaped by the detachment or connections made with people‚ culture and landscape in a historical context. Aspects of belonging may be considered in terms of experiences of identity‚ notions of identity‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding. Throughout Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus My Father it reveals how one person can feel
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the shelf because I was intrigued about my president’s background and how he got to where he is. The book Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama captures Obama’s childhood‚ stories about his father‚ and his rocky route to success. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama dictates that through uncertainty‚ racism‚ and bad choices he made his way to a prosperous life. -The book opens with Obama receiving a phone call from some distant aunt in Kenya that his father has died. -Then the story flashbacks
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someone else do it for you. This is exactly what the U.S did to the Chinese immigrating to their country. They used the Chinese for their own needs‚ treating them with no respect at all. But‚ despite the fact that they were discriminated against‚ the Chinese continued to work for the U.S. In the beginning‚ Chinese had very low numbers‚ with few immigrants. It was the discovery of gold of 1848 in California that brought Chinese immigrants to the United States.(Archuleta) Between 1850 and 1880‚ their
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Chinese Resistance and the Exclusion Act The periods around 1850 was majorly characterized by the huge migration of the Chinese people into the United States of America. Even though there are many reasons why such immigration occurred‚ the Chinese people had a vivid idea of the cause for their movement into the United States. For instance‚ one of the main causes for their migration involved search for employment opportunities abroad‚ since they lacked such positions back home. In this case‚ a huge
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was an important act in achieving immigration rights. The act was put in place to outlaw Chinese immigration. The Chinese had fled into our country‚ becoming immigrants‚ because the Americans saw that they were good workers and good people to hire because of loyalty and dedication. Unfortunately this didn’t end as planned because the Chinese started overpopulating our country and taking the jobs. The Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 was passed for a couple of reasons
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Title: Four Anecdotes from the Life of Wang Xizhi‚ ca. 1310 By: Zhao Mengfu (Chinese‚ 1254–1322) Type: Handscroll‚ ink on paper Size: 9 5/8 x 46 1/8 in. (24.4 x 117 cm) The artist of this calligraphy scroll‚ Zhao Mengfu‚ was highly praised by the Yuan emperor Renzong as unrivaled traditional Chinese polymath (for a lack of a better word). It is said that the emperor admired him for possessing the following seven outstanding qualities: wide learning‚ Song royal ancestry‚ elegant and charismatic
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