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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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 CINDERELLA NOVEL STUDY written by Adeline Yen Mah 1. Why did the author call this story “Chinese Cinderella? (4 marks) The author decided to name this novel Chinese Cinderella because it relates to the same storyline as the fairytale‚ Cinderella. The author led the same type of life as the main character of Cinderella- being an unwanted daughter‚ mistreated and unloved by her stepmother. As in the fairytale‚ she overcame the odds to prove her worth with a fulfilling life and good education
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THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE INTERNET TO SELECTED SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SANTA ROSA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012 A Research Proposal In Partial Fulfilment of The Requirements for Research I Researchers: Dalina‚ Adrienne Valerie D. Conoza‚ Adrian Paul B. David‚ Paulo Niko F. Villadiego‚ Roi Yves H. Ascaño‚ Justine Mae R. Dimafelix‚ Shaira Harvey D. Quogana‚ Krizel Mae E. Diaz‚ Miccaela D. Submitted To: Dr. Socorro Escape
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done is to make 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
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Chinese Women Traditional Chinese society was patriarchal‚ patrilineal‚ and patrilocal. In this male dominated society‚ sons were preferred to daughters‚ and women were expected to be subordinate to their fathers‚ husbands‚ and sons. Because marriages were arranged‚ young women and men had virtually no voice in the decisions on their marriage partner‚ resulting in loveless marriages. Once married‚ it was the woman who left her family and community and went to live with her husband’s family‚ where
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Chinese immigrants that crossed the Pacific Ocean was for the same reason‚ for a better life. America had new opportunities for the Chinese. The Chinese immigrants dealt with hardships in China‚ they weren’t able to support their families and lived in a very uncomfortable condition. Some of them had no choice but to leave their family behind and planned to return to their homeland with money. The Chinese moved to all different locations‚ some of the Chinese immigrants went to the American West before
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Francisca del Pino Li Wei RCC Shufa 10/15/12 Chinese Writing System is a Pictographic-based language When looking at Chinese characters like these: “吗‚ 日‚ 林‚ 认‚ 再‚ 男”‚ it is possible to recognize different shapes and forms that cannot be seen in a typical western alphabet. The characters look like images that represent diverse objects. Does this mean that Chinese is a pictographic-based language? People that have not studied Chinese before‚ make the common mistake of believing that it is. They
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SESSION II KINDS OF INFORMATION SYSTEM Transaction Processing System A TPS records and manages all the data collected or generated by an organization in its day to day operations. A TPS does not generate information. The data from a TPS is mostly used as input to other information systems. Examples: Orders‚ invoices‚ wages‚ employee records. Is the process of dividing a body of data into blocks and spreading the data blocks across several partitions on several hard disks. Is a system that
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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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