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Portrait of a Man in Habit I depicts Shaowanasai in his Buddhist monk garment, holding on to a peculiarly placed pink child-like, “girlish” handkerchief, with his face fully made up with feminine make up. The portrait is a stark presentation of his true reality, as a practicing Buddhist and a gay man. This image practices Cotton’s description of “Deadpan Aesthetics” in portraits, which is one of the most prominent and frequently used styles of photography. The deadpan aesthetics describes as a…

Jimmy Choo is a Malaysian fashion designer. His real name is Choo Yeang Keat. Jimmy Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia in 15 November 1952 to Zhou family, similar surname with a China’s famous premier Zhou Enlai and the popular Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat who is the actor in the Oscar award movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. They are from the same family clan which is the Zhou clan family. The surname was wrongly spelled in his birth certificate as “Choo” instead of Chew in Penang Hockkien…

Bariso Hussein Movie Response “Home from the Eastern Sea” In the movie I saw times where chinese americans were trying to assimilate. The movie highlighted how some would use famous American quotes such as Ben Franklin’s: “Early to bed and early to rise”. Also in sports. The two baseball leagues created in Yakima valley showed the uniting of the Chinese community and the integration into America. The movie also highlighted struggles faced while farming in Indian reservations due to the…

In the novel, The Good Earth, the main character, whose name is Wang Lung, lives in early 20th century China and follows the Chinese traditions. There is bloodshed across the country, but his village remains in a time of peace. Lung has an arranged marriage to O-lan, who had been a slave in the House of Hwang. His first child is a son, which is considered very fortuitous in Chinese culture. Also, Lung becomes wealthy, due to his and O-lan’s dedication to their land. Everything begins well for…

is a little less opinion based than document 1 because it shows fair representation of the people to the emperor. The final Ming official document (doc 7), is saying that Ming China should allow foreign trade because the Spanish are making a profit selling Chinese products in the Philippines. His petition shows us that China would rather have money than the country’s pride. For the Spanish, document 2 is from a scholar. This scholar is complaining about the government’s excessive spending. He is…

centuries CE in China, Christianity and Buddhism had an amenable and receptive relationship. This affiliation between the two growing religions remained agreeable due to religious tolerance in the T’ang Dynasty. Yet, when the T’ang Dynasty began to lose power, religious pluralism was no longer tolerated. Alopen, a Syrian Nestorian monk, arrived in Chang-an in 635. Emperor T’ai-tsung granted Alopen a license for religion in 638, officially marking Christianity’s beginning in China. The…

Japan’s largest cultural influences was its neighbor across the ocean, China. Chinese lifestyles were observed and appealed to Japanese, so with the extra push of rulers promoting them, were incorporated into Japanese society. A major impact of China on Japan is Buddhism. Siddharta Gautama was born in India, and was the center of Buddhism. The religion is based off of his teachings. It was spreading across Asia and eventually came to China. Japanese citizens liked Buddhism, but it caused some…

Shinto is an ethnic, Japanese religion. Shinto is also referred to as Kam-no-Michi: “the way of Gods.” It is an assortment of beliefs and ritual practices focused on creating a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Early Shinto practices were first recorded in the 8th century, but these writings did not refer to Shinto necessarily as “organized religion” but rather a collection of beliefs and mythology. Shintos believes that nature is exact with the divine. Shinto…

The dragon is one of the four mythical creatures in China which include the Phoenix, tiger, and tortoise. Since ancient times the dragon has been a symbol of power and goodness and has been used by the emperors. Chinese dragons are powerful and benign symbols in Chinese culture and are said to have control over the weather and water. It is even believed that they can summon rain during a drought. Chinese dragons are seen in contrast to the evil fire-breathing dragons in most Western stories.The…

In “The Struggle to be an American Girl,” Elizabeth Wong explores the journey to find an identity and a sense of belonging through the eyes of an immigrant child caught between two cultures. As a child, Wong rejects her cultural heritage in favor of attempting to blend in with the society around her, a decision that haunts her into adulthood. Wong’s desire to be American leads her to reject the traditions of her family, not realizing until she is older the significance of preserving those…