Chinese Alligator

Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous…

Today I begin to discuss about Chinese cultural diet which is the one of the most different cultural diet compare to other types of the cultural diet countries. The main meals in China contains carbs and starch. Moreover, the food also like rice, noodles, fish and mantou are the main part of the Chinese cultural diet which are helpful in dieting and also aware from the diseases and infection. However, I’m going to research about Chinese cultural diet which contains some steps to look about the…

I remember the famous quote from Jack Ma, one of the famous Chinese Kongfu star, who have achieve many award including peace, positive life attitude and the most influential Chinese in the world. His famous quote “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine” educated more than two generation, epically the Chinese community to understand the reality of life. It is true that one will never know what will happen tomorrow. However, positive…

For example, the celebration of Spring Festival. Regardless that it was National Holiday and Traditional Festival, each Chinese family had its own way of celebration. In my family, all my relatives would meet together and prepare a big dinner for everyone. The most important part was ladies in the house, from every age, making gyozas from scratch together. After dinner, we…

Dynasty promoted a philosophy that was based off of Confucianism through their own government. Confucianism was built around social order and peace through patriarchy. Majority of the time men were the only gender to have a say in government. North Chinese women were always left out of their beliefs in community. Their role was to honor her husband and take care of the house chores and to reproduce. North China was a society that followed a patriarchy way of life. The government relied on the…

Gold In the ancient Chinese dynasties has been represented in different material. Before the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC- 403BC). Gold often was represented bronze, which was the dominate and widespread material other than iron. Ancient people did not understand so much about gold, and also the limited availability of gold. Precious metal gold was not utilized regularly until a few dynasties later. However, After the Warring States Period (403BC- 221BC). People started to consider in which…

Footbinding is the Chinese traditional custom of binding young girls four smaller toes into narrow and arched shape using long strips of clothes in order to keep their feet from growing. As one of the girls who experienced foot binding recalled, “ It [was] extremely painful to bind, and at first it [made] you sick… you are unable to walk at all” , when another girl “ couldn’t sleep at night” . From the memories of those who had bend their feet, it is clearly that the process of Footbinding was…

management decision to take due to several factors that can promote health related issues. Yum Brands own KFC, Pizazz Hut and Taco Bell and the growing number of middle class consumers hold the key to this success. There has been increasing changes in Chinese eating habits dating back to 1949 and 1978 when there were major food shortages resulting on the dependency of coupon-based supply products such as flour, rice, and meat, including cooking oil. During the difficult times, having more grains…

As the title suggests, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon refers to what lies beyond the eyes can perceive in a being. The movie illustrates characters that are relatable to self and Asian society. As we explore the Chinese ancestry in the class we watch the movie as a reflection of Confucianism and Taoism prevailing in traditions of China. The characters in the movie portray various attributes to paint the picture of China as a self-regulating society. As the movie begins, Li Mubai returns from…

took place in China during the second Shino-Japanese war. The massacre was a series of war crimes committed by the Japanese soldiers upon taking over the city, Nanjing. The Japanese soldiers raped, murdered, and looted the Chinese citizens that were left abandoned by the Chinese military forces. The figure of the atrocities ranges from 150,000 to 200,000 that is claimed by China and 25,000 to 50,000 people that is claimed by the Japanese. Therefore, this massacre became a weapon, in the figure…