Chinese folk religion

informal handshake, and finally a handshake mixed with almost a “chest bump”. This video is important because it points out that not everybody expressed gestures in the same way, and just as we find this amusing, I’m sure that if we were studying Chinese or Japanese culture, we would find some of their customs different from ours, but this should be respected. Like they say, “when in Rome”… Whatever is the acceptable norm in whatever part of the world you are in, you should respect and…

Throughout the course of Cultural Perspectives, many texts and authors who have contributed to the Great Conversation have been discussed. Ultimately, each author is attempting to find his or her summum bonum or “highest good.” Although each author has a different definition of summum bonum, the majority agrees on the method required to attain the highest good: balance. Whether that balance be implicitly or explicitly accredited for the summum bonum differs for each author. Lao Tzu’s thoughts…

fast developing world. The issue is far more complicated than it is on the first sight, and the process of is far more struggling. By analyzing the history of cosmology in China, modern society is able to not only gain a better knowledge of [-the-] Chinese, but to look at itself from a different angle.…

introducing the history of Pascal’s Triangle, time ranging from 2nd century BC to 18th century AD. Among all the academic works by ancient mathematicians, I’m going to focus on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu [Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art] composed by Chinese scholars around 2nd century BC-10th century AD. I will use the binomial expansions derived from Pascal’s triangle as an example and then illustrate the coefficients expansion in general. After that, I will introduce Jade Mirror of the Four…

China-India: Differences Asia is home to two of the biggest countries in the world in regards to population. Those countries are no other than India and China. These two countries both have a population of 1.3 billion, and are often regarded as very similar countries. However, India has a population of 1.324 billion, while China has a population of 1.379 billion. They may be on the same continent, but they're both poles apart. China and India are two countries that appear to be similar, but in…

emergence. My Yan’s depicts family having surplus of food left over in case poor harvest. When a local relative is in dire need of assistance, they can go another member of their family for help with food and a place to stay for a short time. Since Chinese homes tend to have families of multiple generations living under the same household, I would be welcomed in a home where multiple of my relatives resides. Another advantage of choosing where I can in China. In Mo Yan’s work, areas of…

Hypothesis 3: It may be Wu is not a good fit for the company culture. Analysis: Peterson recruited Wu for the sole purpose of entering the large Chinese market, and ultimately hired him because of his impressive past experiences. However, due to the excitement of tapping into the profit of the new Chinese market, Peterson did not consider if Wu would be a good fit within the company’s culture. While Peterson may not have any conflicts with other employees, hiring a new employee without…

Zara Strayer Professor Farhan Karim ARCH 540 12 December 2017 Analyzing Space: The Forbidden City (Figure 1) 1) Introduction The Forbidden City was enacted by the Ming dynasty emperor, Chengzu, who reigned from 1402-1424. He named his reign “Yongle” which means, “perpetual happiness” and created the Forbidden City as an exclusive district for the Emperor. The complex is basically a city within a city2. The reconstruction of Beijing by Chengzu, was done so over the remains of what Khubilai…

the Chinese Room. The thought experiment begins with a monolingual…

Modern Chinese grammatical system need to have a particular form that would allow actions or verbs to express various progresses of the state in each situation; therefore, it needs a particle to be added to the sentence to achieve this need. Chinese grammar is not similar to English grammar, in which English can add -ing onto the end of a verb to show the ongoing state of an action. Chinese has many particles such as le, zhe, guo that are being used in the sentences to add aspectual values to…