Chinese people

Asia in the 16th through 19th centuries was prospering and growing rapidly. Various empires came to power including the dynasties Chinese the Ming and the Qing, Tokugawa Japan and the hermit kingdom Korea. These empires all achieved greatness when it came to political aspects, social aspects and economical aspects.The Asian empires were more similar than different. In both China and Japan agriculture was highly important to the economy and was also valued more than being a merchant or artisan.…

Kuiwen Hall is believed to be a rare architecture in the Chinese history. It is the second largest and tallest architecture in the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, ranks behind the Dacheng Hall. The tower is built with timber without using a metal nail, still, with a strong structure. There was a huge earthquake in the period of Qing Kangxi Emperor ages. Most of the buildings collapsed at that time, while the Kuiwen Hall stood firm.…

It’s really hard for people to accept themselves and sometimes it had to do with weight, looks, grades, and even cultural identity. Getting bullied about it makes it a lot worse. Gene Luen Yang talks about this topic in his Graphic Novel, American Born Chinese. American Born Chinese is about three characters, Jin Wang, Danny and The Monkey King. They all have a problem with accepting themselves and the way there lives are. They go through they’re journey on trying to reach self acceptance. As…

througout the story she is torn apart by two cultures American and Chinese while her mother on the other hand is all for the Chinese culture. In the text we see this many times like when Waverly's mom said "in Chinese we say" and "Chinese people do buisness, do medicine, do painting. Not lazy like American people" This is showing us that Waverly's mother does not care for American culture. But Waverly on the otherhand questions the Chinese culture like when she said "a soup of mysterious things…

As people grow up in a world full of standards to live up to, they might begin to lose themselves throughout the journey. For example, an individual may adjust their identity to reach the ideal life that every person dreams to aspire. We are never happy with who we are and what we have, we always want more; however, people are dismissing the conception of acceptance. In the book, “American Born Chinese” written by Gene Luen Yang, the American religious experience is accepting yourself. Once a…

It became the first Chinese government to build a permanent standing navy to protect its water and land territory. The Song Dynasty was divided into two; the Northern Song from 960-1127 and the Southern Song from 1127-1279. During the earlier years of the Northern Song, the…

No matter what the Romans tried and no matter what villages they stopped at, they could not find “The Silk People”. Because the Silk Road was stretched over a long distance of many countries, it was a very dangerous stunt to make the entire journey. Other reasons why most merchants never travelled the entire route was because of the many different terrains that…

Greetings everyone. I immigrated to the US in the late 1870s, and I’m here today to defend all Chinese immigrants against your policies for immigration, who have been wronged, greatly wronged. Do not ask me how I came into this building or how I heard about your plan, because all I want is to finish this speech and to express my discontentment and anger towards this outrageous treatment. I heard the exclusion laws are going to be extended for another 10 years, but more importantly, anyone who…

states suffered during this time,which caused instability and disunity. The spread of Buddhism met mixed results with China’s population during the Han Dynasty. Many people accepted it because of it's promise of a perfect afterlife and eternal enlightenment, but it was also not accepted because it altered the Chinese culture. People in China who were against Buddhism from the start, disliked it because it was said…

“ Chinese cosmology pictured the heaven round and the earth as a stable cube. Space was conceived as a series of imprecated squares, at the center of which lay the capital of the empire strictly oriented toward the points of the compass. And in its center the palace commanded the main north- south axis, facing southward (as did all important buildings) in the direction of the Red phoenix of summer and fire. To the east was the region of the blue Dragon, of spring and growth and the upright tree.…