Color in Chinese culture

Culture defines art. According to Webster's dictionary, the definition of culture is the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular group, place, and or time. As time progresses and present becomes past, the ability to preserve a society lies on the capacity to transfer history through tangible forms. Art has the capacity to preserve society and its history; it preserves events and emotions that were once meaningful to an era. Animal symbolism in Chinese and Japanese art as seen in a war…

creating a false sense of superiority while also downplaying people of color’s contributions and creating a sense of inferiority. This is a huge insult to African slaves, who built the country’s economy through more than 250 years of free-labor, and Chinese immigrants, who connect the country’s coast through…

The issue of cross-pollination of cultures and races dates back to the early twentieth century. However, in the 1980s, African students severely faced the effects of China’s racial hostility. With an interest in studying abroad in China, over a hundred African students participated in exchange programs with Chinese universities. Soon after, the African students demanded to be deported back to their country with the “rise of antagonism toward Africans by Chinese students” (Sautman 414). The…

America has a long history of discrimination towards the Chinese. The men who came to America encountered many tribulations in their early immigration. This discrimination, and the personal ambition for an ample american experience is very present throughout the novel Homebase by Shawn Wong. The story follows the familial history of a Chinese American. It is displayed throughout the novel the Chinese Americans have a long history in America but find that they don't feel a belonging, specifically…

martial arts films made martial arts and the appreciation of Asian culture more apparent in U.S society. American filmmakers usually casted Asian crew members because of their talent in martial arts. As martial arts films were getting increasingly popular in both Asia and America, Chinese culture did too. Chinese actors brought their culture into films in America. The origin on the genre was also from Asian cultural practices, such as Chinese opera and Shaolin, and the primary people that…

“Red Sorghum (1987)” directed by Yimou Zhang, the movie centers on Jiuer who is forced to marry an ill and old man, her marriage is forcedly arranged by her father. As during the ancient Chinese culture, most women did not have the freedom to choose their own marriage, and women 's marriage seemed to be a tool for a family to exchange money. So marriage was a tragedy to women. In the movie, Jiuer’s husband is dead because of the infectious disease, so she takes control over her husband’s…

the inside. They are struggling to either be Americanized or keep their own cultures. Then, it brings a puzzle to the immigrant parents: should they Americanize their children? In my opinion, Americanizing their children is not a good choice because it’s difficult for them to find the sense of belonging in both culture and society. Instead, they should give their children the opportunities to learn about their own cultures and their native languages. In the past, Americanization is assimilation…

melting pot of different cultures, with hundreds of years of living together, racism still exists today. There are many people of different races. Black, white, chinese, japanese, italian, french, german, ect... Simply too many to even count on one hand. But always we as human beings are judgemental. We all want to believe that just because someone is different, be it religion or skin color, they are inferior. One such culture that is targeted in today's society is black culture. I think the…

Physical Geography’s Effect on Culture Physical geography has affected humans, human societies and cultures in many ways. In the video Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, a native from New Guinea named Yali asks an America why he has so much cargo and why he doesn’t have as much. I believe that when he said that he actually meant why is America so much more advanced than New Guinea. This is because of physical geography. One of the ways physical geography has helped America become more…

Yinyi Zhong, a 41 years old Chinese woman who immigrated to California with her family in 2012, challenged the gender role of traditional Chinese value but faced the dilemma of balancing her social identity between a Chinese and an American. Her experience as a Chinese immigrant woman in the United States demonstrated Takaki’s concept of twice a minority and the transition of challenging her gender role,…