Han Chinese

documents 2 and 7 prove that the Spanish and the Chinese have different views on their own effects on their countries. The documents, which are in terms of economy, prove to be impartial such as document 4. In this document it involves an outsider’s view from Britain who is discussing the Portuguese’s…

statesman of the Han dynasty. The essay’s purpose was to explain to readers that the fall of the Qin dynasty was because of Chen She, who was the leader at the time of the fall. In the essay Jia Yi explains that Chen She is untalented and that he lacked humanness as well as rightness. These are qualities that he felt good leaders should have. Overall Yi felt that the fall of the Qin dynasty occurred because of Chen she’ lack of good leadership. Although, he is a statesman of the Han dynasty,…

attributed to many different structures that exist within the country. These structures make the issue extremely difficult to resolve and address; these structures are political, economic, and social. Politically, extortion and bribery is rampant in the Chinese government, this leads to money exceeding the needs of people. Economically, China is one of the top locations for companies to outsource production; as a result, China has no control over the emissions these outsourced factories produce.…

pronunciation of the Chinese characters for the term “elegant music” (Britannica). The origins of gagaku trace back to mainland China where it was first developed as music for the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty. This music then spread east to Korea where it was adopted as the music of the imperial Korean court. During the 5th century, musicians from the the Korean imperial court travelled to Japan to perform at the funeral of a recently passed emperor, spreading along the Chinese-influenced…

that they pray to. Most of China is a combination of Buddhist and Taoist practices At around 213 BC there is evidence that the Qin Emperor ordered the destruction of Buddhism. So Buddhist teachers may have came later in the third century. After the Han Empire collapsed there were other kingdoms that had other connections with Buddhism in central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Different kinds of Buddhism developed in these countries. There was a Cultural Revolution during the 1960’s…

War can change many people in many ways. A prime example was the protagonist of Empire of the Sun, Jim. In the beginning of this movie, Jim was a very upbeat and curious character, but was also very stubborn. The story takes place in China, with a population of British people living in an area that is like a “mini-Britain”. What happens next would be traumatizing for anyone. The Japanese, had planned an attack on China, to try and take the country for themselves. There were mobs of people being…

coal miners and their families took guns and axes to attack the local Chinatown, the immigrant workers living there defenseless as they were celebrating a homeland holiday. An estimated over thirty men killed, many more injured, the five hundred Chinese living there fled from the Union Pacific Railroad, where they worked for far lower wages than their white peers in hopes of gathering enough fortune to provide for their families back in China. However, they were tricked into returning by the…

Summarize from three different Chinese milestones: Imperial Era, Republican Era, and early People’s Republic. The dressing has been regarded as one of the best ways to distinguish social classes, sexes, occupation, liberty, power, and patriotism. Depending on one’s status in society, each social class had a different sense of fashion back then. Even dress rules were either written law or unwritten law, Chinese people all understood by themselves and practiced it seriously, or they could suffer…

denied, which forced the Kurds to adopt another language, which made the preservation of their ethnic identity difficult (Withman, 1993: 37). An ethnic group can also actively change aspects of their ethnicity. This happened in the 1960’s when the Hausa traders in Nigeria converted en masse to a Stufi sect called Tijaniyya to justify a separate Hausa quarter (Joirnema, 2003: 38). A particular part of an ethnic identity or the identity as whole can bet strengthened or weakened or parts can get…

identity is shaping by the worldwide perspective. When there are mixed opinions toward Chinese culture, HK citizens amplify some practices to strengthen their identity as Hong Kongese, also isolate themselves from the mainland. How can the audiences identify Hong Kongese and mainland Chinese? The most efficient way will be study through…