Jiang Qing

The Emperor Was Divine by Juilie Otsuka, tell the story of a Japanese family going through World War II at the internment camps. The family faced humiliation, suffering and despair throughout the book. The dad got arrested by the FBI leaving the mother alone with the children. The book start out with the mom having to prepare for leaving their home up having to go to the internment camp, following instructions, having to release the bird, giving away the cat and killing the dog. In the book…

(Vietnam), and Japan. These countries used to be part of the tributary system of China, and thus Chinese emperor had a superior position in the East Asia. However, with the fading of Qing Dynasty, Japan left the tributary system, and the Meiji government started the Meiji Restoration to strengthen the country in 1868. While the Qing government was decaying in the 19th century,…

I chose subject from an architectural design such as a building, a bridge or a monument with artistic quality and I'm writing about the Great Wall of China. A structure that stretches as far as China's northern wall and becomes the world's greatest defense walls. When you look at the tower, it looks like a long, thin river. Po Hay Sea is located here in the Gulf and the last Gobi continues westward from the south of the desert. The foundations of this structure were first laid by the Vhu…

This is a Jade GUI Tablet (gui圭) in Late Neolithic to early Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BCE). The GUI is one of the important objects for a ceremony and also a symbol of a person's status. Jade as a stone age heritage, occupies an important position in Chinese culture. The cultural connotation of ancient jade in China not only includes the design of art, grinding technology, written records, but also includes etiquette, religion, economic value and decorative features. The ancient jade's…

This Essay is going to explore the role of government in both the Han and Yuan dynasties. Both dynasties believed in, and used a set of beliefs called Confucianism. Confucianism was intended to help restore order to a society that was in a state of confusion. (World History & Geography, 111) In both the Han and Yuan dynasties, Confucianism was used to restore order. The Han and Yuan used Confucianism as a basis for a state religion. This intertwinement of state and government was very beneficial…

The Events of Yuan Dynasty The book is told through Wang’s life time during the Yuan dynasty. Wand Meng is born in noble family and they were all related the government. However, he have gone far in government service. He preferred to concentrate on the painting the landscapes at mountains. He had four friends who influenced and assisted the their art each other and they were renowned painter in previous history. Druing the Yuan dynasty, Mongols had ruled China and Wang was refused to serve the…

According to Arizona's Premier Drug Addiction Treatment Center, In the 18th century, Europe had great desire for goods and products created by the Chinese, but the Chinese were not as interested in European goods, like Europeans were for Chinese goods. This situation created a trade imbalance between these two countries. The only way to pay China back was with silver. In 1773 , Britain took over the Bengal Province in India which at the time was a large producer of opium.British decided to…

Walls have been as much a part of Chinese culture and history as the philosophies of Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. The culture of pre-modern China highly valued walls, as they were everywhere; there was not a town with some sort of a wall around it, and “a city without a wall was as inconceivable as a house without a roof” (Turnbull 2007, 30). Walls were used as defense, and since the Chinese were so invested in using walls to protect cities and towns, why not use them to protect a large…

June 19th, 1982, Vincent Chin, aged 27, was buried on his wedding day. Just 4 days prior, the young man was celebrating his recent engagement at a bar in Detroit, Michigan. When two white men approached him with racial terms followed by the beating from a baseball bat that caused his life (“Vincent Who”). The beating was brutal enough to be considered as manslaughter. However the sentence was only 3000 dollars and 3-year prohibition (“Vincent Who”). Apparently in the 20th century America,…

The Revival of the Spiritual Tradition: The God of Theatre focuses on rituals involving the theatrical arts in China and the god of theatre. Ritual theatrical performances played an important part in religious practice of China. Various forms of dramatic arts were employed as part of the religious ritual, “such as marionette and exorcistic drama” (317). The rites provided entertainment and a spiritual connection with various deities. For example, in Southern China, the rituals revolve mainly…