Mandarin Chinese

K’ung Fu-tzu (Confucius) was a Chinese philosopher that was born in the 6th century B.C. (Bio). During his lifetime China was in complete disarray. The dynasty that ruled at the time (Zhou Dynasty) was overtaken with states fighting against each other (China Highlights). The morale of the country was at an all-time low. However, along came Confucius and, with his teachings, helped transform an entire country with his beliefs. His message helped restore harmony and stability to a country that…

of the population is Han Chinese, the other 8 percent consists of Zhuagn, Uyhgur, Hai, Ye, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongoi, Buyi, Korean, and others. The main language in the People’s Republic of China is Mandarin Chinese, it is part of Beijing dialect. Modern spoken Chinese replaced the classical language in the 1920s. The writing system has more than six thousand characters that have not changed in thousands of years. It is also an easier written dialect where a Chinese word is written out in…

the twenty-first century B.C.- humans inhabited the regions around the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in central China. As the time advanced, the Chinese population, culture, and beliefs evolved into a society. Then, in 1949- merely sixty-nine years ago- the country of China was officially established. However, the culture developed by the Chinese people had long been created; the beliefs of their culture had been established within their lives, well before China had even been founded. Some…

unequal trading. Western military power, far more advanced than the Chinese military, guarded China’s ports and trading centers, which ensured Western profit at China’s misfortune. Western educators in China attempted to unravel Confucian tradition and replace it with Western learning and thought, an assailment on traditional Chinese…

For example, the Mongolians valued practical and efficient ways of making art more than the Chinese did. The color of black glaze and oil spots introduced by the Mongolians, it demonstrated how the pottery differed from Chinese pottery from the past potteries made which included bright color and work. The two artifacts that I introduced demonstrate the ideas and topics that we have covered in class such as the…

Have you ever wondered about Singapore and what their culture is like? Although Singapore has great diversity, it is a united country with united religions and cultures. There are four official languages in Singapore: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and English. Most Singaporean citizens speak at least two languages. English is used in schools, and students learn another language in school. The language they learn is one of their mother tongue that corresponds to their race. Some students can also…

care about they pass or fail, and an objective issue of different teachers’ rating of the ESL students’ English writing should not be ignored. As the report of Shi (2008), in her article Native- and nonnative-speaking EFL teachers’ evaluation of Chinese students’ English writing, she points out that native and nonnative EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers could evaluate students’ writing differently: The analysis of the qualitative comments suggest that NES (native-English-speaker)…

I am particularly interested in Dr. Oliver Moore’s and Dr. Katarzyna Cwiertka’s respective research. Dr. Moore’s exploration of Chinese visual and material culture of late imperial and early modern periods aligns with my own research interests. I have also used his online directory of sources for the study of Art and Material Culture of China in my own research. I am also interested…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Malays, Chinese, Indians and many other ethnic groups have lived together in Malaysia for generations. All of these cultures influence each other, forming a true Malaysian culture. Malaysia's largest ethnic group is the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Malaysia is a multi-cultural characteristics of many different cultures, but some particularly special lasting influence of the country. Chief among these is the ancient Malay culture, throughout history, culture…

located in Southeast Asia, right next to Japan and the Philippines. As of 2015, the population of this country is about 23.4 million, across an area of 13, 972 square miles. Taiwan is predominately Chinese making up most of their population. Thus, their official language is a Chinese dialect called Mandarin, also known as Guoyu. About two-thirds of Taiwan is covered by mountains, including the tallest mountain in northeast Asia known as Jade Mountain (Jilkova). The other one-third of Taiwan…