Music of China

Although the early post classical Silk Road and sub-Saharan trade routes were both very political trade routes, they had differences such as their level of exposure and outside influences and the cultural differences along the trade routes like musical rituals for Sub-Sahara and artisan goods on the Silk Road. Both the Sub-Saharan and Silk Road trade routes had significant political involvement in their trading economies. The Sub-Saharan trade route was the basis of the economy and politics in…

Miller was interviewed about his play ' ' Death of a Salesman ' ' in China. In this interview Arthur Miller tells how hard it was to rehearse the play in China. There was only one actor who understood English. After all, he said: "the play was built around very fundamental family emotions which expand out into society. The Chinese, after all, are practically inventors…

Jade Snow Wong’s Fifth Chinese Daughter outlines the cultural struggles the author faced as a Chinese-American. Born in America, yet raised Chinese, Wong began to form her identity in the middle of this cultural clash. On one hand, Wong witnessed the promotion of individuality from American families, on the other her family taught her individuality is less important than the family as a whole. Various cultural factors pushed and pulled Wong throughout her life – some she embraced, some she…

until 1943, when China became an important ally to the United States in World War II, that the United States started allowing Chinese Immigrants back in. The Magnuson Act made it possible for Chinese Immigrants to become naturalized and gave China an annual quota of 105 immigrants. (Wei, William) However, this quota made it difficult for Chinese families to stay together. Males usually lived lonely lives in male dominated Chinatowns and their wives and children were left back in China. This was…

Multimodal translating of the Musical The Phantom of the Opera in China As the development of cultural undertakings, Chinese people have more diversified demands on art and voices for musicals are getting higher and higher. Musical is a form of theatrical performance which combines dialogues, music, movement, lightening and sounding technology as an integrated whole.it was born in western countries in the twentieth century, and enjoyed the highest popularity in American Broadway and the Western…

The Far East Side of American Classrooms American sitcoms often mock societal trends and highlight the best and worst stereotypes of American cultures. Aibel and Berger, writers of the animated sitcom King of the Hill, made a very poignant statement in the episode “Westie Side Story”, when a Laotian family moves into the small Texas community (1997). The main character Hank Hill innocently asks his neighbor, “So, are you Chinese or Japanese?” His neighbor, Kahn Souphanousinphone, replies, “I…

The story “Two Kinds” of Amy tans shows us the conflict between the mother from China cultural and the daughter from American’s cultural. Suyuan, who is known as Jing-mei’s mother, suffers from her losses of a first husband and two babies in China. She believes that in the U.S everyone can be anything they want to be by working hard, even they are genius or prodigy. So, she keeps her daughter staying busy by scheduling her many differences activities such as coming to beauty training school…

has been one of the deepest-rooted traditions in societies from all across the world. The continent of Asia is no different. One of the largest and most religiously diverse countries in Asia is China. Among the plethora of diverse religions are the contrasting faiths of Confucianism and Daoism. While China and all of Asia have many different religions, these cultures do not adopt the Western idea of sectarian religion where each religion is uniquely categorized as its own. Without the borders…

writers have been capitalising on the notion that Americans admire the samurai lifestyle. Afro Samurai which is the animated series has become the most famous in American popular culture because of its blend of hack-and-slash animation and gritty urban music. Afro Samurai was initially a doujinshi or a manga series which was then made into an animated series by Studio Gonzo which was created by Takashi Okazaki. Afro Samurai was adopted into a whole feature animated film and also became titles…

Some countries are vastly different. From architecture to greetings, people around the world have built their cultures and societies around the geography, resources available, and themselves. While some powerful nations, such as the United States and China, can differ in nearly every way, in the Western world contrast between the countries becomes minor. This essay will explore the similarities and dissimilarities between Finland and the United Kingdom from interactionist and postmodernist…