North China

The Silk Road played a major role in the spread of music and religions. Religion has been one of the most important cultural forces to promote the distribution of music along the Silk Road (Music of the Silk Roads). Like religion, music spreads beyond its land of origin because just like when people bring their own faith and rituals with music they bring their own style (Music of the Silk Roads). Religions via the Silk Road include: Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Manicheism, and Nestorianism.…

by the members of the Joy Luck Club has taken them from China to America and now in the person of Jing-Mei the road has led them back again. On another level, the ‘’Long and Winding Road’’ becomes the metaphor that re-establishes the mother-daughter relationship which has been fractured in virtually every story since the beginning of the book. The final chapter of the book starts with Jing-Mei, sitting on a train from Hong Kong into China,…

The first emperor of China was Ying Zheng (http://www.livescience.com). They all have hollow tips on there clothes (http://www.nationalgeographic.com). DNA was found on the site where the warriors were found (http://www.natureworldhistory.com). The emperor who made this was the father of the great wall of china (http://www.swissinfo.ch). All of the figures are all grey today (http://www.nationalgeographic.com). The man that discovered the clay army is now 75 years old (http://www.swissinfo.ch).…

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 national guard as well as their company, forced to continue working for barely anything while under threat by their white neighbors, who had no charges placed against them for their crime…

time, making advancements in culture and scientific field, but also fostered the rise of Mongol empire and feudal European kingdoms, in a way, brought a turning point in world history, ultimately shaped the world today. China, India, and Southeastern Asian civilizations had not met…

some scientists in china were experimenting Saltpeter a powerful agent potassium nitrate. It was used in medical compounds for years until a man thought about mixing the potassium agent with sulfur and charcoal, it had a result of a mysterious powder. Some observers said that smoke and fire the scientist’s body parts were burnt and the houses that they were working at burnt down too. The powder was used by the reigning Sung Dynasty to defeat the Mongols, whose invasions to China had give a…

The practice of Buddhism and several Buddhism connections by the samurai transformed from the end of the Heian Period to the Tokugawa Period, especially the for the shoen system in Japan. During the Heian Period, the control of land and agricultural production was an important concept to the samurai. However, during the Kamakura Period, the jito came into the picture and took over the shoen system. By the mid-fourteenth to the late sixteenth century, the shoen declined due to four different…

Throughout history people seem to have always come together, though certainly not all through the same means, with the most successful cultures eventually establishing civilizations. These civilizations are as different as the environments they developed in and the societies that composed them. One such civilization that is worth taking note of is one of the longest lasting and most impressive that has ever existed. Its impressive history is rivaled by few: Ancient Egypt. These were a people…

All the kids are doing it. They’re doing it in the park, in their yard, between buildings, and just about anywhere there’s two structures to tie down to. I’m talking about the latest sport activity trend, slacklining. Hikers first used slacklining way back in the 70’s. They used the activity as a way to exercise their balance in between hiking adventures. Now, it has grown from an exercise to an everyday activity. The people who participate in slacklining, are often humorously called slackers.…

her train leaves Hong Kong and enters China? Jing-Mei feels like she is becoming Chinese. What does Jing-Mei’s name mean and what does her name make the essence of? The beginning part of her name means pure essence and the other part means younger sister. Her name makes the essence of her two sisters. Who found the abandoned babies? They were found by a peasant couple who raised them. How does this novel relate to Tan’s life? Tan visited her half sisters in China after her mother suffered an…