Sichuan

Building Codes Past & Present Building codes date back to 1758 B.C. when King Hammurabi of Babylon actually used chisel and stone to record a law that made it punishable by death to build an unsafe home. It states “If a builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong, and if the house he has built falls in and kills the householder, that builder shall be slain” Andrea, Alfred and Overfield, James (1990) page 16. This paper will explore the evolution of building codes past and…

Supersede The Standardized Test Do colleges put too much stock in standardized test? Do formalistic tests create too much pressure to students? What schools could use Instead of standardized tests? Test should be superseded, and education should face the world with a brand-new outlook. With the era changing, people gradually raise the awareness of attending colleges and there is an increasing number of people taking universities before involved into work. As Golgi has said, “Books are the ladder…

allowed his poems to get an ecstatic feel. This kind of freedom could also be seen as a link to his interest Taoism, which also features the concepts of ultimate freedom. Li Bai‘s poem „Hard Roads to Shu“ embody the bumpy roads and high peaks of Sichuan with their irregular verse length. This kind of playfullness…

There is no question that, throughout the history of China, there exists a trend of corruption which never quite seems to vanish, no matter what the Chairman at the time has tried in terms of combatting it. The issue came into primary focus in 1989 with anti-government demonstrations that forced the leadership to wage war against corruption, for fear of losing legitimacy as a party. And yet, corruption has not significantly decreased. With Xi Jinping’s announcement in 2012 that he would be…

These days, it seems has become a popular fashion for people to eat dog meat. In China, especially in Guangxi province, it is very usual for people to eat dog meat. More seriously, in Yulin, Guangxi province, the local people celebrate the “dog meat” festival annually. Besides, the other countries, such as Korea, it’s also a custom for native people to eat dog meat. Every coin have two sides, different people have different opinions, according to this situation and background, it has become a…

compare Zhang Daqian’s “Lotus China” from non-western art and Ernest L. Blumenschein’s “Mountain Lake” from western art. Zhang Daqian also called Chang Dai-chien is a Chinese artist who lived between years 1899–1983. He was born in May 10/1899 in Sichuan,…

The Chinese Empire by the 1911 Nationalist Revolution had stood for over 2100 years and created a deep sense of tradition that did not budge with the centuries and fell behind the world around it. Outside ideas from Europe would start to arrive with Missionaries wishing to bring the word of the lord and also to preach against some old Chinese traditions with foot binding taking the spotlight and within a few decades between 1840 and 1911, Chinese society would forever be changed because of…

Upon walking into a zoo, to the left is a metaled, glassed cage filled with coal- black and white, fluffy, giant pandas. Everything in life seems alright for them, but what about their family members that are in the wild? What about the panda bears that are still out in the wild endangered? Ailuropoda melanoleucas, or commonly known as giant pandas, are rarely found in the wild. East of the Tibetan plateau in South China in a mixed broadleaf forest is home to the giant panda. There are only…

Culture-oriented English teaching in P.R. China I. Introduction: With the world economic and social development and globalization in the 21st century, it is an obvious circumstance which the number of overseas students in different countries has been snowballing. Facing the increasing severe talent market, more and more students in China do choose to have further education in foreign countries mainly in English-speaking countries to meet the standards of their personal internships.…

There are more than 4.7 million refugees that have fled from the war in Syria, 783 million people that don’t have access to clean water, and famine levels are at an all time high. If only there was a way to keep the media focused on these crises. Oh wait, there is! The answer is art. This powerful tool of expression definately has the ability to create change because it can raise awareness, change the way people think, and also encourage people to act. Art has the ability to raise awareness…