Song of Songs

Multi-disciplinary, diverse and pervasive, Chinese culture encompasses a firm foothold in Eastern Asia. One of the most intellectual cultures in the world, this culture is responsible for major advanced technologies that took place in history as well as today. The axial rudder, the navigational compass and the heavy ploy, all responsible for the Industrial revolution, in fact were outcomes of the Chinese cultural intellectuality. This helps establish the view that Chinese culture is an…

1. Describe the voyages of Zheng He. How did he contribute to the spread of Chinese culture? As Henry (2002) asserts, Zheng He was a Chinese explorer, who helped in extending the maritime as well as the economic influence of the Chinese people through all the regions bordering the Indian Ocean. Zheng He force in developing the Chinese culture was captivating as he commanded seven major naval expeditions, almost one century before the Europeans precisely the Portuguese arrived India, via the tip…

Comparing and Contrasting River Valley Civilizations Four of the major river valley civilizations are Sumer, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China. All of these civilizations have revolutionary discoveries and inventions. They each have invented something or come up with a custom we still use today. For example, Sumer invented the wheel, and China used coins when trading. Each civilization also has their advancements in technology, but I believe that Egypt was the most advanced of these four…

Finding Self, Whitman’s Way: The One Among the Crowd “The impalpable sustenance of me from all things, at all hours of the day; The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme-myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme” (Whitman. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.). Walt Whitman was a graceful, yet outlaw poet that pushed the boundaries ink and paper. Whitman’s works were a journey of finding self through the natural world and his relation to the world, along with cleaver wording that…

Chinese Acrobats I chose to do my reflection on my experience seeing the Chinese Acrobats. The Chinese acrobats performed at the World Theater at California State University Monterey Bay. The acrobats were from Peoples Republic of China, and used their skills to engage the audience through talented gymnastics, dance, and martial arts. Each distinctive and special talent offered a very unique outlook of the Chinese culture. The Peoples Republic of China’s culture is very important to their…

In Mona in the Promised Land, by Gish Jen, Mona Chang’s parents immigrate from China. In doing so, Mona, a teenager, is forced to assimilate to American culture. Mona’s friends, Barbara Gugelstein, helps her navigate through American culture; however, Mona’s parents help her hold on to her own culture. On the other hand, Ramón de las Casas, or Papi, in Negocios, by Junot Díaz, comes to America by himself, struggling to look for a stable home and job, having no one to look up to. Ramón and Mona…

Emperor Qianlong who contributed in building the foundation of modern China is the main source and theme in Mark C. Elliott’s work of ‘Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World’. Qianlong ruled for 64 years, increasing not only China’s population but also its territory. The cities flourished through manufactures and trades of tea, porcelain, and silk. Emperor Qianlong presided over imperial China’s last golden epoch creating the geographic and demographic framework of modern China.…

.“This Land so Rich in Beauty” is an ink paiting drawed by Guan Shanyue and Fu Baoshi in 1959. The calligraphy is not by either of the painters, but based on one of the poems written by Mao Zedong who is the chairman of the Communist Part. It is the decoration of the government buildings, the Great Hall of the People, and highly praised by contemporaries in all the immense collaborative paintings.(p.218, Art in China) The inscription on the top of the left is a sentence from the poem which named…

There have been many successful civilizations over the years. These classical civilizations have contributed a lot to life now! Some of these civilizations are Rome, India, China, and Maya. These civilizations started by civilizations creating complex governments, religions, education advancements, and expanding land. What makes a civilization "successful" is a great ruler, trade, and inventions. A great ruler makes a civilization successful. According to the Department of Asian Art,…

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are two writers during the late 19th and early 20th century. They are often referred to the founders of American poetry. Both writers have many similarities and differences from each other, but neither of them can be imitated through their style. They have influenced many during and long after the Romantic era of literature. A common theme through each of their following poems is that some aspects of nature cannot be taught or learned, but only understood through…