Tang Dynasty

Feng Shui depend on astronomy to find correlations between humans and the universe. According to (Hurley, n.d). There are a lot of Chinese Dynasties that influenced Feng Shui, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty. There are two types of Feng Shui, the Form School and the Compass School. Form School, the oldest school of Feng Shui, the Han Dynasty describes in it the “Book of the Tomb”. It is concerned with the location of tombs. The ‘Form’ in Form School refers to the shape…

The period 713-756 AD was the time the Tang Dynasty reached its zenith, and it was also known as the golden age of Chinese poetry. Among all the brilliant poets of the time, Li Bai 李白was one of the greatest and most influential romantic poets in Chinese literary history. Li Bai(701-762), styled Taibai 太白, and his pseudonym was Qinglianjushi 青莲居士, which means “lay Buddhist of blue lotus”. He likes reading, traveling, drinking, and writing poems. Li Bai has superior and admirable writing skills,…

Buddhism was first spread to Korea in 372, a period which there had three kingdoms on the Korean peninsula, they were Goguryeo (37 BC-AD 668), Baekje (18 BC-AD 660) and Silla (57 BC-935 AD). There were many reasons for the approval of the three kingdoms, but the acceptance and respect of Buddhism not only represents a religious event or advent philosophy, but also it was a decision which had huge cultural, political and social ramifications for the three kingdoms. For example, the sutras and…

Hung Liu was born in 1948 in Changchun, China, however, she grew up in Beijing. There, she experienced the Cultural Revolution under the power of Mao Tse-tung. Around the age of 20, Hung Liu went to live in the countryside where she had to work with peasants in the fields. When schools finally reopened, she started thriving chose to study. Later she became a teacher at an elite Beijing school. She also had a television show revolving how to draw and paint. Then in 1984, Hung Liu was off to San…

Xia dynasty dating back to 2100-1700 BC, followed by the Shang dynasty in 1700-1046 BC. It wasn’t until the Zhou dynasty (1046-246 BC) that much of the Chinese culture, literature and philosophy developed. The Zhou dynasty eventually broke apart because of internal fighting. In 221 BC Qin Shi Huang united the warring kingdoms and made himself the emperor of the Qin dynasty. This marked the end of Ancient China and the beginning of Imperial China. China’s last dynasty was the Qing dynasty…

In “A Necessary Luxury: Tea In Victorian England,” by Julie E. Fromer, the role that tea played in England, during this time, is assessed and analyzed. In these first three chapters from her novel, the author lays out the role tea played by discussing: the history of tea and the representations of English national identity; the middle-class Englishness of drinking tea; as well as gender and middle-class domesticity at the tea table. She begins by describing the role tea played in Victorian…

Shanghai Calling is a movie that describes a man, Sam, is ordered to work in China. Therefore he arrived China as a worker immigrant. He met some Chinese people and start the story with a scam. Sam almost lost his job during solving this problem. Finally, he decides to live in Shanghai and start his new career. This movie brings out several problems that are common to migrants. After watching the movie, I have integrated some problems that the migrants might face. There are four points: The…

Yeh-Shen was described having tiny feet on her golden slipper. Although Yeh-Shen had beautiful face feature, that was not stated that the King had ever met Yeh-Shen face to face to see her beautiful face directly. The King looked for Yeh-Shen because of the beauty and the shape of golden slipper that was very tiny. “The king was more than happy to accept the slipper as a gift. He was entranced by the tiny thing, which was shaped of the most precious of metals, yet which made no sound when…

Young and Restless in China In the documentary Young and Restless in China, Wei Zhanyan is a young Chinese migrant worker who left her home in rural China at 13 to work at an industrial park near Beijing. In the film, Zhanyan explains that she was sent away by her parents to help support her family and pay for her brother's education. Working and living so far away from her family gives Zhanyan a sense independence but also causes a great deal of sadness and anxiety. Despite the sadness she…

Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China, 771 to 476 BC. His name at birth was Sun Wu, known outside of his family by the name Changqing, later he became known as Sun tzu (Sun Zi to some). He is credited for writing “The Art of War”, an extremely influential Chinese novel on military strategy. Sun Wu has had a significant impact on Asian, especially Chinese, history and culture, both the an author but also…