Yao Ming

In Chinese, there is a word “chou mei” that is the combination of 2 characters with opposite meanings: “chou” means stinky and “mei” means beautiful. Beauty is a positive word. However, with a character “chou” in the beginning, “mei” is no longer laudatory. People usually used the word to mock girls who care about their appearances. If a teenage girl grooms herself, her parents will probably call her “chou mei”. Most girls I’ve seen have been called “chou mei”, but I have never seen anyone call…

In 629 C.E., a Chinese Buddhist named Xuanzang (shoo-wen-zahng) set out on a long journey to India. His goal was to spread Buddhist learning and form closer ties between India and China. He traveled by land, heading west on the Silk Road across Central Asia before turning south to India. All told, he would cover more than 10,000 miles on his remarkable journey.Xuanzang encountered many dangers along the way. He got lost in the Gobi Desert and nearly died of thirst. Snow and freezing conditions…

This is a Jade GUI Tablet (gui圭) in Late Neolithic to early Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BCE). The GUI is one of the important objects for a ceremony and also a symbol of a person's status. Jade as a stone age heritage, occupies an important position in Chinese culture. The cultural connotation of ancient jade in China not only includes the design of art, grinding technology, written records, but also includes etiquette, religion, economic value and decorative features. The ancient jade's…

The Events of Yuan Dynasty The book is told through Wang’s life time during the Yuan dynasty. Wand Meng is born in noble family and they were all related the government. However, he have gone far in government service. He preferred to concentrate on the painting the landscapes at mountains. He had four friends who influenced and assisted the their art each other and they were renowned painter in previous history. Druing the Yuan dynasty, Mongols had ruled China and Wang was refused to serve the…

The Revival of the Spiritual Tradition: The God of Theatre focuses on rituals involving the theatrical arts in China and the god of theatre. Ritual theatrical performances played an important part in religious practice of China. Various forms of dramatic arts were employed as part of the religious ritual, “such as marionette and exorcistic drama” (317). The rites provided entertainment and a spiritual connection with various deities. For example, in Southern China, the rituals revolve mainly…

The widespread use of silver beginning in the 1570’s resulted in the increase of globalization through greater foreign trade. However, the use of silver as currency had negative as well as positive consequences. On one hand, through the use of silver in world trade, trading countries were connected through a common currency, and many were able to benefit their economies through the use of silver (documents 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8). On the other hand, the widespread use of silver also deepened the…

Most people would want to go to Europe or to Africa; however, the true beauty in the world is China. In this special edition on China, you would see the perspective on China in the eyes of a trader. As a girl, I endured many endless journeys of trading knowledge and messages to scholars and government officials, but one of my most memorable journeys was to China. China was known as a beautiful and majestic empire, ranging from exotic flowers to great emperors.The Chinese invented many…

dynasty, Western Xia, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, and Qing dynasty. The most important dynasties that greatly benefited China was the Qing dynasty because of Shi Huangdi being the very first Chinese emperor and he began creation of The Great Wall of China, the Song dynasty however being the most progressive because they became a very big presence on the world with their technology and making many notable inventions such as gunpowder and a compass,then the Ming dynasty being the last great…

ideology during the period from China’s Song dynasty to Ming Dynasty. It is also a form of Confucianism since the development of Neo-Confucianism was the incorporation of Confucianism and use the ideology of Taoism and Buddhism for reference. As in the book Introduction to Confucianism said “This system is built upon the influence of Buddhism: ‘Without the introduction of Buddhism into China, there would have been no Neo-Confucianism” (Yao pg.97) Therefore, Neo-Confucian was developed as the…

hurt. There is no way to guarantee that Porzingis will never get hurt while playing in the NBA. However, that does not mean he is not profitable if he were to ever obtain a career ending injury. Yao Ming is a prime example of an athlete that has had success after his playing career in the…