PERSUASIVE ESSAY 3
Essay
The essay is about Chinese culture. China is an extremely large country and the customs and traditions of its people vary by geography and ethnicity. Culture includes religion, food, style, language, marriage, music, morals and many other things that make up how a group acts and interacts. Here is a brief overview of some elements of the Chinese culture. Chinese culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures. The Chinese culture is a superior culture because delectable cuisine, rich art and special festival only found in China.
Chinese food tastes very delicate and is made fresh daily. Chinese cuisine includes styles originating from the diverse regions of China, as well as from Chinese people in other parts of the world. The history of Chinese cuisine in China stretches back for thousands of years and has changed from period to period and in each region according to climate, imperial fashions, and local preferences. Rice is not only a major food source in China; it is also a major element that helped grow their society. Among the main styles of Chinese cooking are Cantonese, which features stirfried dishes, and Szechuan, which relies heavily on use of peanuts, sesame paste and ginger and is known for its spiciness.
Chinese art is greatly influenced by the country’s rich spiritual and mystical history.
Many sculptures and paintings depict spiritual figures of Buddhism, according to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many musical instruments are integral to Chinese culture, including the flutelike xun and the guqin, which is in the zither family. Easternstyle martial arts were also developed in China, and it is the birthplace of kung fu. Ancient Chinese were avid writers and philosophers —
Nick Mizulski Communication between Cultures Mrs. M 8am-9:15am MW Paper 2 11/2/2014 Chinese Culture China has about five thousand years history which is an extremely long period of time. The Chinese civilization was growing with these periods of time and it will continues greater than ever. Many wars and unhappiness’s were happening during this period. Although, the time has passed, the histories and the civilizations have not passed. These family virtues, serious, working attitudes, sense of justice…
Chinese Culture In order to be successful in the world market or even in the local market, a company needs to assess the requirements of the market place and the behavior of consumer to get success. Any economy cannot outweigh other economies until and unless it gets itself aware of the demands of the customers to which it is making offers. China must act upon the phrase i.e. think globally and act locally. It is essential because Chinese companies made the product as per their local market and…
I have read “The way of friendship” in Confucius from the heart written by Yu Dan. Confucius taught his own students to make good friends, and to avoid bad friends. Confucius would like to teach us “益者三友” and “損者三友” in Analects. 益 – This mean “benefit” and “profit”, 者 – This mean “a person”, 三 – This mean “Three”, 友 – This mean “friends”, 損 – This mean “harm” and “loss”. In short, he insisted that there are three types of good friends in this world and three types of bad friends. The first of three…
determines the influences to Chinese popular culture by dividing the whole structure of popular culture into three major categories; they are media, arts and life-style respectively. Though the discussions of the political, economic and social perspectives in each categories; the author Latham deduces the historical background is the primary reason for the rapid development in China. Therefore, the author draws into a conclusion that the formation of today’s Chinese popular culture is contributed by historical…
or just learning a foreign language, we may come across a large number of culture differences. They are so inevitable in all aspects of social life. Without culture awareness of those differences, embarrassment or misunderstandings will occur. Take England for example, cultures differ a lot compared to those of our country. In terms of utterances, in order to praise the one who works so hard and is so powerful, Chinese people will say he works like a cow while the English tend to use the phrase…
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always interesting to study other cultures and it is extremely important to do just that if you are going to have interactions with them. You don’t want to insult someone or embarrass yourself and your own culture. China is one of those interesting cultures mainly because what we usually know about the country is through movies or the local Chinese restaurant. What I’ve learned over the years is that that knowledge is usually useless. Sincere study of a culture is the only way to truly appreciate…
superior rooms that have a leather bed with a bathroom. Coworth Park is surrounded with bridle paths for long country walks. Cost and Standards The cost and standards of accommodation is important due to the Chinese culture. The Chinese culture is polite and respectful. As the Chinese culture is so pure when it comes to accommodation they expect good customer services, good value for money and high standards for example the Stable superior rooms that have a leather bed with a bathroom is a good value…
CHINESE CULTURE THROUGH FILM CUL 610BB China and the World Professor: K.Sproul Jasmine Chenyu Fu 010784148 Mar 11, 2015 Chinese Cultures in Kung Fu Panda 2 Nobody can say Kung Fu Panda 2 is not a successful movie. It is fun to watch, not only for the kid but also for adults like me. Also the whole Kung Fu Panda series earned a huge success in film industry. As a big fan of this movie, I watched it couple times. The story line is not that unique. It is like other Disney movies, some normal guy…
Dumplings’ Symbolic Significance in Chinese Culture and My life As a traditional Chinese food, dumplings occupy conspicuous position in Chinese festival and people’s daily life. Unlike noodle or rice, dumplings are no longer just a kind of food. It involves special meaning such as auspiciousness and foison. On every important holiday or event, for example, Spring Festival, a wedding or a funeral, the food people cannot miss is dumplings. How could Chinese have such a special emotional feeling for…
