A Panoramic View of Chinese Culture
Paper 1
Essay Question: China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth. Obtaining a solid understanding of China’s culture of the past is necessary in order to successfully embrace all that the culture has to offer to the world.
Chinese Cuisine have a strong impact on the world
From ancient to modern times, Chinese culture have a strong impact on the world. Such as the Silk Road, connecting Chang’an in the east with Rome in the west, passed through countries in Middle east, and its influence carried over into Japan and Korea. Or Zheng He’s Voyages, he commanded the Chinese treasure Fleet to make seven far-ranging voyages to the west, which lasted 28 years and he sold many crafts and skills of China.
Chinese culture is broad and profound, today I choose one aspect of Chinese culture to explain the influences of Chinese culture, that is Chinese Cuisine. Since the ancient times, there is a saying : Food is what matters to the people! Chinese food culture has several thousand years of tradition, and it is famous to the world. Now, I have a question, Chinese cooking ingredients, cooking techniques, traditional food, food custom and so on, how spread these all over the world?
The truth is that in the early Qin and Han Dynasties, Chinese began to spread the Chinese Cuisine outside. In the western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian went to the western regions, he brought back flax, carrot, pomegranate and other products to China, and also take some peach, plum, ginger, tea and other product to the western regions.
The Term Paper on Chinese Culture 2
... have in the world. This historical importance of education in the Chinese culture dates back from the teachings of Confucius. China is also rich ... He studied a lot, and got into an introduction on Western medical science to Japan. This has brought him somewhere farther ... they see him as someone that can be considered as food, someone that can be cooked just like pork, or chicken, ...
In addition, Chinese Cuisine also have great influence on Korea. According to “Han Shu” recorded: In Qin Dynasty, so many Chinese residents came to North Korea, so they will naturally take Chinese Cuisine to the Korea. Korea people used to eat with chopsticks, and the cooking materials, food collocation which Korea people use, are obviously have China characteristics.
Chinese food culture have more influence on Japan. In the middle of the eighth Century, Jian Zhen went to Japan. Jian Zhen was a famous master of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. His sailing to Japan was regarded as a great event in the world’s Buddhism history. He not only brought many Buddhism books, but also a large amount of Chinese food, such as dry griddle cake, dry steamed cake and the techniques to made these cakes.
In addition to the northwest Silk Road and the Silk Road in the southwest, but also a Silk Road on the sea, it expanded the influence of Chinese Cuisine in the world. Thailand is located in the enter of Silk Road on the sea, and because of our convenient land traffic, there have so many contacts between the two countries. In nine to tenth Century. From the Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, a large number of residents moved to Tailand, so Thailand people eat rice, noodles, sauce, driedneat salted fish and eating with spoon and so on. They all have a lot in common with China mainland.
The spirit of the Chinese Cuisine, and will to foster exchange between East and West, has affected much of the the history of the world during the last three millennia.
Paper 2
My opinion after learned from the course
From a young age, I was very interested in Chinese culture. Maybe that is because my father is a Chinese professional master. He has many books .It is true that Chinese culture is learned unconsciously simply by growing up in a particular community or family. I read the books from my father’s bookcase since childhood, such as emperor series of Mr.Er Yuehe , who is a celebrated novelist on Qing Dynasty. And “The Amazing Tales” ,which is a representative works of the Ming Dynasty
So, In the first semester of sophomore year, when I saw the new class schedule, I was very happy to saw the course “A Panoramic View of Chinese Culture”. This book includes the essence part of Chinese culture. After learning the book, I realized that Chinese culture is not only the culture which often write on the paper, but also Chinese Cuisine, Crafts and skills, Traditional Sports and so on. I love cooking , I always cooks for my parents on vocation. Among Eight Cuisines in China, my parents and I only love Sichuan Cuisine. Such as the saying in books, Chili peppers and prickly ash are used in many dishes, giving it a distinctively spicy taste, called “ma” in Chinese. It often leaves a slight numb sensation in the mouth. I live this taste of “ma”. After learning the Unit 3 ,I search some more recipe of Sichuan Cuisine, such Sichuan Beef, Sichuan Shrimp and so on. When I learned it successful, I will cook for my parents. Confucianism also pay attention to filial piety, different culture also should be complementary to each other. One of the period of “A bite of China” is called home, the surface is about Food culture, but the reality is about children and parents live happy together.
The Term Paper on The Impact of Lu Hsun’s Short Stories to Modern Chinese Culture
This paper analyzes four of Lu Hsun’s short stories namely Kung I-Chi, Medicine, Soap, and Diary of a Madman, and examines rising patterns in Hsun’s works that display the philosophies he believed in and those that he opposed. Kung I-Chi is about a man “who studied the classics but never passed the official exam (Kung I-Chi 11),” so he could not get a decent job but to be a copyist. But as he was ...
China has a long and glorious history in traditional crafts. The most representative are Bronze Vessels, Jade, Silk, Embroidery, Porcelain, Pottery, Cloisonne, Lacquerware, Kites, Paper Cuttings, Seals, and Folk Toys. So many kinds of Traditional Chinese Crafts, In ancient times, they are tools, or ornamental articles. But in modern times, they can tools which can exchange money. I love watching “treasure hunt” program in junior high school, these traditional craft are exquisite beyond compare. But when I see people pursue the cost of their treasure in order to measure the value of these traditional crafts, I see clearly that on the specialist’s face, that is helpless face. In his mind, the traditional process, should be above all.
China culture is broad and profound, I need to understand more and more.
