AN LESSONS Culture and Geography Culture What is culture? It is the essence of why people believe as they do and act as they do and give importance to things as they do. Elements of culture: values norms beliefs emotions relationships language and technology General Characteristics of Chinese culture: 1. Tied to highly developed agriculture which confined itself almost exclusively to the plains and ... valleys -- mountains are scarcely utilized; 2. A complex form of political organization which were the most highly perfected in the history ... during the Chou dynasty. 3. The Shih Chi (Records...

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... to waver. Chest Bottom Money Before packing up the dowry, the parents would normally tuck in some money or jewelry at the bottom corners of one of the four chests, and the custom is called "Weigh down the Chest Bottom", in hope for the girl to stay wealthy ... of the sedan. Some exquisite designs of the sedan even have a pair of streamers with small silver bells hanging on the front curtain. The bells tinkle when the sedan moves. Since the 1930s, the bridal sedan was gradually replaced by automobile. But the bridal car still manages to keep some elements of ... tradition. For example, t...

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... ) Although Confucianism became the official ideology of the Chinese state, it never existed as a religion and Confucius was never regarded as a god. The reason Confucianism never developed into a religion was its lack of metaphysical elements. Its main teachings concerned the proper relationship between the ruler and the people and the day-to-day way of how people should live together in a ... civilized manner. Later, philosophers of the Han dynasty and the Neo-Confucian philosophers would attempt to consolidate the other ... to reinforce their power and their legitimacy by adopting an...

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... one in the spiritual world. There is equality among monks of the temples and monasteries. Each monk has the same goal in practicing Buddhism and achieving a level of enlightenment. However, some monks focus on different elements within the temples and monasteries. There are some monks who study more of the bible and scriptures of Buddha. Then, there are others who teach and practice the ... martial arts. Usually, one has to refer to the level of enlightenment that had been achieved by the monks ... seventh century, China began building Chinese Buddhist schools under the Tang Dynasty, a...

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