... cultural context. Color beyond her emotional perception is a mirror of our personality and therefore affects communication. In other words, the colors express different things to each person or culture.3 Colors represent countries and traditions and express emotions and feelings. Color symbolism can have a pronounced impact in communication ... negative associations being categorized as either adorable or as horrible. Orange means whirlpool and vivacity radiating energy and heat. Creativity means to Westerners, fall or fire, and when in combination with black it is associated with Hallow...

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... thread and fabrics gave rise to the art of embroidery. According to the classical Shangshu(or Book of History), the "regulations on costumes" of 4000 years ago stipulated among other things "dresses and skirts with designs and embroideries". This is evidence that embroidery had become an established art by that remote time. In 1958 a piece of silk was found in a tomb ... rubber bands to give out pleasant ringing in the wind. It was also believed, for instance, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), that flying a kite and then letting it go, apart from the pleasure in itself, might send of...

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... the Mandate of Heaven to rule for that monarch has been revoked by Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven to rule falls on the new ruler. Therefore, the rise and fall of dynasties has been considered legitimate and the new dynasty deserves allegiance from the people. Unity and Disunity Throughout Chinese history, we can see a general pattern of unity and ... disunity. Unifying China, with all its geographic and cultural diversity has always been a major achievement, and keeping it stably unified has always been difficult. When China broke apart into regional polities, chaos and war usually oc...

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... a ladder? Do you view Friday the 13th with apprehension? What about engaging in such customs as birthday spankings, brides wearing wedding veils, or wearing black to funeral? All of these things are rooted in superstitions. What is a superstition? A superstition is defined as "a belief founded on irrational feelings that do not have fact or reason to support them." Superstitions abound in all ... was also believed that a person's soul could be expelled through the nostrils and that the Devil could enter the body through the mouth. The blessing was pronounced so that these things would n...

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