... are very important to the country's developing tourism industry. In the present text I am writing down some of the important and interesting aspects of China's culture. 2-ARTS AND CRAFTS 2.1 The Clay Fertility Figures of Henan One Kind of Clay Figures On any given day of the week, working days as well ... where he came from. The next day, the emperor called his subjects together to explain the dream. A minister named Fu Yi said Xitianzhu (in ancient India) had such a sage called Buddha dressed in gold. What the emperor had dreamed must be the Buddha. Then the emperor sent one of his atten...

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... than a thousand years (Leff et al. 2004). Ancient Greek, Roman and other Mediterranean cultures used it for religious ceremonies. Nowadays, the largest commercial producers of wheat are Russia, USA, China, India, Canada and France (George Metljan Fundation 2008). The geographical distribution is broad, but temperate zones are the most favourable for wheat growth (Kato Yokoyama 1992). The non-processed whole wheat ... lentils, beans and chickpeas. Lentils were thought to have originated in central Asia and are one of the first crops to have ever been cultivated. The Persian and ancient Eg...

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... 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 that occurs between people from ... nail polish it means that we do not agree with something established, representing rebellion. It does not necessarily mean depression or the Gothic culture. The significance of the color blue7; it is considered the favorite color of most people becaus...

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... see the civilisation over a thousand years turn full circle. The Dynasty lasted from 206BC - 220AD, it was the period of a thriving Chinese culture and systemization. Taxes were lowered, government control was loosened, power was decentralized, policies were humanized, and the social and political elite was broadened to ... and the leaders trained in the teaching of Confucius (Anonymous, 2000). It is argued that this was the time that gave the Chinese the culture we can still recognise today (Curry, 2001). The Han dynasty lasted for a long time, but the fall of this dynasty saw a change...

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... as the official religion of China for several brief periods. Various Taoist sects eventually developed and Taoism became firmly established as a popular cult. Buddhism filtered into China from India and central Asia from the 1st to the 6th century. The teachings of Buddhism were basically religious, offering escape from the sufferings of life and endless reincarnation caused by ... the Manchu or Ch?ing dynasty. Since the Manchus were not legitimate members of the Chinese aristocracy, they tried to reinforce their power and their legitimacy by adopting ancient Chinese culture to a great ...

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... than other religions; Christianity for example. It does seem though that one possible reason may be the fact that Muslims tried to incorporate more Chinese culture into their daily lives and thus were able to show their sopport more outwardly. Whatever the case, Muslims are greatly accepted in a much more ... was brought into the country in full force. (Islam 3) The government attempted to smother the Muslims, thus pushing them away from the Chinese culture. They would do this by sending mass amounts of Chinese people to their areas and replacing the Muslim leaders with Han Chinese peop...

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