Descriptive Essay About Qingdao

The Qing Dynasty, like all the Chinese Dynasties, began with an expectation of success. The Zhou Dynasty found such success within the “100 schools of thought”, while the Qin found success within trade and exploration which in the end, unified China (Russ). However, the Qing Dynasty found a different way to make their mark with the development of the Chinese Dictionary, forming Banner systems and population increase. Nevertheless, while all of the Dynasties strived for success, they ended with the ultimate failure; by not obtaining the mandate of Heaven. Throughout the history of the region many Dynasties attempted to push China in a positive, powerful position, yet none

     Mark Salzman’s purpose was to take you to China and introduce you to the people he had met on his journey. He had published this book only two years after he had gone to China. He desperately wanted to share an outsiders look into China and what influences were in his life. Mark wrote so fluidly that it was person to person.

During the second half of the twentieth century, many citizens in China fell victim to economic and social hardships as a consequence of the Great Leap Forward. As a result, Mao Zedong was marginalized and new power arose. However, fearing that traditional chinese culture and “ bourgeois ideology” were at risk of recurrence, Mao established the Cultural Revolution as his final attempt at abolishing his concerns. The Cultural Revolution brought about many young, loyal Maoists ready to risk it all in order to establish a new regime that rid chinese society of what Mao believed to be impurities. Among these revolutionaries included Red Guards and some members of the sent-down youth. In the memoirs, Call Me Qingnian but Not Funü: A Maoist Youth in Retrospect and Images, Memories, and Lives of Sent-Down Youth in Yunnan, it is expressed that the Cultural Revolution greatly affected the lives of the revolutionaries, and although both stories entail different circumstances, the Red Guards and sent-down youth experienced both different and similar feelings of optimism as well as concern and apprehension for the future during a critical time in both chinese history and their personal lives.

With the conclusion of the Arrow War (1860), China realized that her position was challenged by new forces from the West. Her supreme power was shattered, her material resources were limited and her territories were exposed to foreign aggression. Moreover, China at the same time suffered from government disintegration, financial chaos, corruption, natural disasters and peasant revolts. Some conscientious officials came to realize immediate measures had to be taken to strengthen the country and to adjust her to the modern world. Therefore a series of reform movements were carried out for the sake of internal re-construction and national defense.

Fuling, a small city of about 200,000 people located near the Yangtze River, cuts through the green mountains of the Sichuan Province. Peter Hessler writes with a mellow and lazy pace that works perfectly in creating a visual imagery to a point where the Chinese ‘laobaixing’ or common people become alive. Fuling was a former coal-mining town where the atmosphere is so polluted that Peter sneezes out a black liquid every time he goes for a jog. China of 1996

Founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan, a family of Manchu rulers, is the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Nurhachi founded the Latter Jin regime. Nurhachi' son, Huang Taiji moved the capital to Shenyang and renamed the regime into the Qing. At that time, the empire was divided into the eighteenth provinces we now know today. The Qing dynasty was China's last imperial dynasty. They ruled from 1644 to 1912, by the Manchus. The Qing dynasty is also known as the Manchu dynasty. The reigns of the first three monarchs, which persevered for 133 years, were a time of accord and success for China.

I believe one of the most interesting sections in this exhibit would have to be Qianlong's support of many different religions. Not only did he push himself to excel in every aspect of ruling such as traveling all over the realm and reviewing everything, but he also found time to give his support to many different religions that his people decided to take part in. I was surpirsed to see various religions, some that had originiated in China and several from other countries as well. The exhibit mentioned these different religions; Tibetan Buddhism, Manchu Shamanism, Daoism, Han Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. I found it most interesting that he was not only tolerant of other religions, but he was actively involved with them and many times acted

Therefore, this period reflected attempts at achieving personal styles, and it came to be known as the Ming style. This complex relationship between personal style brings into consideration how style is reflected not only across different calligraphers, but also how it varied depending on the purpose of writing. Investigating the differences in calligraphic styles depending on whether it was written for political, literary, or artistic purposes brings an additional lens when analyzing calligraphy. It also considers how historical context, such as Confucianism and common ambitions to work in government, can affect a calligrapher’s style. Therefore, I will compare three calligraphers to represent the different purposes of writing. Shen Du will

The movie Beijing Rocks depicts a struggling musician, Michael Ng, who now has to improve his Mandarin while escaping the punishment for his crime of assault. He had grown up in America, though was born into a wealthy family in Hong Kong. His father who is disconnected from him sends him back to the mainland of China due to these legalities. While there, Michael meets and befriends a band that are also struggling but in different ways. He discusses their differences- like poverty- with a girl named Yang Yin who is the girlfriend of the lead singer, Road. Road, who is not only a firecracker ready to go off, is also a mentally abusive boyfriend; he constantly yells at Yin when they are having a civil conversation and threatens to leave. After growing close with Yin, Michael starts to develop feelings towards her, and inspiration for new songs. However, she is still blissfully ignorant and always promises to love Road.

Tourists often have what they believe to where they will visit, such as Western tourists often think Beijing as an old-fashioned teahouse, old Beijing recipes, old customs, or the real Beijing can be found only in the hutongs. They are confused between popular, tradition and authentic Beijing. Therefore, whenever tourists went to Beijing, the reality had bitten them by a real Beijing: cars, bus, trucks, etc. which they didn't want to see or weren't looking for. However, it is a widely-held myth and in seeing the many versions of the authentic that power of this myth becomes even more apparent as of great civilizations past. Authenticity is hard to find and harder to pin down. The city is merely an anthology of descriptions whose truthfulness gets lost every time one travels to seek the truth from the

“Each man reads his own meaning into New York" - Meyer Berger. New York is the one of the largest city in the world which located at east of the united states, it is a lovely, modern and fashion city, so many different culture are exchange and blending at here, which makes this city has so much power to influences the world on the financial, media, politics, entertainment and fashion areas. As a part of New Yorker, I love this city. Although, my hometown also is locate at the east of China. As the “Holy land between sky and sea”, Zhoushan is the first and largest archipelago city in China, over 1390 islands are there, the main traditionally culture is the marine culture, “Sea, Scenery, fishing”. There are many similarities and different between

Often referred to as the Last Great Dynasty, The Qing Dynasty ruled China for over three centuries. The Qing were a proud dynasty and relied little upon foreign trade and influences to grow their economy. This was partly because The Qing were a self-sufficient society. Another reason for the denial of Western influences was due to The Qing’s great pride of their own culture. Any acceptance of Western influences would dilute the values and traditions of The Qing. That being said, The Qing did allow a trivial amount of foreign trade to take place in the Port of Canton. The refusal to allow Western influences, the lack of knowledge of the importance of foreign relations and the continued reliance of Confucian teachings all played a part in the demise of The Qing Dynasty. The modernization of China would not be possible without the rebellion of 1911.

The island also has many dunes, some of which are quite steep; visitors brave enough will partake of these sandy slopes on a toboggan, as offered up by the locals. The ride is fast and furious, though, so don 't try it too soon after

Wherever I am, I find it hard to resist the tempting call of my hometown. My hometown is a small village located in Shandong province. There are about two thousand people in the village. Small as it is, it’s a very beautiful place and has its own folk culture. The weather is warm in winter and cool in summer. It’s a good place for tourism.

My name is Xie Qingxin, I come from a beautiful city named Hulun Buir. I am the only children of my family and live together with my parents and grandpa. I am glad that I have just been given an exciting position as the head of a tourism department, so what I want to do is describe my city and hope you can come to visit my city during your vacation time.