My hometown is Yantai, where is a beautiful city. Yantai lies in the northeast of the Shandong Province. It is bordered by both the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. It is located at the foot of the hill and beside the sea with beautiful scenery. Yantai not only has a long history, but also has a cultural background. Evidence suggests Yantai existed as a city as long as 10000 years ago. And it was visited three times by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qinshihuang. The contemporary name of Yantai came from the watchtowers constructed on Mount Qi in 1398, during the govern of the Hongwu Emperor, founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The towers served to raise alarms against invasions of Japanese pirates. Although Yantai is located in North …show more content…
It begin built in Tang Dynasty(618-907). What’s worse, Halu Temple where many locals worshipped was destroyed during the Five Dynasties and Ten States periods(907-960). Fortunately, Halu Temple has been rebuilt in 2008, attracting a lot of Buddhists and tourists to visit and learn every year. Yangma Island lies in Muping district, Yantai city. Although the Yangma Island means Horse-breeding Island in Chinese, it is now just a great place for beach combing. Legend has it the first emperor, Qin shihuang, bred horses here for his army, thus the name is formed. Nowadays, it's well know among the seafood restaurants along its beach. Local cooks take advantage of area’s abundant sea food, creatively crafting tasty dishes, such as prawns stewed in brown sauce、leek fried sea intestine. Kun Yu Mountain is also located in Muping district, Yantai city. Kun Yu Mountain is legendary mountain and it has a lot of story. The legendary fairy Magu practice immortality here. The emperor Qinshihuang came here, looking for the technique of never grow old and the founder of Quanzhen Factions founded Quanzhen sect (belongs to Taoism) here by Wang Chongyang. The legend is passing atmosphere still
I am sitting in my family’s living room, idly. Something that is a rarity for me now. There are not many thoughts going through my head, in stark contrast to nowadays. I am arguing with my older brother to switch the channel to something relatively interesting and, more importantly, something my siblings and I can collectively agree upon, without having our parents to tell us to keep quiet. We eventually come to an agreement, a reluctant one, due to our older brother using the role of the eldest sibling to his advantage, on the science channel. It is showing a documentary of sorts on the expanding vastness of space being discovered due to ever improving technology.
The Sui dynasty was founded by Yang Jian. Jian was a member of a respected aristocratic family in northern China. (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2009) Yang Jian turned to Daoism and Buddhism to unify the empire. Jian founded monasteries for both
The Qin dynasty lasted from 221 B.C. to 206 B.C. Its founder was the First Emperor of China. He wanted to unify the nation. He made a standard measurement system for all of china. The standardization of the Chinese characters was considered the most important of changes in this dynasty.
On 06/19/17, a t12:00pm, I Deputy Warden N. Christian was dispatched to 3251 Miriam Drive South on an injury-possible dangerous or vicious dog. I arrived at the location and was advised by The Columbus Division of Police (CPD) that the victim is being transported to Mount Carmel West Hospital (793 W State St) for her injuries and dog owner resides at the above location. I exited my vehicle and approached the dog owner. I spoke to dog owner Alex Kriglowitz and his wife. I asked Mr. Kriglowitz what transpired. He explained he was mowing his lawn and opened the side fence to mow the side yard. His dog was in the backyard. Mr. Kriglowitz completed mowing and forgot to close the gate. Mr. Kriglowtiz went inside the house and the next thing
If people would like to know Chinese history, the Qin Dynasty is absolutely necessary! The Qin Dynasty is the first big dynasty in the Chinese history. The Qin Dynasty existed was 221 BC to 207 BC. The Qin Dynasty located in Southeast of China. It also had a famous and brutal emperor
China had many dynasties, a few of them are the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. Qin Dynasty was founded in 221 B.C. It was founded by Zheng and he named himself Shi Huangdi. The Qin Dynasty ended feudalism. Qin Dynasty founded the first transportation system. The Qin Dynasty’s greatest achievements are building the Great Wall of China and buried with Terracotta Army.
Throughout Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town, resistance to change is a popular, repeated theme; this theme is easily seen when George and Emily walk home from school together and stop at the drugstore for ice cream sodas. Emily’s caution as to not upset George when confronting him about changing and Mr. Morgan’s negative comments about the changes going on in town and about the passage of time making matters worse, show the seriousness that townspeople of Grover’s Corners take any amount of change.
According to historical records, the ancient city began 1600 of years ago in Eastern Jin Dynasty. Ancestors believed, perhaps basing on the divination, identified here as a treasure place,took great care and kept it in good shape for thousand years.
The greater demon Yanluo had found a weakness in the wards of the Shanghai Institute, and wanted its revenge on Ken Wen Yu for killing his offspring. It snuck in to the Institute from under the walls of the wards and killed all the guards, stopping them from alerting the Clave.
In Our Town, Thorton Wilder, shows many different possible themes for the play. There's the theme of life, death, emotion, etc, etc. However, I will be looking at the theme that Wilder shows Our Town's understanding of life and death. This can be proven by examining the lives of Joe Crowell, Emily Webb, and Simon Stimpson. First, we are shown Joe Crowell, the town's paperboy.
nters of China during the rule of East Wu.[16] This city would soon play a vital role in the following centuries.
The Forbidden City was built as an imperial palace for the emperors for the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty, from the years of 1420 to 1912. It is located in the center of Beijing, and has “The Palace Museum” inside of it. It was the home of many emperors and their families, as well as being the political and ceremonial center of the Chinese government for nearly 500 years.
I found Henry David Thoreau?s ?Where I Lived, and What I Lived For? made a very convincing argument. He has many examples to support his beliefs. Thoreau stresses the importance and value of living the simplest life nature affords, which I believe is as important now as it was in his day.
The word ‘home’ is something that is often misunderstood. Home makes up your identity and not many people know that. Therefore you ask me, ‘what is home?’ Home is not just in your house. Home is a place that surrounds you. It’s you environment and cause for emotions. Your home is where you are with the people that surround you (peers, family, and strangers), as well as cars, houses, stores, and/or toys.
“The House I Live In,” a movie that explains the war on drugs from multiple perspectives from addict to enforcement and lawmaker between.