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    the celebrations. The word for fish, “Yu” sounds like the words both for and abundance. The fish is usually served whole, with head and tail, which mean having a good beginning and ending for the coming year. These round dumplings which is called JiaoZi signify family reunion. Its shape look like a bag the has many gold coins inside. This dish is called Lion’s Head Meatball. They are cooked with oversized meatballs and some vegetable soup. The lion represents power and strength in Chinese culture

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    around. Therefore, people decided to use rare metals (such as bronze, silver and gold) as currencies. Later, coins were introduced as money around 700 B.C . The first paper currency in record appeared in early China around 806AD and we call that “JiaoZi” . The paper

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    What is culture and identity? Melanie Scheller in her essay “On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty,” wrote about her general life and the life of many poor people in rural areas like in the South in the state of North Carolina. The writer describes her life as an example of living in a rural poor family. On the other hand, my personal cultural identity is different than Scheller’s; it is based on my nationality. Because different countries have different culture background, everyone’s characteristics

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    Who doesn’t love food? With there being a lot of different cultures around the world, comes their amazing food. Most cultures center their activities on food and celebrate many things with it. Now days you can find a variety of ethnic foods in every country. A few of the most popular ethnic cuisines are Mexican, Italian, and Chinese. Since there are a variety of cultures, we have an array of ethnic cuisines, with the best being Mexican. Mexican cuisine uses bold and exciting flavors. Chilies are

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    The smell and sound of fried pork sizzling and lingering in the air made all my customers’ mouths water. Their eyes staring at my homemade 餃子 Jiaozi. With freshly picked cabbage, mushrooms, and spices. Fresh cut pork and my specialty dough. After all of my customers left, I was finally done. I got home as soon as possible and a familiar voice greeted me “Gang Fan!” It was my little sister, giving her a big hug, I lost track of everything around me. I couldn’t hear the car's powerful engines roar

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    Essay on Health and Diet

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    afternoon. I so frequently fell absent-minded in class that I lagged behind. Still nothing for dinner. To save energy, I had to go to bed as early as nine 0¡¯clock. Frankly, sleeping didn¡¯t work so simply, because dreaming easily bothered me. KFC, jiaozi, chocolate gathered around in the dream at night. This kind of extraordinary life almost drove me to have the symptom of disgusting any food. Two months later, I, weighing 65 KG, slipped into not a fat any more but a plentiful beauty. However, my

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    Chinese New Year is a spring festival which usually lasts about 15- 23 days and it is known as the biggest celebration in China. Using the Chinese Calendar, Chinese New Year starts on the 23rd day of the 12th Lunar Month and ends the 15th day of the 1st lunar month. This is because it is the start of the New Moon. Even though it lasts 15 to 23 days, the Chinese just get the first 3 days off and make up for it by working two weekends prior to the holiday. People get so excited for Chinese New Year

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    The Song Dynasty : China

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    The Song dynasty gave China many of the qualities that many outsiders see as being distinctly Chinese, such as tea and rice, unique architecture, Confucian thought, and much more. The Song dynasty reestablished unity and made China the wealthiest, most skilled, and most populated country in the world. The Song dynasty is considered such a significant period in Chinese history because it moved China into the modern era with lasting changes in many aspects of Chinese civilization. Introduction to

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    Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Energy Procedia Procedia 13 (2011) 4055 – 4062 Energy 00 (2011) 000–000 Energy Procedia www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia ESEP 2011: 9-10 December 2011, Singapore The Culture Influence on the Collectivism of Chinese Customers Behavior in the Fast-food Industry Yu Wang a, Changbo Shi a, Yalan Gu b, Yong Du c,* Tourism Management & Cuisine School, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, P.R. China b School

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    The Culture Of A Country

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    What defines culture? According to dictionary.reference.com culture is the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits etc. (“Culture” Dictionary.reference.com/browse/culture). People refer to culture as a way of life of a group of people. In the early 16th century, the word culture came about with a suggestion to

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