Traditional Culture of China

Lesson #4

World History

Chinese Art

Marriages

• Arranged by ___________

• She’s wearing

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______for good luck…

Chinese are VERY Superstitious…

Timing of wedding is vital

Foot Binding

Purpose: click

Queue

Purpose:

(The long braid)

Chinese Pride

• Based on years of feeling superior

– ____________(deep bow – forehead to ground)

– Saving ____________

(avoid embarrassing self)

Chinese Writing

• Ideographs

• Top to bottom, right to left

• ________characters

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Chinese Language

• __________

• Hello: _________

• Thank You: ___________

• Your Welcome: ____________

• Good Bye: ___________

Health care“Eastern Medicine”

Based on the idea that your body has “wisdom”

Your body can heal itself of most sickness

If in balance, you will NOT get sick.

“CHI” – _______________

• Energy found _____________

• Energy found _____________

• Rivers of energy in our bodies

• If out of balance – you’ll be sick

• Order can be recreated – help body to restore (CHINESE MEDICINE)

– ____________

– ________________– Muscle kinesiology

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Tai-Chi

• _____________________

• Flowing

• Usually done in _________________

• Many older Chinese still do in open public places

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Chinese History(why they came to be so ethnocentricitic)

1. They controlled all trade until 1800s

2. They saw themselves as the _________________

3. All others would kow tow to them

4. They had defeated all others

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

The Ming defeated the Mongols

• Mongols had created __________ empire in world

• Built _______________for Emperor

• Built huge fleet– 62 ships– 25,000 sailors

• “Ming” = __________

Entrance to Forbidden City

Sedan Chair of the Emperor

(this road is in the movie “The Last Emperor”)

The Ming were eventually defeated by the Manchus

• Manchus created the _____Dynasty

• Qing lasted until ______

• The Last Emperor was ________– crowned at age ____in 1908– ____ wives– Eventually was forced from

the Forbidden City

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Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China