Government structure is also a big political continuity in China during 100 C.E. to 600 C.E. China’s political structure remained unchanged for the most part. A cultural constant near the end of China’s classical period is the building of the Great Wall. Though construction started during the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.
ANSWER: The similarities that I have noticed in each of the myths that i have read, is that each myth explains something or even answer a question. Almost all the myths have few characters, and the characters are either gods or humans with supernatural powers. I have also noticed that the myths are influenced by the culture that they are from. The Acropolis in the Daedalus myth, for example, was an important place to the Athenians. In china there is a myth of the creation of the earth called Pan Gu.
The second and third documents show the differences in size and distribution of the population in both empires. The differences here are clear. Han China is about 206 times greater in population than Athens. In Athens about 37% of their population are slaves while in China about 7% of their population are slaves or what they call, “mean people.” The majority, about 90%, of the population in the Han Empire consists of peasant farmers and some skilled urban workers. In Athens, farmers were very valued and the majority of the citizens there were landowning farmers.
One of the many races that migrated to the United States is the Vietnamese race. After the fall of Saigon, Vietnamese refugees have fled their homeland to seek for a better life. Now, 30 years later, they have become an industry of their own. According to the latest census, there are approximately 1.2 million Vietnamese Americans living in the United States. This makes Vietnamese Americans the fifth largest immigrant group in the United States , right after the Mexican, Filipino, Chinese, and Indian foreign-born (Lehman, 2000).
Even though China was in a rapidly changing time, it still tried to stay to its roots. One important part of Chinese life was agriculture; almost 70% of the people were farmers in 1500 because of the large population. While Europe, India, and Japan industrialized sometime from 1450 to 1914, China never did. Even after China’s self-imposed isolation ended, several periods of widespread famine, and the disaster known as the Opium Wars in the 19th century, which allowed the Europeans and their ships to travel anywhere in China, and made the Chinese pay tribute. After all of this, China still did not industrialize until the 1960’s.
Charles Kelly, the other lead singer, has a more of a raspy voice, and takes influence from southern rock (Luce). Last but not least, Dave Haywood, singer and lead guitarist, “really loves guitar players like James Taylor” (Luce). The inspiration that they get from those artists have lead to many awards and accomplishments in their career. Allen Cackett, a reporter for the UK magazine The Maverick, found in 2006, “one of the most popular pianists in America” (51), Jim Brickman contacted the new group to sing the single Never Alone on his new album…“ and in 2007 the song Never Alone reached number fourteen on the Billboard adult contemporary charts” (Cackett 51). Since that day, Lady Antebellum has become very popular among country music fans.
Important aspects of Shinto and the worship of kami are shrines, cleanliness, and festivals. Shinto was influenced and shaped by China and Chinese religions including Confucianism, Taoism and more significantly, Buddhism. [vi] The name Shinto is derived from the Chinese phrase, “Shintao”, meaning “kami no michi” or “ways of the kami”. [vii] “Shintao” is a combination of the Chinese words “shin” meaning “divine” and “tao” meaning “way”. [viii] Confucianism and Taoism had limited influence on Shinto, only shaping small aspects that already existed, such as the importance of family and rituals.
However, he felt that he could not win in this competition, he had though many people are better than he did. A month before big show, he had spent many times to practice. Although he knew that he owned a good voice, he is still modest. He worked very hard to sing standard and perfect songs which was ready for the show. Ten hours a day to do singing exercise is not a small number, and success only comes with persons who were diligent.
to A.D. 939) have profuondly influenced the life, culture and music of the Vietnamese people . Musical instruments, such as the 16 stringed zither, the 4 stringed pear shaped lute, 3 stringed lute, 2 stringed fiddle, vertical and transverse flutes, the oboe, large and sall drums, cymbal, stone chime, bell chime, undoubtedly orignated from China . Names of musical instruments are written in Chinese characters but their pronunciation differs according to whether they are read by a Chinese or Vietnamese (16 stringed zither ZHENG in Chinese, TRANH in Vietnamese, pear chaped lute PIPA in Chinese, TY BA in Vietnamese, etc….) During the Lê Dynasty (1428-1788) the first theory of Vietnamese music was copied from the Chinese (the theory of five degrees, of seven tones and twelve LYU or basic tones, and the eight categories of court music : music of the esplanade of heaven, temple music, music of the five sacrifices, musi for helping the sun and the moon in the event of the eclipse, music for formal audiences, music for ordinary audiences,
Gothic Music Background During the Gothic period, the Roman Catholic Church was powerful and music was often only heard in religious services. Monks and monasteries held the monopoly on learning, this was an effective form of communication for monks, even though most nobility was illiterate. The cathedrals were the centres for music. The important occupation in monasteries was singing, as this, again, was the most effective form of communication. Boys received music education in schools associated with churches.