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The End Of Revolution Of China And Japan Coursework

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History，Chinese Culture
Paper Style: Q&A
Based on Chinese Culture
Q1:
At the beginning of the Quarter, you were asked to answer the question: “What's the first image that comes to your mind when you think of ‘a Chinese body'? Describe and explain.” Now, after 10 weeks of studying Bodies in Chinese Culture, how would you answer the same question differently? Please briefly summarize what you wrote 10 weeks ago. And write specifically what would you change and why. What would you not change? And why? (20 points)
Q2
By now, you should have turned in three response essays for the class. Please pick your favorite essay. Summarize the essay in a few paragraphs: What was the focal issue/question of the essay? Which text(s) did you examine in the essay? How did you analyze and/or reason? What was your conclusion? What would be the next step (for example, push further on the question of […], collect data on the subject of […], find additional literature on XXX, visit YYY, and talk to ZZZ) if you would revise and expand this essay into a full-length research paper in the future? (19 points)
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3 We have examined a total of about 10 topics in Bodies in Chinese Culture. Which topic is your favorite? Gender and Sexuality Why is this topic your favorite? Has your understanding about the topic changed or confirmed after reading the text(s) and attending the lecture(s)? Please (1) be specific about what has changed (e.g., assumption, perception, naïve realism); and (2) explain and elaborate the change (e.g., clarify misunderstandings, learn a new term/practice/concept, feel culture shock). (20 points)
week5 Gender and Sexuality go to the e commons and put the reading from week 5 (reading pdf) download and put it the last part under this question.
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4 We have touched upon quite a few terms that are commonly used and sometimes stereotyped (or even misunderstood) in popular culture in the U.S. Terms in the following list are some of the terms we discussed in class. These are the terms you may need to explain to someone who is not familiar with Chinese culture in the future. Pick FOUR of the terms from the list below. Explain each term in a few sentences. Please phrase it as plain as possible. Use your own words. If you quote something from the Internet, make sure you refer to the source. Please give an example of the term by referring to at least ONE text, lecture, image, film, or, any other materials we have used in the class. If you answer more than 4 of terms, only the first 4 will be graded. (5 points each term)
a Foot-binding
a Bruce Lee
a Kung Fu (gong) －－－－－－－Flim Huo YuanJia （Jet Li）(Fearless - Jet Li)
a Qi (Chi)
a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) －－－－－lecture，example of acupuncture
a Wen and Wu
a Yin and Yang －－－－－－－ lecture ，the five elements theory gold, wood, water, fire, earth. Five elements picture
a Yangsheng
i Shaolin
a Beijing Olympics －－－－－－－ film, the opening ceremony for Beijing Olympic 2008
a Identity and ambiguity in Taiwan
b Bodies in Buddhism (for example, life cycle, deathbed image, "silent mentors”)－－－－－－－ Image（silent mentors）the parinirvana of Master
Hong yi (Li Shutong) The passed away of HongYi rabbi（ His posture was lying down, and he knew he is going to die few days before he is dying.）
5 We have watched many films (partially or in its entirety) in the class. Each film was screened as a material to illustrate, supplement, or contradict a specific text (or texts) for the lecture. Choose one set of film&text from each of the three groups (for example, A-3, B-5, and C-10). For each set of film&text, answer the following questions: (1) How each film works with the text(s) (as a visual example, a historical background, a contemporary change, a contrast, etc.); (2) What did you find the most helpful from the pairing of film and text? (3) What was the main question we discussed (or you would like to discuss) after the screening? (7 points each set of film&text)
• Films & Texts
• Group A
1 Fearless & David Palmer, “The Body: Health, Nation, and Transcendence.”
2 Woman Being & Susan Mann, “The Body in Medicine, Art, and Spot,”
3 To the Land of Bliss & Raoul Birnbaum, “Chinese Buddhist Traditions of Healing and the Life Cycle” and John Kieschnick, “Asceticism”
4 Tai Chi of Wu Dang & Michael Saso, “The Taoist Body and Cosmic Power” and Kristofer Schipper, “The Taoist Body”
• Group B
1 M. Butterfly & Susan Mann, “The Body Adorned, Displayed, Concealed, and Altered” and “Same Sex Relationships and Transgendered Performance”; Dorothy Ko, “Cinderella's Dreams”; Kao and Bih, “Masculinity in Ambiguity”
2 To Live & Farquhar and Zhang (To live, Zhang YiXing), “Biopolitical Beijing” and Emily Wu, Traditional Chinese Medicines in the United States, Chapters 7&8

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Question 1
At the first quarter, the first image that clicked in the mind regarding the Chinese body was;
The end of revolution of China and Japan: this was represented by a ceremony conducted on 10.1. 1949. The event brought thousands of Chinese around the Tiananmen Square to celebrate the new born nation. The birth of new China was led by Chairman Mao standing in front of Tiananmen gate tower and his portrait hanging high above the gate. The event was culminated by rising of a five red Chinese flag was amidst the national anthem sang to indicate the new Chinese country. This event was the beginning of a new China which was conducted in ceremoniously with an open speech from Chairman Mao which symbolized the history of the nation and a movement that is a concept and a theory in the development of China as a nation.
Contrarily to the initial notion about the about Chinese birth, it can now be understood China has undergone a change in culture. The examples of such changes are as follows;
Modernization of the culture: The women today display their body with change dress codes. On the same note, the normative masculinity has been reborn to cultures of homosexuality and same-sex relationship. This has made men vulnerable and dangerous due to their changed sexual orientations.
New gymnastic martial art techniques: such as Taiji Quan, Xingyi Quan, and Shaolin Quan for both religious and health reasons coupled with violence which initially were rejected by the Buddhists. This has also given a link Chinese medication, martial art, and religion.
Change of bureaucracy to bio-political: this change currently embraces self-cultivation, sovereignty and pleasure. People implement yang sheng culture represented by the healthy living and nutrition practice amidst technological advancement on physical activities, and transformation of attitude to ensure improved health.
Question 2
The favorite essay among the three is “The Vitality of the Human Body in Chinese Culture". This essay presents an argument of the deception in the modern society about Chinese traditions concerning the connection of body, religion, and culture that is perceived by the western nations as weak. The essay is based on a film by Jet Li, a Kung Fu master who fought Japanese master and was drugged in the process. At the point of his death, he never yielded to the corrupt westernized society. The film elaborates the Chinese tradition that symbolizes body as a battlefield of demons and ghosts which inflict the body with illness in the process of fighting. Therefore, the body is considered to have both spiritual and mental functions interconnected with the physical aspect, a notion that contradicts the westernized beliefs. Furthermore, the Chinese martial art master in the film (Jet Li) symbolized China which is perceived to be weak due to constant aggression by the foreign nations such as Japan and Britain. Therefore, the nation had to be redeemed from such oppressions regardless of the impacts. Henceforth, the body must remain stronger against the forces of politics and religion that view the martial arts as superstitions and tricks as opposed to the military sports...
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