Feng Xiaogang Essays

  • Johnny In The Short Story The Father

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    However, the father’s satisfactory efforts at reconciling his relationship with his son fails and creates more distance between the two. The Father’s first attempt to reconciliate with Johnny is by purchasing him a new scout uniform to replace Johnny’s existing uniform. As John says “I don't want those goon’s down at the church thinking i'm too cheap to buy him one.” (68) Johnny quickly realizes he was not buying the scout uniform for him but for his own reputation. Johnny felt that John was being

  • Piracy in China

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    artists’ investments are supposed to be returned in the form of profits from the media that the companies and artists sell to the public. However, if “pirates” are selling illegal copies of the media, the companies do not make any money. For example, Feng Xiaogang, a Chinese director, said in an article on CNN.com, “We estimate that one pirated DVD is watched by five people and there are roughly one million pirated copies of our film. One million copies times five people times $2.10 per tickets -- that's

  • The Last Empress by Daniele Varè

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    Chinese people. Born on November 29th, 1835, Tzi-hsi was named Yehonala after her tribe. Her father, Huei-cheng died when she was a child and her family took care of her until she was sent to Emperor Hsien-Feng’s court as a concubine. Although Hsien-Feng had many wives and concubines, Tzi-hsi was the only to bear him a son. In 1861, the Emperor died and his court was left to the son, who was not of age and thus Tzi-hsi was able to rule through her son, The Emperor Tung-chih. When he turned 17, she

  • Charlotte Haldane's The Last Great Empress of China

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    voice that could charm anyone. Chosen as an Imperial Concubine in the third class, Yehonala (as she was known at the time) took great care to win the favor of the current Empress Dowager. Her next step was to win the favor of the young Emperor Hsien Feng, which she accomplished with the help of the Chief Eunuch, who she had also won over. In her quest for ultimate power the luckiest event that befell her was the birth of her son. Because the Empress Consort Sakota failed to produce an heir, Yenonala’s

  • Rocketry

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    on efficient rocket propulsion.Rocket power had been thought of long before Goddard’s time, but he was the first to have success with it. The earliest record of rocket propulsion dates to 1232 CE from China.Chinese Chronicles of the battle of Kai-Feng make mention of a “flying fiery arrow” that was used during battles “with telling effect against invading Mongol hordes” (xiii Goddard & Pendray).This object was a form of what we now call fireworks that was packaged with more propellant.During the

  • Feng Shui in the Far East

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    Introduction Feng Shui has been practiced in China for centuries. Throughout ancient China, masters of Feng Shui “were highly respected meteorologists, astronomers, and other scientists and who were charged with sustaining the good fortune and prosperity of the royal court. It has been guardedly passed down the generations through very specific lineages” (Feng Shui Advisors). It was widely practiced in modern-day China until the Cultural Revolution when Chairman Mao utilized mass force to destroy

  • Personal Narrative- Helping Others

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    dollars a year from sales of tranquillisers, anti-depressants, barbiturates, amphetamines, and other psychoactive medications. We know we must learn to control stress in safer, saner, and healthier ways. So we read about Yoga or Aromatherapy, or maybe Feng Shui. We think about doing stress-management courses. We try to get more exercise and fresh air. We check for preservatives and other additives in our foods, and stock up on multi-vitamins. All useful and worthwhile ideas. But one stress-buster

  • Living with Feng Shui

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    art of feng shui. Simple placement of certain objects in mapped areas of a home can bring great respite to an otherwise chaotic environment. American society classifies feng shui as just another idea based on superstitions, for example, black cats and broken mirrors. Actually, feng shui, pronounced “fung shway,” is the ancient craft of interpreting and manipulating energy in the environment to create harmonious space by stimulating good chi’, or energy, and staunching the negative flow. Feng shui,

  • The Ancient Art of Feng Shui

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    The Ancient Art of Feng Shui The History of Feng Shui Feng Shui has been practiced in China for thousands of years and is believed to have started in 2953 B.C. when Hu of Hsia found a tortoise that had a perfect "magic square" on its back. From this discovery evolved the I Ching, the oldest book in Chinese history, and possibly the world (Webster 1). This book contains the first written instructions on the theory of Feng Shui. Feng Shui was seen as a sacred power, so much so that in ancient

  • How Does Feng Shui Influence Shi Lei's Work?

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    Feng shui, or “wind-water”, is a Chinese philosophy that lasted for thousands of years. Wind represents the vitality and power, while water is change and flow. The feng shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi: since people are part of nature, nature is also part of the people. A more systematic “feng shui” principles originated from the warring states period, roughly around 403BC. The core idea

  • Feng Shui: The Basic And Principles Of Feng Shui

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    A. Basic and principles of Feng Shui The First basic principle of feng shui is human are affected by their surrounding. People are connected to the environment in ecological term. Despite the fact, human live is fill with physical, mental health, personal and professional relationship, home and work performance which effected by the position of buildings, views, landscaping, color, lighting, shapes of structures, and even furniture arrangement. Then, Feng shui as a language of symbol is the second

  • The Importance Of Public Spaces

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    social emotional, cognitive, and even psychological needs are met. Yet, large areas of neglected, poverty and empty quarters, could demolish th... ... middle of paper ... ...ments only, but also urban cultures, memory, and social functions. II. Feng Shui Practice in Public Spaces Design Public space could give many advantages for a city, in economy, social, culture, and lifestyle. Ultimately, people in the city need more natural open public space as an escape place from the crowd of bustling city

  • Importance Of Feng Shui Principles For Open Space

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    2. Feng shui principles for open public space What’s factor that indicates a successful or failed public space design? Steven Holl () states some consideration that he believes should be fundamental in accomplish a successful urban space. First, Geo-spatial is balance relationship natural landscape connected with surrounding. Next is an experiential phenomenon which determining the qualities of urban life; spatial energy and mystery, qualities of light, color, sound, and smell. Time, light, history

  • Why Feng Shui?

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    The word Feng Shui (fung shway) literally means wind and water in Chinese. These major energy sources underlie the belief that environmental factors influence people greatly and this is the basis of Feng Shui. The bagua chart indicates how elements, directions and aspects of life can be of influence. There is a wealth of information on the subject from practitioners and journalists that prove the benefits of Feng Shui. Disbelievers that began to practice it brought great prosperity and luck into

  • Feng Shui: Video Analysis

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    EXTRA CREDIT (Feng shui) This video was about feng shui, the authors of the video explained how people is influenced by others. Feng shui is a Chinese philosophical system that is based on harmonized people with peaceful environments and surroundings. The video explained how people who practiced feng shui deceived other people about décor ideas. On the video they mentioned that there are different colors that express bad things such as red. The authors of this video explained how there are a lot

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    Thoughts on the concept of national cinema and Chinese movie The Dream Factory Since the commercialization of Chinese film market in 1997, The Dream Factory(1997) directed by Xiaogang,Feng was committed as the first commercial film in China (Mainland of China) after years of previously censored propaganda film (this refers to those films allowed to be screened during the Great Culture Revolution period). This movie was meaningful not only in terms of it leads the serious thinking about the future

  • The Hukou System

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    Migrant workers are much less likely to own a... ... middle of paper ... ... Yaping Zhou. "More than Double Jeopardy: Effects of Gender and Hukou on Employment Opportunities in Urban China." American Sociological Association, 2011: 1126. Wu, Xiaogang. "The Household Registration System and Rural-Urban Educational Inequality in Contemporary China." Chinese Sociological Review, 2012: 31-51. Xiaoling Li, Eva, Abuduhade, Zong Li, Hua Wen, Rong Wen, and Peter S. Li. "Integration of Minority Migrant