Hōryū-ji Essays

  • The Himeji Castles

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    The Himeji Castle, also known as ‘Himeji-jo’, is believed to be the finest surviving example of Japanese castle architecture in early 17th century. With the comparison to the 12 castles survive intact from the samurai age of Japan, the Himeji Castle is the largest and the best preserved among these castles.(J) Being one of the earliest sites of Japan that inscribed in the List of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO, it ought to contain significant features in the point of view of cultural heritage.

  • Japanese Garden Architecture

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    models. The garden of Kinkaku-Ji is laid out in a Zen-Buddhist style that reflects on Chinese influence. Ideas were borrowed from Taoism philosophy. Zen Buddhism emerged from ch... ... middle of paper ... ...to the shogun. Stone placing served as islands to imitate true nature. Stone placing is very important in Japanese gardens these days. It has to be placed by Japanese’s garden design masters. (Figure 7) Waterfalls The waterfall in kinkaku-ji is located to the North of the

  • Is It Useful for Students to Attend Tutorial Class Outside School

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    Enquiry title: Is it useful for students to attend tutorial class outside school? Description of the enquiry title: Nowadays, students always attend tutorial class outside school after school to improve their academic results. The tutorial school always use their star teachers to attract students to study in their school. However, is tutorial class really helping student to improve their academic results? Students are spending a lot of money to attend those classes, but can they receive improvements

  • Red Scarf Girl Analysis

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    of long dead relatives; watch you classmates humiliate you in front of the class; Watch yourself needing to choose between family and future; Watch yourself only watching unable to help. Unfortunate, that was the reality for Ji-Li Jiang. Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-Li Jiang, regarding the China cultural revolution between 1966-1976. Throughout the book,Family is important in defining who people are in Red Scarf Girl. Family is important in red scarf girl because people judge each other

  • family

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    matter of choice on how you treat them. Works Cited Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Print. Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. New York: Pantheon, 1986. Print. Jiang, Ji-li. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997. Print.

  • Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-Li lang

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    Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang is an inspiring true story about a young girl who is forced to make an agonizing decision of country versus family. In her story of joy, sorrow, lament, resentment, and countless other perplexing experiences, she must decide whether she is her family's child or Chairman Mao's. In Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li is faced with the heart-breaking decision of her future, and finally after years of confounding peer and family pressure, she resolves to love her family. Throughout the

  • Buddhist Art in Japan

    2007 Words  | 5 Pages

    Japan. Kleiner, F.S., Mamiya, C.J., Tansey, R.G. (2001) Gardeners Art Through the Ages. Eleventh Edition, Harcourt College Publishers, Orlando, USA. Kobayashi, T. (1975) Nara Buddhist Art: Todai-ji. John Weatherhill Inc, NY, USA & Heibonasha, Tokyo Mizuno, S. (1974) Asuka Buddhist Art: Horyu-ji John Weatherhill Inc, NY, USA & Heibonasha, Tokyo Munsterberg, H. (1985) The Arts of Japan An Illustrated History Charles E. Tuttle, Tokyo, Japan. Reeve, J. (1990) Living Arts of Japan British