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Qufu, Shandong. It is the place where Confucius was born, in 551 B.C.. One of the most prestigious Confucius Temple locates there, appealing wave after wave of people’s visit. Currently stands there a 12 meters high statue of Confucius. However, there’s a 72-meter statue under construction — that statue will be “the highest Confucius statues in…
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Translation of the Chinese character “福” (fu, 2)is very tricky (just like all other translations). It means, blessing, lucky and happiness — what is given by the “heaven” or a “god.” But these days I saw some post online (probably I should not have taken it so seriously, and according to some scholars, if they…
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These days I started watching my all-time childhood-favorite tv series “Lizzie McQuire” again. I was surprised how much Lizzie and Miranda care about how the other kids looking at them. They call it “social status.” If the others like them, they are popular kids; if not, they are doomed to be the “joke.” But to…
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Chinese Operas, especially Beijing Opera, are recognised as one of the core cultural treasures of China. Face drawings like this picture shows, have fascinating meanings hidden behind. Different colours indicate various personalities of the characters. Aesthetic changes. Many modern artists combine traditional Chinese opera with contemporary beauty concept. Many try to develop…
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Key word: Reunion Today’s moon is very big. Everybody says there will be a “super moon” during this weekend. Maybe this is it. I could see the moon, thanks to my own insistence to go out for a walk after dinner. It has been my habit, which I learnt from my parents. Of course, only…
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Finding a room in a university city is unbelievably difficult. Walking through Heidelberg, I visited several places, talked to people, wishing them that they could take me as a roommate. Sounds a bit pathetic, but it’s true. Closer to October, harder the situation gets, more desperate I get. I believe there are rare city in…
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Postmodernism is featured as many: intertextuality, re-making, identity ambiguity, mocking and self-mocking, and lost of meaning. The idea of “all that could be created has already been created” is a display of desperation as well as confusion. The emergence of postmodernism, which resulted from human’s desire for an alternative to post-war trauma, . Assisted by…
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Postmodernism is featured as many: intertextuality, re-making, identity ambiguity, mocking and self-mocking, and lost of meaning. The idea of “all that could be created has already been created” is a display of desperation as well as confusion. The emergence of postmodernism, which resulted from human’s desire for an alternative to post-war trauma, . Assisted by…
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When talking about McDonald’s, you might say: yeah that’s whom millions of obese kids and adults in American should sue. Well, to be honest, I almost said this in class one time. But there was some Americans sitting around me, so I refrained myself to avoid being beaten up. Not going to talk much about…
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