Chinese Culture School By Gina Smith Stephanie Welsh

Chinese Culture & School By: Gina Smith, Stephanie Welsh, Sarah Mills, and Maliviwe Mazeke

Food • 4 main regions – West- rice, spicy foods, bamboo, mushrooms, citrus fruits. – East- Fish and Rice. – North- mutton, lamb, rice, wheat, soybeans, vegetables and fruit. – Coast- seafood and fruit.

Cloths • Symbols • Three traditional cloths – pien-fu, – the ch'ang-p'ao – the shen-i

Language • • Mandarin Shainghaiese (Wu) Cantonese (Yue) Fuzhou (Minbei) Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese) Xiang Gan

Family • Patriarchal – Oldest male is had of family • Patrilocal – Family is centered males home location – Women aren’t permanent members of the family • Patrilineal – Descent counted only through male line.

Immigration • Came over in different periods – 1849 -1882 – 1882 -1965 – 1965 -today • Seek better economic opportunity • Contract laborers and refugees

Ethnic Diversity • 56 different ethnic groups – Han- 92% of population – Other groups maintain their own traditions

Ancient Religion • Confucianism – 59 AD Confucian philosophy – 5 th century AD Neo. Confucianism • Daoism (Taoism – Flow of things/ golden age – Competition with Buddhism – Inspired information

Current Religion • Buddhism – First came to China 2 nd century – Amitabha Buddha – Continues today • Christianity – Missionaries from Persia in the 7 th century – Nestorian / Roman Catholic churches – Protestants – 10 million Christians

Independence • Got independence October 1, 1941 – Constitution promulgated in 1982, amended in 1988, 1993, 1999, and 2004

Government • Communist country – Civil Law system • Branches of Government – Executive – Legislative – Judicial

Government (cont. ) • Leading in science and arts until 19 th and 20 th century. • Mao Zedong – Autocratic socialist • Deng Xiaoping – Market-oriented economic development

Education • Age 15 can read and write • Years children go to school – Males 11 years – Females 12

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