Category: Chinese

The South takes pride in its iconic and sometimes bizarre dishes. For many generations, Southerners have prepared countless servings of boiled peanuts, fried green tomatoes, and my favorite, banana pudding. Southerners have classified themselves as unofficial professional chefs. Growing up, I spent many Saturday mornings in the kitchen making everything from homemade biscuits to pecan…

A literature review is a text of scholarly paper which includes the current knowledge Including substantive findings as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources and do not report new or the original experimental works. The four major cuisines are Chuan, Lu, Yue and Huaiyang, representing West, North,…

Cultural competence involves being aware that there are differences from ones own cultural and that of others culture. To be culturally competent also requires one to respect the differences, obtain knowledge and self-educate on the differences, and anticipate needs based on the differences. Cultural competence and sensitivity are imperative to provide good health care. The…

For a large period of time women throughout the world, especially in China were seen as wives who were intended to cook, clean and take care of their children. Women in rural areas spent their entire days taking care of the house and looking after their husbands. They had a lot of duties and responsibilities…

Eat a Bowl of Tea was written by Louis Hing Chu, and made into a film, directed by Wayne Wang in 1989. It takes place in the time after World War II when the United States has gotten rid of its strict immigration laws for China since it was an ally during the war. It…

The true story of an unwanted daughter Chinese Cinderella is the personal novel of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline Yen Mahs life was full of family rejection, poor relationships, abandonment, loneliness, low self-esteem, no identity, sorrow, disappointment, and resilience. The hopeless diary of Adeline Yen Mah’s childhood encountering youth and entering her fight for affirmation from…

Summary In this autobiography, we meet Jade Snow and her Chinese American family, the Wongs. This book starts with Jade in her earliest years as the narrative simply walks us through the Wong familys whirling world around her. Throughout this book, little Jade grows, and with her grows a more complex and complicated narrative as…

In the novel Balzac and the Little Seamstress, Dai Sijie vividly presents the theme of the power of story-telling by exploiting the development of relationships between friends or lovers and the development of individual characters throughout the book. To begin, Dai Sijie conveys the power of storytelling by showing the development of Mais storytelling abilities.…

Chinese weddings are opulent festivities that are as an awful lot about the joyful couple as they are about their respective families. They are energetic and colorful ceremonies that are as a lot about the completely satisfied couple as they are about their respective families. Many symbolic components of this ceremony, which are described with…

A cultural ambassador is a representative of a culture who serves as a connecting link and a channel of communication between two different countries, consequently enhancing intercultural communication and mutual understanding. A good cultural ambassador not only informs of what exists in their own culture but also conveys the profound meanings hidden within the culture…