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| | People of China (Chinese) |
 | | The Chinese people attach great importance to relations between family members and relatives, and cherish their parents, children, brothers and sister, uncles, aunts and other relatives. | | | In the past, each Chinese family had a "head," who had absolute authority at home, and had the final say in family affairs. | | | In general, a Chinese family is composed of a couple and their children, but big families with three or more generations can also be found in China. |
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http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/china/people.htm
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| | Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Alphabet |
| | After Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan are the two main languages of this family. | | | In the 1970s, for example, a new map of China was published using the alphabet, and a list of standard spellings for Chinese placename was compiled. | | | The vast majority of these are in China (over 980 million) and Taiwan (19 million), but bstantial numbers are to be found throughout the whole of South-east Asia, especially in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.Imporiant Chinese- speaking communities are also found in many other parts of the world, especially in the USA. |
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http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html
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| | chinese traditions |
| | The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in the year, and it is celebrated as a family affair, a time of renuion and thanksgiving. | | | Chinese scholars admired Conficius as a great philocopher but did not worship him, and nor did Confucius himself claim divinity. | | | The celebration is traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of heaven and earth, the gods of the household and the family. |
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| | Chinese name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Chinese married women usually retain their maiden name as their family name, rather than adopt the name of their husband, and children usually inherit the father's family name. | | | Chinese family names are written first, something which often causes confusion among those from cultures where the family name usually comes last. | | | Note however, some Chinese people who emigrate to or do business with Western countries sometimes adopt a Westernized name, usually with a Western first name together with their surname, which is then written in the usual Western order with the surname last. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_name
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| | Li (Chinese name) - encyclopedia article about Li (Chinese name). |
| | It can be a transliteration of 李 (pinyin Lǐ), the most common Chinese family name, or of other less common family names such as 黎 (Lí); 理 and 里 (Lǐ); 郦 （酈）, 栗, 厉 (厲), 力and 利 (Lì). | | | People with the name Li Prominent people with family name 李 | | | Lee Teng-hui (Chinese: 李登輝; Taiwanese Romanization: Lí Teng-hui; pinyin: Lǐ Dēnghuī; born January 15, 1923) is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Li+(Chinese+name)
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| | Chinese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Chinese (汉语/漢語, Pinyin: Hànyǔ; 中文, Zhōngwén; 华语/華語, Huáyǔ; or 华文, Huáwén) is a language (or language family) that forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. | | | Most northern Chinese people, in Sìchuān and in a broad arc from the northeast (Manchuria) to the southwest (Yúnnán), use various Mandarin dialects as their home language. | | | Characters which are used nearly exclusively in the transcription of foreign words are present in Chinese; many of these characters date back to Middle Chinese when they were used to translate Sanskrit phonemes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language#Is_Chinese_a_Language_or_a_Family_of_Languages.3F
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| | China: Dim Sum: New Year or Spring Festival |
| | The second day of the new year is a day for prayer to the gods and to the ancestors of the family. | | | The spiritual presence of ancestors is acknowledged by a family banquet on New Year's Eve. | | | The thanksgiving celebration is highlighted with a ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors. |
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http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/china__dim_sum__spring_fes.html
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| | Korean name: Information From Answers.com |
| | Korean family names are influenced by Chinese family names, hence, as in Chinese, the term the hundred family names (baekseong; 백성; 百姓) means "the people" or "commoners." As with Chinese family names, almost all Korean family names have just one Hanja (hence are one syllable). | | | One of the two characters in a given name is unique to the individual and the other is shared by all people in a family of the same sex and generation, called the generation name. | | | Other names given by kings are An (안), Cha (차), Han (한), Hong (홍), Kim (김), Kwon (권), Nam (남), Eo (어), and Wang (왕). |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/korean-name
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| | Chinese_family_name |
| | Chinese family names are passed from the father to his children. | | | A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng or 氏; shì), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. | | | There are family names with three or more characters, but those are extremely rare and are not ethnically Han Chinese, for example, Aixinjueluo (愛新覺羅, also romanized from the Manchu language as Aisin Gioro, which was the family name of the Manchu royal family of the Qing dynasty. |
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http://www.apawn.com/search.php?title=Chinese_family_name
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| | Chinese style name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Thus Confucius, whose Chinese name was Kong Qiu, who was the second son in his family, was given the zi Zhongni (仲尼), where the first character zhong indicates that he was the second brother. | | | The zi, sometimes called the biaozi or 'courtesy name', is a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20, marking their coming of age. | | | A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name (zi), is an extra name that could be used in place of one's given name. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_courtesy_name
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| | Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Alphabet |
| | After Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan are the two main languages of this family. | | | The 'Sinitic' part of the name refers to the various Chinese languages (often referred to as 'dialects'); the 'Tibetan' part refers to several languages found mainly in Tibet, Burma, and nearby territories. | | | Speaker estimates for Tibetan are very uncertain, largely because of the inflluence of Chinese in recent years; but a figure of 34 million seems likely. |
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http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html
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| | Chinese_family_name |
| | A Chinese surname, also called a clan name or family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng or 氏; shì), is one of the over seven hundred family names used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups. | | | There are family names with three or more characters, but those are extremely rare and are not ethnically Han Chinese, for example, Aixinjueluo (愛新覺羅, also romanized from the Manchu language as Aisin Gioro, which was the family name of the Manchu royal family of the Qing dynasty. | | | Not surprisingly, due to the population size of the peasantry, these are some of the most common Chinese surnames. |
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http://www.apawn.com/search.php?title=Chinese_family_name
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| | Reflections: Chinese Culture and Adopted Children |
| | While we are fascinated by the Chinese culture (and grateful that we will have a shot at parenthood thanks to this process), our goal will be to expose our daughter to our family's local traditions and the traditions of many world cultures, not just those of China. | | | After many years of knowing Lori and her family, she told me one day that she was from Czechoslovakia and that her real (first) name was Anna. | | | Culture comprises the customs and values that your family imparts to you through day-to-day living, traditional holiday celebrations and other practices. |
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http://www.night.net/rosie/culture.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Chinese name |
| | Chinese married women usually retain their maiden name as their family name, rather than adopt the name of their husband, and children usually inherit the father's family name. | | | Chinese given names have one or two characters, and are written after the family name. | | | Note however, some Chinese people who emigrate to or do business with Western countries sometimes adopt a Westernized name, usually with a Western first name together with their surname, which is then written in the usual Western order with the surname last. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Chinese-name
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| | Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Alphabet |
| | After Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan are the two main languages of this family. | | | The 'Sinitic' part of the name refers to the various Chinese languages (often referred to as 'dialects'); the 'Tibetan' part refers to several languages found mainly in Tibet, Burma, and nearby territories. | | | Speaker estimates for Tibetan are very uncertain, largely because of the inflluence of Chinese in recent years; but a figure of 34 million seems likely. |
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http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html
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| | Chinese Language - MSN Encarta |
| | Chinese—together with Tibetan, Burmese, and many other languages of South and Southeast Asia—belongs to the family of Sino-Tibetan languages (see Language). | | | As the dominant language of East Asia, Chinese has greatly influenced the writing systems and vocabularies of neighboring languages not related to it by origin, such as the Japanese language, the Korean language, and the Vietnamese language. | | | Chinese is also spoken by large emigrant communities, such as those in Southeast Asia, North and South America, and the Hawaiian Islands. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761565543/Chinese_Language.html
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| | Washingtonpost.com: Indonesia Report |
| | It meant that a Chinese family lived in the house and that a girl was there who should be raped. | | | As attackers banged on the shutters shouting "Kill the Chinese!" the store's workers gave the family a sign when it was safe to run. | | | But most still favor Chinese over the native Indonesian language, and most are Christian or Buddhist in a country that is 90 percent Muslim. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/indonesia/stories/chinese122398.htm
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| | Korean name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Korean family names are influenced by Chinese family names, hence, as in Chinese, the term the hundred family names (baekseong; 백성; 百家姓) means "the people" or "commoners." As with Chinese family names, almost all Korean family names have just one Hanja (hence are one syllable). | | | Family names were limited to kings and aristocrats at the beginning, but gradually spread to the commoners during the Goryeo and Joseon periods. | | | One of the two characters in a given name is unique to the individual and the other is shared by all people in a family of the same sex and generation, called the generation name. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_name
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| | Chinese_family_name |
| | There are family names with three or more characters, but those are extremely rare and are not ethnically Han Chinese, for example, Aixinjueluo (愛新覺羅, also romanized from the Manchu language as Aisin Gioro, which was the family name of the Manchu royal family of the Qing dynasty. | | | Chinese family names are passed from the father to his children. | | | Not surprisingly, due to the population size of the peasantry, these are some of the most common Chinese surnames. |
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http://www.apawn.com/search.php?title=Chinese_family_name
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| | Chinese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Vietnamese term for Chinese writing is Han Tu, which was the only available form to express the language until the 14th century, used almost exclusively by Chinese-educated Vietnamese elites. | | | Chinese is often thought to be a single language, though in fact regional variation between different variants/dialects is comparable to that of the, for instance, the Romance language family; many variants of Chinese are different enough to be mutually incomprehensible. | | | Most Chinese living in northern China, in Sichuan and in a broad arc from the northeast (Manchuria) to the southwest (Yunnan), use various Mandarin dialects as their home language. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
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| | Encyclopedia: Chinese philosophy |
| | Shang Ti (上帝) or Lord of Heaven is the name of the supreme deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese, especially during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. | | | Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. | | | These latter two became the determining forces of Chinese thought until the 20th century, with the introduction Buddhist philosophy (mostly during Tang Dynasty) negotiated largely through perceived similarities with Daoism. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Chinese-philosophy
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| | Chinese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Vietnamese term for Chinese writing is Han Tu, which was the only available form to express the language until the 14th century, used almost exclusively by Chinese-educated Vietnamese elites. | | | Chinese is often thought to be a single language, though in fact regional variation between different variants/dialects is comparable to that of the, for instance, the Romance language family; many variants of Chinese are different enough to be mutually incomprehensible. | | | Most Chinese living in northern China, in Sichuan and in a broad arc from the northeast (Manchuria) to the southwest (Yunnan), use various Mandarin dialects as their home language. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language
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| | Chinese Name Explanation and Reference Chart (Xing, Ming and Zi, or style) |
| | The family name or surname (Xing) is comes from their family while the given name (Ming) is given to them at birth. | | | For example, Liu Bei’s family name (Xing) is Liu and his given name (Ming) is Bei. | | | Possibilities include a baby name such as Ru Ming (Ah Man) as in the case of Cao Cao or Ah Dou as in the case of Liu Shan. |
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http://www.kongming.net/novel/styles
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| | Legend of the Chinese Zodiac -- ThingsAsian Article |
| | Although we are all basically human beings, as goes without saying, yet to every Chinese family, the animals play a strong role in determining a lot of things that goes in and out of their lives. | | | Malaysian Chinese trail their ancestors all the way back to China and although majority of us are no longer as strict in our beliefs, we still have many traditions and customs that we follow to this day. | | | For those who are not familiar with the Chinese Zodiac, it is basically made up of a 12-year cycle and the Chinese animal signs are used for dating the years. |
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http://www.thingsasian.com/goto_article/article.2137.html
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| | Jordan: Traditional Chinese Family and Lineage |
| | In the expansion of Chinese from north of the Yángzi River into the southern half of China, and later in the migration of Chinese from China into southeast Asia and other parts of the world, a fundamental mutual-aid device has been the same-surname association. | | | This was strongly resisted by many tradition-minded Chinese, who argued that there was no such thing as inheritance, and that women were provided for in the traditional scheme in that they were part of the families and segments to which their husbands belonged. | | | It was considered ideal for all men in a family to marry and bring their wives to live on the family estate, and for all women born to a family to marry and go out to live with their husbands. |
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http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbfamilism-u.html
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| | Chinese Religions |
| | Chinese people are no less concerned with ultimate questions of human life and destiny than any other people, but because their mode of expression has been so different from that of European culture, their way of asking these questions has not easily been subsumed under western definitions of 'religion'. | | | Yet the various folk traditions in the religion of the rural masses have a comparable preoccupation with this worldly concerns, expressed in earthbound beliefs in the gods of the family and the soil. | | | To understand the Chinese religious response to life one must first understand what has inspired the greatest Chinese artists; only then will one discover that sense of 'awe' that is at the heart of an authentic religious response. |
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http://sacu.org/religion.html
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| | bibebrey.html |
| | "Marriage and Divorce in Han China: A Glimpse at Pre-Confucian Society," In Chinese Family Law in Historical Perspective, ed. | | | "Divorce in Traditional Chinese Law," In Chinese Family Law in Historical Perspective, ed. | | | Overmyer, Daniel L. Women in Chinese Religions: Submission, Struggle, Transcendence, in From Benares to Beijing: Essays on Buddhism and Chinese Religions in Honour of Professor Jan Yn-hua (Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press), 91-120. |
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http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~asia/bibs/bibebrey.html
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| | Chinese Cultural Studies: The Chinese Language and Alphabet |
| | After Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan are the two main languages of this family. | | | The 'Sinitic' part of the name refers to the various Chinese languages (often referred to as 'dialects'); the 'Tibetan' part refers to several languages found mainly in Tibet, Burma, and nearby territories. | | | Han Chinese is thus to be distinguished from the non-Han minority languages used in China. |
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http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinlng2.html
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| | Chinese Culture in Mulan |
| | The guardians in the Fa family temple are the Chinese zodiac. | | | Although some Chinese households included many extended family members, the basic household consisted of grandparents, the eldest married son, and his wife and children. | | | One thing that distinguished the Chinese from the "barbarians" was that the Chinese kept their hair tied neatly in a bun while outsiders let their hair fly freely, like ghosts. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5082/culture.html
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| | Chinese style name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For instance, Confucius, whose Chinese name was Kong Qiu, was the second son of his family. | | | Zi (Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese: 字; Pinyin: zì), or sometimes called Biao Zi (Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese: 表字; Pinyin: biǎo zì), or courtesy name, is a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20, marking their coming of age, or sometimes to females when they are married. | | | The tradition of adopting style names faded out since the May Fourth Movement and is rarely practised today. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_style_name
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