Origins Of Chinese Music 2007 Edition Epub

Author : Lim SK
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789812299864

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Origins of Chinese Music (2007 Edition - EPUB) by Lim SK Pdf

From the early days, musical instruments in China were made from everyday items: hunting tools, trees, bamboo and even bones. During the Zhou dynasty, there were about 70 instruments. Today, there are hundreds. But have you ever wondered how these musical instruments in China came about? Well, in this book, the evolution of Chinese music over the centuries is examined, from prehistoric times, through the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, all the way to our modern times. In addition, the origins and characteristics of specific musical instruments are explored, giving insight in one's understanding of these instruments. Legendary accounts related to historical personalities are also featured, including: * How two phoenixes helped Fuxi, the earliest ancestor of the Chinese, add music to the lives of the people. * How the musical talents of some individuals were so high they could sense evil elements in a piece of music. * How Wangzi Qiao became an immortal from playing the sheng. Indeed, this book holds a treasury of fascinating information and stories pertaining to Chinese musical instruments. This is definitely something any music lover should have in his collection.

Author : Chitra Soundar
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789812299055

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Gateway to Indian Culture (2007 Edition - EPUB) by Chitra Soundar Pdf

Did you know that India is the birthplace of four religions--Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism? The Indian culture is a spicy blend of customs, traditions, religions and languages, not just derived from its diverse states, but also from its Muslim and European rulers. The home of the Himalayas, the Taj Mahal and the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, this country has contributed to arts, science and world cuisine significantly. As part of the Asiapac Culture series, this book offers a glimpse at the origins of the Indian people and their religious and social customs. You can find out about the different gods that Hindus pray to, why Sikhs wear a turban and the reasons for celebrating Deepavali. This is the book to read if you would like a quick guide to Indian culture and many aspects of their lives.

Author : Lim SK
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9789812299949

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Chinese Imperial Women (2010 Edition - EPUB) by Lim SK Pdf

The word 'harem' often conjures up images of beautiful, half-dressed oriental women lounging in some stately pleasure dome, waiting for the opportunity to satisfy their masters. And in some ways this was not far from the truth. Tang Dynasty Emperor Xuanzong had 40,000 women in his harem, while the Qing emperors would fill their harem with the most eligible girls in the country for both pleasure and procreation. Some emperors were blessed with empresses who led their dynasties to prosperity and stability. Many emperors, however, found out that they had taken on more than they expected with the arrival of talented, ruthless and ambitious beauties. Wu Zetian was one such woman. Arriving in the harem of Tang Emperor Taizong as a sweet-faced 14-year-old, she went on, through treachery and murder, to become empress. This book tells the stories of the outstanding, the outrageous, the glorious as well as the tragic empresses and concubines of the Chinese palace.

Author : Sun Tzu,Wu Qi,Wei Liao,Sima Rangju,Jiang Ziya
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788880183

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The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China by Sun Tzu,Wu Qi,Wei Liao,Sima Rangju,Jiang Ziya Pdf

Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu's The Art of War, this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they present a uniquely eastern tradition of warfare that emphasizes speed, stealth, and cunning. This collection includes: • The Art of War • Wuzi • Wei Liaozi • Taigong's Six Secret Teachings • The Methods of the Sima • Questions and Replies Between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing.

Author : Leonid Perlovsky,Aleksey Nikolsky
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889662869

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The Evolution of Music by Leonid Perlovsky,Aleksey Nikolsky Pdf

This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Author : Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Chinese literature
ISBN : UOM:39015004733138

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A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles Pdf

Author : Caicai Zhang,Chao-Yang Lee,William Shiyuan WANG,Mary Miu Yee Waye
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889768981

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Relationship of Language and Music, Ten Years After: Neural Organization, Cross-domain Transfer and Evolutionary Origins by Caicai Zhang,Chao-Yang Lee,William Shiyuan WANG,Mary Miu Yee Waye Pdf

Author : Youlan Feng
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691020221

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A History of Chinese Philosophy by Youlan Feng Pdf

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge history of Chinese philosophy" (New York Times Book Review). Available for the first time in paperback, it remains the most complete work on the subject in any language. Volume I covers the period of the philosophers, from the beginnings to around 100 B.C., a philosophical period as remarkable as that of ancient Greece. Volume II discusses a period lesser known in the West--the period of classical learning, from the second century B.C. to the twentieth century.

Author : Zicheng Hong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789004157545

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A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature by Zicheng Hong Pdf

"A thorough overview and analysis of the literary scene in China during the 1949-1999 period, focusing primarily on fiction, poetry, drama, and prose writing"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Paul Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521875158

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The Chinese Cultural Revolution by Paul Clark Pdf

This book analyzes the Cultural Revolution through the conflict between innovation and a top-down enforcement of modernity.

Author : Stephen Clift,Gunter Kreutz,Stephen Pritchard,Michael Koon Boon Tan,Kai Lehikoinen,Andre De Quadros,Esther Coren,Kate Phillips
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832527313

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A critical appraisal of research in arts, health and wellbeing by Stephen Clift,Gunter Kreutz,Stephen Pritchard,Michael Koon Boon Tan,Kai Lehikoinen,Andre De Quadros,Esther Coren,Kate Phillips Pdf

Author : Margaret Hillenbrand
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478009047

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Negative Exposures by Margaret Hillenbrand Pdf

When nations decide to disown their troubled pasts, how does this strategic disavowal harden into social fact? In Negative Exposures, Margaret Hillenbrand investigates the erasure of key aspects of such momentous events as the Nanjing Massacre, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square protests from the Chinese historical consciousness, not due to amnesia or censorship but through the operations of public secrecy. Knowing what not to know, she argues, has many stakeholders, willing and otherwise, who keep quiet to protect themselves or their families out of shame, pragmatism, or the palliative effects of silence. Hillenbrand shows how secrecy works as a powerful structuring force in Chinese society, one hiding in plain sight, and identifies aesthetic artifacts that serve as modes of reckoning against this phenomenon. She analyses the proliferation of photo-forms—remediations of well-known photographs of troubling historical events rendered in such media as paint, celluloid, fabric, digital imagery, and tattoos—as imaginative spaces in which the shadows of secrecy are provocatively outlined.

Author : Lorna Fitzsimmons,John A. Lent
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137270207

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Popular Culture in Asia by Lorna Fitzsimmons,John A. Lent Pdf

Popular Culture in Asia consists studies of film, music, architecture, television, and computer-mediated communication in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, addressing three topics: urban modernities; modernity, celebrity, and fan culture; and memory and modernity.

Author : Rongbin Han
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231545655

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Contesting Cyberspace in China by Rongbin Han Pdf

The Internet was supposed to be an antidote to authoritarianism. It can enable citizens to express themselves freely and organize outside state control. Yet while online activity has helped challenge authoritarian rule in some cases, other regimes have endured: no movement comparable to the Arab Spring has arisen in China. In Contesting Cyberspace in China, Rongbin Han offers a powerful counterintuitive explanation for the survival of the world’s largest authoritarian regime in the digital age. Han reveals the complex internal dynamics of online expression in China, showing how the state, service providers, and netizens negotiate the limits of discourse. He finds that state censorship has conditioned online expression, yet has failed to bring it under control. However, Han also finds that freer expression may work to the advantage of the regime because its critics are not the only ones empowered: the Internet has proved less threatening than expected due to the multiplicity of beliefs, identities, and values online. State-sponsored and spontaneous pro-government commenters have turned out to be a major presence on the Chinese internet, denigrating dissenters and barraging oppositional voices. Han explores the recruitment, training, and behavior of hired commenters, the “fifty-cent army,” as well as group identity formation among nationalistic Internet posters who see themselves as patriots defending China against online saboteurs. Drawing on a rich set of data collected through interviews, participant observation, and long-term online ethnography, as well as official reports and state directives, Contesting Cyberspace in China interrogates our assumptions about authoritarian resilience and the democratizing power of the Internet.

Author : Mark O'Donnell,Marc Shaiman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0571211437

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Hairspray by Mark O'Donnell,Marc Shaiman Pdf

In Hairspray, it's 1962--the fifties are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion: to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show, and overnight is transformed from an awkward overweight outsider into an irrespressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning blond princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Based on John Waters's 1988 film, the musical comedy Hairspray opened on Broadway in August 2002 to rave reviews. Hairspray: The Roots includes the libretto of the show--along with hilarious anecdotes from the authors, to say nothing of dance step diagrams and full-color bouffant wigs to copy and cut out--along with all the creative energy, brilliant color, and full-out emotion that have made the musical "a great big, gorgeous hit . . . [that] is a triumph on all levels" (Clive Barnes, The New York Post).