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last lecture of xiao ling lao shi
THURSDAY 19th march.
today in the morning, we had our usual ennvironment tech. lecture by mr chong and after that we went to the muslim canteen to have our lunch. then at 1pm, we attended the last lecture of xiao ling lao shi, we had been teaching us since the first week about everything on china.
i only realised that i will miss her lecture alot when our class was ending at ard 5pm. NO, not because during her lecture i can sleep, play psp, etc.. but its really her patience in teaching us that makes me more and more interested in paying attention to her. frankly speaking i do not really wish to know about chinese culture,history in the first place, but seeing her put in so much effort for all of us, i could not help but to feel very grateful towards her.
from her lectures(some from her notes) i learnt about:
1. the total population of HUBEI is 60.161million, urban poulation is 33.883 million.
nationalities in HUBEI: Han, Tujia, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Mongolian
Area: 185,900 square km
number of airports: 7.
2: the emperors of CHINA
eg1. Qin shi huang. Qin shi huang was the founder of the first unified empire in the history of china. he established an autocratic state with centralized power over the feudal society. His real name was Ying Zheng and was only emperor from 246-221BC. During Qin shi huang reign, he succeeded in putting down internal rebellions, and, externally, waged wars for unification on the six other states. He oso standardized the script used for writing, the coinage, introducing a circular copper coin with a square hole in the center. In order to silence criticism of imperial rule, Qin shi huang decided to burn all the books in the empire and execute those scholars and their families who opposed his rule.
eg2.Wu ze tian. Wu zetian was the only female monarch of china, and ruled the empire for over half a century. it was during the tang dynasty(618-907).
Wu zetian was known to be as ruthless as possible in order to achieve her ambitions. she appointed sadistic and cruel officials to seek out and eliminate any opposition to her regime. some innocent people were not spared either.
Wu ze tian proved to be a very competent monarch and throughout her reign the legacy of prosperity was handed down. Wu zetian also attached great importance to the development of agriculture, as she ordered the construction of irrigation schemes, and commissioned the compilation of farming textboks.
3. the story behing foot binding, eg:(the purpose of foot binding was to identify women of high class, and to keep a woman from "wandering")
the Chinese Queue: initially was a specific hairstyle worn by the manchus from central Manchuria and later imposed on the chinese in china.
4: 1.face(面子）
2.relationship(关系）: chinese often regard a good social relationship as a symbol of personal
ability and influence.
3. 客气: Its impolite to be arrogant and brag about yourself.
4. surnames: there are 438 chinese surnames, with 30 being double. the most common surnames are wang and zhang.
5: how to address ppl lyk u call the cab driver shi fu, the waiter/waitress as fu wu yuan(服务员) and nv address a lady as xiao jie.
so after the lecture the lsct and the mde students took pictures wif xiao ling lao shi and presented her with a token of appreaciation.
sorry no pictures! bye~
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last lecture of xiao ling lao shi
THURSDAY 19th march.
today in the morning, we had our usual ennvironment tech. lecture by mr chong and after that we went to the muslim canteen to have our lunch. then at 1pm, we attended the last lecture of xiao ling lao shi, we had been teaching us since the first week about everything on china.
i only realised that i will miss her lecture alot when our class was ending at ard 5pm. NO, not because during her lecture i can sleep, play psp, etc.. but its really her patience in teaching us that makes me more and more interested in paying attention to her. frankly speaking i do not really wish to know about chinese culture,history in the first place, but seeing her put in so much effort for all of us, i could not help but to feel very grateful towards her.
from her lectures(some from her notes) i learnt about:
1. the total population of HUBEI is 60.161million, urban poulation is 33.883 million.
nationalities in HUBEI: Han, Tujia, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Mongolian
Area: 185,900 square km
number of airports: 7.
2: the emperors of CHINA
eg1. Qin shi huang. Qin shi huang was the founder of the first unified empire in the history of china. he established an autocratic state with centralized power over the feudal society. His real name was Ying Zheng and was only emperor from 246-221BC. During Qin shi huang reign, he succeeded in putting down internal rebellions, and, externally, waged wars for unification on the six other states. He oso standardized the script used for writing, the coinage, introducing a circular copper coin with a square hole in the center. In order to silence criticism of imperial rule, Qin shi huang decided to burn all the books in the empire and execute those scholars and their families who opposed his rule.
eg2.Wu ze tian. Wu zetian was the only female monarch of china, and ruled the empire for over half a century. it was during the tang dynasty(618-907).
Wu zetian was known to be as ruthless as possible in order to achieve her ambitions. she appointed sadistic and cruel officials to seek out and eliminate any opposition to her regime. some innocent people were not spared either.
Wu ze tian proved to be a very competent monarch and throughout her reign the legacy of prosperity was handed down. Wu zetian also attached great importance to the development of agriculture, as she ordered the construction of irrigation schemes, and commissioned the compilation of farming textboks.
3. the story behing foot binding, eg:(the purpose of foot binding was to identify women of high class, and to keep a woman from "wandering")
the Chinese Queue: initially was a specific hairstyle worn by the manchus from central Manchuria and later imposed on the chinese in china.
4: 1.face(面子）
2.relationship(关系）: chinese often regard a good social relationship as a symbol of personal
ability and influence.
3. 客气: Its impolite to be arrogant and brag about yourself.
4. surnames: there are 438 chinese surnames, with 30 being double. the most common surnames are wang and zhang.
5: how to address ppl lyk u call the cab driver shi fu, the waiter/waitress as fu wu yuan(服务员) and nv address a lady as xiao jie.
so after the lecture the lsct and the mde students took pictures wif xiao ling lao shi and presented her with a token of appreaciation.
sorry no pictures! bye~
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tagboard.
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archives.
By post:
visit to the steel factory
three gorges dam
boring days
amusement park.
day 5, saturday, 7th march
3rd and 4th day in wuhan
1st: wuhan,china
By month:
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
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Hardy
Yisheng
Xin hui
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Meiyi
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Credits
Layout: Mary
Colours: refuted
Host: blogger
Special thanks: Jessica
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Loh Yong Qi
17, 30/11/1991
Singapore. Ngee ann poly
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