How The Avant-garde Chinese Media Distort The Customary Woman

There are three images of a woman in the avant-garde Chinese media: a) exquisite and weak b) beautiful and betrayer c) beautiful and secondary to men. Customary women has been a best-loved subject of debate in the modern China. Many Chinese women want to erase this perspective and change it into a avant-garde one that means a total opposite of the aforementioned characteristics: a) unlovely and strong b) ugly and loyal c) ugly and primary to men. But, we can assume that the avant-garde Chinese media prefers the customary for an obvious reason (who wants to be ugly?).

In one Chinese movie, the dominating characters are acrobatic men and women characters are just a exquisite background. Another breathtaking Chinese film shows a female who has the great role. She is exquisite and men are fully consecrated to her, but she betrays her loyal lover. On the one hand, a Chinese woman, who is betraying her lover, is praised as strong and truly avant-garde that she subverts the customary role of a Chinese woman.

On the other hand, this avant-garde female character presents a distorted image of a woman. Lastly, one female character, who is also a great role, tries to free herself from a curse by finding pure love. When she has finally freed herself, her superb beauty made her a defenseless victim of different men. She was only saved by a stouthearted Prince Charming who, by the way, appeared from the faraway place of nowhere. The apprehensive Chinese women say that these images are not actually subversions of their customary character but rather a deformation of their image. They also gripe that these assorted images are not even a representation of what is customary, for they are mere parody of being a woman in China.

A Concise Glimpse of Chinese Culture Through the Celebrated Mulan

Mulan is my best-loved Disney film because aside from showing a portrayal of a strong woman---a woman who is ready to fight a battalion of soldiers---it is informative about the out of the ordinary Chinese culture. Mulan's scene with the bulky match-maker, who ended up cursing her for not being a best housewife, best depicts the Chinese women lifestyle. It shows that lenient women in China are supposed to train hard for assorted household chores like serving tea, weaving, and not speaking without permission. This training is the key of Chinese women to find a nice or unpleasant husband.

Moreover, honoring the archaic family ancestors is continuously a significant custom because Chinese people believe their ancestors can give them guidance on serene living; this is why they give their monuments some offerings. Additionally, stone tablets in a serene temple are for the family's grave sites, whereas the tablets that Chinese use to worship their ancestors, which are regularly found in a Chinese home, are entirely made of hard wood. The attractive Chinese people are also fond of assorted luck symbols such as what can be found in this movie: the little Lucky Cricket, the apple, and the beads of precious jade. Until today, ablaze Chinese people still apply these customary Chinese beliefs. This is also one perfect reason why China keeps on attracting visitors and spectators to study about their archaic culture and history.

Eyeing the Florid Chinese Tu Women

The celebrated Tu ethnic group is a minority group in antique China. Their ancestors are the stouthearted Mongolians under the rule of the celebrated Genghis Khan. Nowadays, the zestful Tu thnic group gently lives in the Northwestern China along the rough banks of Datong and Huangshui rivers; others are in the remote province of Gansu. This ethnic minority is celebrated for its industrious and uncomplicated living. However, their costumes and customary wears are out of the ordinary and far beyond simplicity. Both women and men wear a kind of shirt that has an convoluted design and with florid embroidered collars. These florid wears are partnered with assorted hairstyles and it is very particular to Tu women.

A customary Tu woman wears a dress with florid colors. A married Tu woman wears shirts, which have sleeves, exquisitely bedizened with flowers; Tu women are fond the rainbow colors. They usually wear a drawn out sash, which is embroidered with assorted designs, that they wear about their waist and sometimes hang on their big hips. They also have embroidered purses that are traditionally drawn out and rectangular in shape. Customary Tu women have hats with an convoluted lace flower design made of a golden thread. Their shoes are uncomplicated but undoubtedly stouthearted.

The Most Celebrated Customary Chinese Dumplings

We all love the palatable Chinese dumplings because of its out of the ordinary oriental taste, don't we? Do you know that most of the traditional foods in China are offered for the honor of dear Chinese gods? One example of these customary foods is the Zong Zi that is a gloppy rice dumpling especially wrapped with bamboo leaves or with reed leaves. This out of the ordinary oriental delight is for the honor of a exceptional poet, Qu Yuan. He was the first Chinese poet who received a high adoration from the ablaze Chinese people.

How Zong Zi became a customary food in China, during festivities and occasions, is attractive. Qu Yuan, the ancient poet, was said to be a best-loved of Chinese people because of his magnificent talent; that was why the king became jealous of him and his glory. Consequently, the unsophisticated king banished the celebrated poet to a secluded area. Soon, the poet was embittered by the Chinese government and he ended his dismal life in the deep waters of Miluo River. When the people heard the painful news, they intensely searched for his body. They actually threw a lot of gloppy Zong Zi at the river to distract the fishes who might want to devour the famous poet's body. As the fading time passes, they did not recover the body; so, Zong Zi has become a customary food in a colorful Chinese culture.

Learning the Story Behind Chinese Fortune Cookies

One hasty crack and you'll soon unlock the much anticipated secret of your unpredictable luck. Others can't even leave their Chinese tables without a fortune cookie in their hands and while it may not be accurate, the papers tucked away inside the cookie shells do stimulate change in our lives. A moving word of wisdom after a lavish Chinese meal is another technique for ancient Chinese culture to reach out and impress the world.

Crispy, light, and appetizing, fortune cookies used to play a big role in the initial Chinese revolution. In the 13th century, when Chinese territory was invaded by Mongols, revolutionary leaders baked some moon cakes not to offer retreat from the antagonists but to trick their way into winning the war. Chu Yuan Chang, who was hidden as one Taoist missionary priest, sent out forbidden messages hidden via the lotus paste of moon cakes. Because Mongols did not have a favored yearning for lotus paste, they did not trace the conspiracies. The rebel soldiers soon took advantage of their weakness and succeeded in winning the combat. Secret messages in moon cakes were then found inside the fortune cookies; eventually, through these treats, Chinese workers of American railways tried to stimulate some of their friends with happy reminders.