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Topic: Chinese Cultural Garden

	Chinese Garden of Friendship
		Initiated by the local Chinese community to celebrate Australia’s 1988 Bicentenary and share their rich cultural heritage, the Chinese Garden is the result of a close bond of friendship and co-operation between the sister cities of Sydney in NSW, Australia, and Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, China.
		The Chinese Garden of Friendship at Darling Harbour is a scaled-down version of a typical private garden from this era.
		Exploring a Chinese garden is a journey of discovery: there are many details to be observed and only a part of the garden is visible at a time.
	www.chinesegarden.com.au /about.cfm (554 words)

	Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at CSULB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		This Garden was named in honor of her late husband, Earl Burns Miller, as an educational and aesthetic resource for the campus and the community.
		Construction on the garden began in the summer of 1980 and it was dedicated in April, 1981.
		The Chinese Flame Tree is a member of the golden chain family and it has small yellow flowers at the end of the summer, followed by reddish papery, lantern-like fruits in autumn.
	www.csulb.edu /~jgarden/extrahistory.html (1379 words)

	Woz Way Paper
		Created in 1972, the Chinese Cultural Garden in San Jose has its own historical significance in addition to its artistic quality because it was the first one of its kind in the United States.
		She pointed at the traditional slant roof of the Hall, and told them that ancient Chinese people tended to build the roof slanted to lead away evil spirits for it was believed that they would slide off if they tried to stay on top of it.
		Actually, Chinese culture in some sense is beautiful in its subtlety, but sometimes it is hard for people from other cultures to understand its essence.
	www2.sjsu.edu /depts/commstudies/woz/paper6.html (2298 words)

	Architecture
		Private gardens built by the wealthy were compact and delicate, particularly those in the southern cities of Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuxi and Yangzhou.
		Beijing's classical gardens were built according to their respective natural topography in various delicate shapes and ingenious layout.
		After 1949 imperial mausoleums were decreed cultural relics under special preservation, and renovations of the art of ancient Chinese architecture and many of them are open to the public as tourist spots.
	www.pasadena.edu /chinese/cultural/architecture.html (2537 words)

	The Cultural Heritage of China :: Entertainment :: Chinese Opera :: Introduction
		Chinese opera is a popular form of drama in China.
		Chinese operas continue to exist in 368 different forms now, the best known of which is Beijing opera, which assumed its present form in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
		During the Cultural Revolution, most opera troupes were disbanded, performers and scriptwriters were persecuted, and all operas except the eight "model operas" approved by Jiang Qing and her associates were banned.
	www.ibiblio.org /chineseculture/contents/entr/p-entr-c01s01.html (797 words)

	Painting
		Chinese traditional painting is highly regarded throughout the world for its theory, expression, and techniques.
		Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting are closely related because lines are used in both.
		Traditional Chinese painting is a combination in the same picture of the arts of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal engraving.
	www.pasadena.edu /chinese/cultural/paint/painting.html (2433 words)

	A Classical Chinese Garden at the Arboretum
		The Classical Chinese Garden is an original design developed by a joint team of designers from the People’s Republic of China and the United States.
		The Classical Chinese Garden at the U. National Arboretum will be the finest example of a classical Chinese garden in the United States due to several factors.
		The Chinese Garden is located adjacent to a mature dawn redwood grove and the Arboretum’s extensive collection of Asian plants.
	www.usna.usda.gov /Gardens/collections/ClassicalChineseGarden_USNA.html (988 words)

	Chinese History
		Among the private gardens in Suzhou, the earliest in the historical records is the Pijiang (Territory-Expander's) Garden, built during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420).
		The construction of gardens thrived in successive dynasties, especially during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, when Suzhou was a center of commerce and culture.
		Since the gardens are small, various devices of composition, such as contrast, setting off, scale, structural gradation, and harmony with the surrounding scenery, were adopted.
	www.chinesesoftwareguide.com /chinese/heritage/019.htm (744 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Elaborate 4.5-acre Chinese garden planned
		The garden is expected to cost $30 million to build over a 10-year span, with the Chinese government and companies with trade ties to Asia expected to be major contributors, board members said.
		Unlike American gardens, stones and water are the main elements of Chinese gardens, signifying the body of Earth and its bloodline.
		Gardens are in the early planning stages in San Marino, Calif., and in Washington, D.C. Seattle's will be distinctive among those in North America in that it will be built in the style of the Sichuan province to reflect the culture of its sister city.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002293507_garden31m.html (844 words)

	The Huntington Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		To educate and enrich the public by presenting a culture in all its interrelated aspects is perfectly aligned with The Huntington's mission, and this will be one of many ways in which the Chinese Garden will enhance the visitor experience.
		The seasons and their orientations will be represented by the Summer Garden to the south, the Spring Garden to the east, the Autumn Garden to the west, and the Winter Garden to the north.
		When all future phases are complete, The Huntington's Chinese Garden will encompass nine gardens (four seasonal and five special collection gardens) linked by eighteen "poetic views." Gracefully winding pathways will lead visitors in and around the garden, inviting them to discover changing vistas and natural vignettes as they explore the garden from different vantage points.
	www.huntington.org /Advancement/ChineseGarden.html (816 words)

	Chinese cultural dimensions of death, dying, and bereavement: focus group findings Journal of Cultural Diversity - Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Findings from this study revealed that many Chinese attitudes and practices about death and dying are rooted in Asian cultural values such as filial piety, centrality of the family, and emphasis of hierarchy.
		Chinese Americans are the largest Asian American ethnic subgroup in the United States.
		According to the U.S. Census, the largest concentration (43%) of the total Chinese population reside in California, and New York follows at 17% (Jung, 1998), which is where this study was conducted.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0MJU/is_2_9/ai_93610991 (918 words)

	Yin, yang of Chinese cooking
		Lee, principal of the Chinese School in Phoenix and a committee member for Phoenix Chinese Week 2006 festivities that continue through Sunday, studied cooking in her native Taiwan.
		Prepare or purchase Chinese food without thought, however, and you could take in more sodium, fat, cholesterol and calories than are good for you, the Center for Science in the Public Interest says.
		Chinese foods require a long time to prepare and marinate and usually contain lots of flavorful ingredients.
	www.azcentral.com /home/food/articles/0124chinese24.html (808 words)

	Overfelt Chinese Cultural Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The garden is impressive with a 30 foot marble and bronze statue of the Chinese philosopher Confucius as its main focal point.
		Another unique point is the Black Stone which was mined from the mountains in the Republic of China and shipped across the ocean to the Chinese Cultural Gardens.
		The Garden also produces a Chinese Moon Festival, geared to the Child and Family in Community and reflects much of their diversity.
	www.scu.edu /SCU/Programs/Diversity/overft.html (202 words)

	Herbal Tonics and Remedies, Gourmet Teas - Tea Garden & Herbal Emporium Since 1988 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Tea Garden & Herbal Emporium's practice of Superior Herbalism, also referred to as "Tonic Herbalism," can be traced back thousands of years to the revered Chinese cultural hero and herbalist Emperor Shen Nong and it is recognized as the most sophisticated and effective herbal system in the entire world.
		Nong is acknowledged to be the father of Chinese agriculture and Herbalism and his writings were the first to codify this extensive area of natural pharmacopoeia.
		The real and true treasures of Chinese Herbalism are the approximately 100 Superior herbs which have been used in China and the world over for their life enhancing attributes and properties.
	www.teagarden.com /herbs_intro.asp (655 words)

	Chinese Theatre Works - Introduction to Chinese Opera
		The form of Chinese theater is unlike European theater, which is mostly a text-based literary form.
		The traditional core of the Chinese theater is the performing art of the actor, which includes song, dance, acrobatics, martial arts, pantomime, and face painting.
		Chinese theater has played a unique role in the history of world theater, especially in the twentieth century when it profoundly influenced the western avant-garde theater of Bertolt Brecht and Vsevolod Meyerhold.
	www.chinesetheatreworks.org /projects/operainfo.html (1187 words)

	Resource by Subject:C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The goals of the school are: to introduce Chinese culture; to stimulate interests in the Chinese language and culture; and to cultivate the ability to understand, speak, read and write Chinese.
		The Chinese Students and Scholars Union (CSSU) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a non-political non-profit organization officially registered at the University of Illinois as a student organization.
		The purposes of this organization are to enhance Chinese culture in mainstream U.S. society, to promote U.S. Chinese cultural and other interchanges, to improve relations among different races, to educate the next generations, and to provide services for Chinese Americans in the fields of poetry, arts, literature, and culture.
	www.lib.ku.edu /eastasia/calamwrg/part3c.shtml (5078 words)

	East Asian Library, University of Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Chiense Cultural Garden is located in University Circle, north of Wade Park and Epworth Euclid United Methodist Church and west of the Cleveland Art Museum lagoon.
		The Association promotes the common interests of Chinese Americans residing in the cities, villages and counties of Central Ohio; improves the welfare of Chinese in American society by means of cooperative activities and mutual assistance; and promotes ethnic harmony through educational, economic, social and legal endeavors.
		The Association improves benefits for Chinese Americans by enhancing relationships between Chinese Americans and the other Americans; advocates Chinese culture; promotes social welfare and charities; provides free lunches for the elderly, job training for newcomers and a free clinic.
	www.lib.ku.edu /eastasia/calamwrg/Ohio_1.shtml (867 words)

	The Huntington Library
		The design captures the spirit of classical Chinese gardens by incorporating traditional elements, materials, and scholarly associations.
		True to traditional practices, the Huntington’s garden is carefully situated with a northern orientation to the San Gabriel Mountains.
		To celebrate the Chinese Garden preview in August, The Huntington has mounted its first exhibition of Chinese art.
	www.huntington.org /Advancement/ChineseGarden.htm (323 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Chinese Garden: Books: Joseph Cho Wang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The `reading' of a Chinese garden that it offers is enriched by a greater understanding of the literary and artistic conventions involved in the gardens construction.
		Whether built for imperial use or for the enjoyment of a private scholar and his family, the garden is a centrepiece of classical Chinese culture.
		If you are contemplating the construction of a Chinese garden, or are just interested in their history or development, this is an excellent, concise introduction to the topic.
	www.amazon.ca /Chinese-Garden-Joseph-Cho-Wang/dp/0195875869 (506 words)

	CHINESE (in CLENIX) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Chinese Association of Gtr Cle prepares to celebrate Year of the monkey, date 4690.
		Chinese at expo here fret about family, friends at home.
		Chinese Cultural Garden to be built in Rockefeller Park this summer-il.
	clevxi.cpl.org /clenix?T=CHINESE (197 words)

	Overfelt Gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Statue of Confucius in the Chinese Cultural Garden at Overfelt Gardens
		The land for the park was donated by Mildred Overfelt in 1959, in memory of her parents, William and Mary Overfelt, early San Jose pioneers that started grain and dairy farm in the 1860s.
		The southeast section of the park includes the Chinese Cultural Garden, commemorating Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Confucius, and Chinese culture in general, including a large fl stone, mined and shipped from the Republic of China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Overfelt_Gardens (246 words)

	New York Chinese Cultural Center
		She has toured throughout Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland with the Shanghai Cultural Arts Troupe and before arriving in the United States in 1992, she was a resident teacher for the Shanghai Song and Dance Company.
		Yiliang Wang is a graduate of the Dance Academy of the Shanghai Opera where she specialized in Chinese classical and folk dance and is also an elected member of the Chinese Dancers Association.
		Zhuang is also a member of the Chinese Theatre Artists Association and is the Chairman of the Chinese Artists in America Association.
	www.chinesedance.org /artisticstaff.html (1419 words)

	Chinese Garden
		The Minnesota Chapter of USCPFA and the newly-forming Minnesota Chinese Garden Society, two non-profit organizations propose to establish the first traditional Northern-style Chinese Garden in the United States.
		The Chinese Garden will be a place for celebrations, education, recreation, meditation, and aesthetic enjoyment and will further promote the friendship between the peoples of China and Minnesota.
		The Garden, a microcosm were all powers and forces of nature are present, will be an aid to educators as a cultural resources, to global investors in understanding China more broadly, and to the community as a window into China's rich cultural heritage.
	www.uscpfa-mn.org /chinesegarden.htm (713 words)

	Untitled Document
		A canopy of 55 trees will shade the garden and amphitheatre and will be at their height of color at different seasons of the year.
		The aromatic gardens are surrounded by uniquely woven willow wattle fences built by Marc Stinchcomb, a craftsman from Marc's Vine Yard of Millbrook, Alabama.
		Gardens in medieval times were basically for function and not for amusement.
	www.blountculturalpark.org /shakespeare_gardens/gardens.html (1359 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Visa woes imperil ambitious Chinese garden project in California
		SAN MARINO – An ambitious plan to build a sprawling, classical Chinese garden at the renowned Huntington Library is in jeopardy because U.S. immigration officials have denied visas to 13 Chinese stonemasons needed to assemble ornate bridges and pavilions.
		Last year, 1,972 cultural exchange visas were approved, said Laura Tischler, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, a division of the State Department.
		The building of the garden comes at a time when China is emerging as a global economic and political power, he said, and a venue is needed to explain Chinese history and culture to the American public.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20060106-0014-ca-chinesegarden.html (668 words)

	Chinese Cultural Garden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chinese Cultural Garden is located in the Overfelt Gardens park in San Jose, California, USA.
		The addition of the Chinese Cultural Garden to Overfelt is primarily the work of Chinese immigrant Frank Lowe, and his wife Pauline, who, as of 2005, still serves as park docent, and Dr. Chen Li-Fu of Taiwan.
		Map of Overfelt Gardens and the Chinese Cultural Garden, and the surrounding neighborhood
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_Cultural_Garden (237 words)

	Amazon.com: Chinese (Cambridge Language Surveys): Books: Jerry Norman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		This general introduction to the study of Chinese traces the language's history from its beginnings in the second millennium B.C. to the present, and provides a clear picture of the contemporary language and its sociolinguistic status.
		Chinese, in its numerous dialects, has more speakers than any other language in the modern world, and this vast extension in time and space brings to its study an exceptional complexity.
		Chinese includes information on the genetic and typological connections of the language, the writing system, the classical and early vernacular tongues, the modern language and non-standard dialects, and the history of linguistic reform in China.
	www.amazon.com /Chinese-Cambridge-Language-Surveys-Norman/dp/0521296536 (1477 words)

	The Chinese Steelpan Ensemble - part of the great Bicentennial Celebration of the Chinese presence in Trinidad and ...
		The Chinese community in Trinidad and Tobago celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of their arrival on the shores of Trinidad and Tobago this year on October 12.
		For their performances, the band is not afraid of the marriage of the national instrument of their present country and its various rhythms, and the instruments and culture unique to their own heritage.
		Megan articulated many of the sentiments expressed by Candace Chow, and viewed the Chinese cultural initiative as an event that was long in coming and now proudly welcomed.
	www.panonthenet.com /articles/tnt/chinese_200.htm (1536 words)

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