Chinese Cultural Activities and Folk Art

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Chinese Cultural Activities and Folk Art

• Presented by Class 121, Zhong-zheng Senior High
  School, Taipei, Taiwan

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Dough FigurinesDough Dolls
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Dough Dolls The Origin

• Dough Dolls began in ancient rituals. When
  villagers didn't have animal sacrifice to worship
  the Gods, they created a new method which was to
  make animals with dough. It was not only the best
  way to worship the Gods but also to express the
  devotion of the villagers.

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• Traditional dough dolls are made of flour,
  glutinous rice, food coloring and water. The
  pieces of dough used to be edible, but now they
  are not. Dough dolls now are made from the
  mixture of inedible materials and coloring. As a
  result, they aren't made to be eaten but to be
  appreciated.

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Paper Cutting Art

• Created by
• Patricia, Julie Lee, Annie,
• Angel, Leo

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Basic Information

• In a culture that invented paper back in the 1st
  century AD (Cai Lun, during the Han Dynasty)
• Has existed for thousands of years
• Common designs animals, flowers and figures cut,
  with scissors or knives.

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Features

• With single or multicolored papers
• Reflects many aspects of life
• For religious purposes or decoration
• A traditionally female activity
• Ornaments walls, windows, doors, columns,
  mirrors, lamps and lanterns

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Maltose

• By Joanne, Helen, Patina and Sophia

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• The production of maltose in germinating cereals,
  such as barley, is an important part of the
  brewing process. When barley is malted, it is
  brought into a condition in which the
  concentration of maltose has been maximized.
  Metabolism of maltose by yeast during
  fermentation then leads to the production of
  ethanol and carbon dioxide

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• Maltose can be broken down into two glucose
  molecules by hydrolysis. In living organisms, the
  enzyme maltase can achieve this very rapidly. In
  the laboratory, heating with a strong acid for
  several minutes will produce the same result.

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Anyway, why dont we take a look?
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Just wait for a second p
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Which one do you want? ?
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MmmmYUMMY!
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Rope Jumping

• Group member Candy, Shan, Alan, Daniel

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Origin

• Rope jumping is one of the Chinese cultural
  activities. It first appeared in the history of
  China about 1,300 years ago. Rope jumping has
  passed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present.

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Benefits Guidelines

• It can improve body coordination, and avoid the
  knee injury which may occur during running.
• Warm up for 5 to 10 minutes, and then stretch
  gently before jumping.
• Jump on a floor surface that is even and thus
  limits friction.
• Try not to jump high and land hard.

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• Relax your shoulders and turn the rope with
  wrists.
• Have patience. Start slow, and increase slowly.

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Taiwanese Glove puppetry

• Members Ron, Michael, Howard, Lawrence, Herbert

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The History of Glove puppetry

• Glove puppetry is a type of local opera
  using cloth puppets that originated during the
  17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou, in China's
  Fujian province. Glove Puppetry has been
  historically practiced in Quanzhou, Zhongzhou,
  Chaozhou in Guangdong, Taiwan, and other parts of
  southern China.

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• The puppet's head uses wood carved into
  the shape of a hollow human head. The puppets
  head, palms and feet are made of wood, but its
  torso and limbs consist entirely of cloth
  costumes. At the time of the performance, a
  gloved hand enters the puppet's costume and makes
  it perform. In previous years, the puppets used
  in this type of performance strongly resembled
  "cloth sacks," hence the name, which literally
  means "cloth bag opera."

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• Glove Puppetry performances, similar to
  those other types of Chinese opera, are divided
  into a first half and a second half show. During
  the first half, known as the "show platform," the
  audience is shown a demonstration by a master
  puppeteer on the stage. The second half consists
  of the puppet master, the orchestra, and the
  spoken parts.

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• Several key points of a show to be
  appreciated include the dexterity of the master
  puppeteer's manipulation of the puppet, the
  accompaniment of the orchestra, and the poetic
  spoken parts of the voice actors. With few
  exceptions, from traditional Glove Puppetry to
  modern performances, human vocal music and
  operatic singing is rarely heard.

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The end

• Thank you!