Death is a very important issue to the Chinese people. ... To the Chinese, being buried in a coffin was very important. ... The Chinese also believe in spirits and ghosts. ... If a pregnant woman passed this spot, the ghost might later try to wrest out the child's soul during birth and be born in instead.?... In honor of their dead, the Chinese have set holidays, one holiday is Qing Ming This is in the early April of the American calendar and is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals.During Qing Ming, the people are supposed to visit their family graves to "sweep?...

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As a custom, Queen Maya returned to her own home to give birth. There in the Lumbini Garden, she gave birth to her son, Siddhartha. King Shuddhodana became extremely excited about his son's birth. ... Throughout the year, many Buddhists follow the lunar calendar. ... With physical sufferings, birth and old age can cause pain within the body and sickness and death are both inevitable. ...

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We can even find its trace in today's China. ... The ancient Chinese calendar system is descended down from old times. A so-called "zodiac cycle" consists of 12 years represented by 12 different kinds of birth animals. What those fortune-tellers normally do was to collect the year, month, date and exact hour of birth of the two young people, as well as their birth animals to make a judgment on whether the two will make a harmonious family without any obstruction to each other. ... As very important information in the process of marriage, a girl's birth date was confidential...

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These hallmarks in history vary from the spreading of Legalism to the birth of the Great Wall of China. ... After unifying the Chinese empire, Qin Shi Huangdi made several reforms that enhanced Chinese society. ... Even more inventions expanded upon this which were pottery, agriculture, a calendar, herbal medicine, and a single coinage (Perkins OL). ... The Great Wall of China would benefit China greatly because it would serve as defense against nomadic tribes. ... Many hallmarks of their reign included the unification of China, the spread of Legalism, birth of the Great Wall, and construction...

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The fourth Pillar concerns the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, which is Ramadan. ... Muhammad was born in Makkah (Mecca) in the year 570 and was raised by his uncle since his father died before his birth and his father shortly after. ... This emigration marked the beginning of the Muslim calendar. ... Within a century of his death, Islam had spread as far West as Spain and as far East as China....

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Seasons, celestial revolutions, weather patterns, disease, birth, and death patters - many environmental factors contribute to upholding the concept of cyclical time. The Chinese exemplify a group of people who believe that time is cyclical. They observe a sexegenary calendar. This calendar represents sixty years, beginning with year one, ending with the year sixty, and beginning once more with year one when the mini-cycle of sixty years is completed. ... In fact, the Gregorian Calendar, by which much of the North American continent abides, has its deepest roots in religion - most calendars d...

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Cultural festivals in Malaysia are usually very colourful, exciting, and portray the spirit of unity and togetherness, despite the diversities of cultures and religions.Amongst the major cultural festivals, such as the Thaipusam,Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Gawai and Tadan Ka'amatan or the Harvest Festival,which are most fascinating and intriguing celebration of Malaysia, is the Hari Raya.It is also one of the most important religious festivals of the Malaysian Hindus because most of Malaysians especially Malays are Muslims. ... The day is most significant as it includes two of th...

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Rather, it pauses the story momentarily to explore Hong Kong's ethnography, allowing visitors the opportunity to observe various features in the traditional Chinese society of the four main ethnic groups in Hong Kong and southern China. ... Exhibits within the hall allow visitors to observe a selection of aspects traditional Chinese society. ... On the twelfth day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar, paper lanterns are hung around the walls of the village to announce the initiation of male children born into the village as new clan members. ... On the fifteen, the paper ...

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In a sense, Blood Moon's pregnancy is a "sowing- of the seed of life which "dawns- through birth (Tedlock, p.225). She gave birth to Hunahpu and Xbalanque who journeyed into the underworld indicating a path from the light to the darkness. ... We derive our calendars and timing based on the objects in the sky as they trace out their different cycles. ...

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In a ceremony for a birth, marriage, or a new house, a shrine is set up and offerings are made to the shrine, and the Sangha (community of ordained monks) are invited to a meal. ... There are also birth and puberty rituals which are observed according to local tradition. ... For example, in Japan, a baby is presented to the Kami (gods) at the local Shinto shrine thirty days after birth, and the coming of age ritual on January 15 is a colorful and joyous Shinto festival for young people who have turned twenty (Ludwig 161). ...

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Many of their products reached neighboring countries such as Siam, Cambodia, India, China, Japan, Borneo and the Moluccas. ... They also spun and wove cloths out of abaca, cotton, maguey, banana, piòa, medriòaque and from silk imported from China. ... The foreign trade was carried extensively with the neighboring countries of China, Japan, Siam (now Thailand), Borneo, Cambodia, India, Malacca, Java, Sumatra and others. ...

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In China, the values weren't enforced, but they were protected by the government. In the second century B.C., Confucianism became the official philosophy of China, thus preserving it for the future. ... I like the fact that Confucius' ideas are still just as relevant today as they were in ancient China. ... The start of Islam is actually derived form Christianity, history books indicates that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (In Christianity this is the same Angel which brings th...

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Teddy's birth took place in the Roosevelt's house, located on East Twentieth Street, in New York City. ... The Chinese have a saying, "May you live in interesting times" ( Ancient Chinese proverb I attribute to Michael Creighton's Disclosure). ...

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Reincarnated and evolving through cycles of birth and death are constant until all karmas have been resolved and moksha, or spiritual knowledge and liberation from the constant cycle, has been attained. ... Warring tribes were tearing up Arabia at the time of his birth. ... Abdallah soon died after his son's birth. ... He was sixty-three and it was the eleventh year of the Hejira, or 633 A.D. by the Christian calendar. ...

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Is there anyone who does not know someone who smokes? Everyone has a family member, friend, or co-worker who smokes. They have chosen to smoke, but by just being around them you are also smoking, only you have not made that choice. Before you choose to take this risk you should think about what may happen to your body. There are many factors that you should take very seriously; smoking is a hazardous habit because it leads to addiction, disease, and high-risk pregnancy. ...

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Data bank-memory capacity, up to 60 records, each including a name (8characters), telephone number (12digits), e-mail address (32 characters) and date of birth (year, month, and day). User profile: name (8 characters), telephone number (12digits), e-mail address (32 characters) and date of birth (year, month, day). ... Hourly time signal Low battery warning Auto-calendar (to year 2099) 12/24-hour format Regular time keeping: hour, minutes, seconds, am/pm, year, month, date, day Memory protection (data bank, user profile) Accuracy: +15 seconds per month Approx battery life: 3 years on ...

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