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China has been the source of many significant inventions, including theFour Great inventions of Ancient China: papermaking, the compass, gunpowder and printing.

China was a scientifically and technologically advanced nation and a superpower. Believe it or not, many of the tools we use today were discovered or invented by Chinese.

Like the paper, it is the most wonderful invention of the Chinese people.

Printing is also one of the Chinese inventions, Chinese used printing pattern on the cloths before 220 AD. Woodblock printing on a paper is a process in which the individual sheets of paper were pressed into wooden blocks with the text and illustrations carved into them.

The other Chinese Invention is the Gunpowder. It was invented, documented, and used in ancient China where the Chinese military forces used gunpowder-based weapons technology and explosives against the Mongols when the Mongols attempted to invade and breach the Chinese city fortifications on the northern borders of China.

The other Chinese Invention is the Compass. They used this device as a direction finder to recognize the directions of north and south poles. The first compass was an iron fish pointing to the south, floating in a bowl of water. However, the compass that many used was in the form of a magnetic needle floating in a bowl of water.

The other Chinese Invention is the Seismometer. Seismometers are instruments that measure motions of the ground, including those of seismic waves generated by earthquakes, nuclear explosion, and other seismic sources. Records of seismic waves allow seismologists to map the interior of the Earth, and locate and measure the size of these different sources.

There are a lot of Chinese Inventions like the Cast Iron and Steel, Winnowing Fan, India Ink, Matches, Paper Currency, Suspension Bridge, Umbrella, Silk, Chopsticks and Forks, and Porcelain. China is a wonderful country! China was the source of many inventions in the whole world.

The Sainaimu Dance on the other hand is an Uygur dance with a typical neck movement.

The Yi people have a courtship dance which they name plainly as Courting Dance where the dancers clap their hands thile dancing.

The peacock dance of the Dai people is also entertaining and is characterized by flapping of the waist.

- Modern Day Bayanihan -

Philippines is characterized by true blend of cultures. A destinctive blend of east and west happened because of American rule and contact of merchants and traders.
The Filipino character is actually a little bit of all the cultures put together.
Bayanihan is a Filipino term taken from the word bayan, referring to a nation, town or community. The whole term bayanihan refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective.
he origin of the term bayanihan can be traced from a common tradition in Philippine towns where community members volunteer to help a family move to a new place. The process involves literally carrying the house to its new location. This is done by putting bamboo poles forming a strong frame to lift the stilts from the ground and carrying the whole house with the men positioned at the ends of each pole.

- Vietnam Cuisine -

Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between culture and food. It is also the art and science of good eating, is one of the Vietnamese's cultural influences. Vietnam is an agriculture-based country.
is a Vietnamese noodle soup, usually served with beef or chicken. The soup includes noodles made from rice and is often served with basil, lime, bean sprouts, and peppers that are added to the soup by the consumer. There are somewhat up to 20 kinds of Pho.

Banh Cuon is a dish from northern Vietnam. It is a crepe-like roll made from a thin, wide sheet of rice flour filled with ground pork, minced wood ear mushroom, and other ingredients.
A similar Chinese dish is the Cantonese dish usually translated into English as "steamed rice roll" or "rice noodle roll," which is a form of dim sum.
Com hen has a sweet-smelling flavor of rice, onion, and grease, as well as strange tastes of sweet, buttery, salty, sour, bitter, and peppery-hot. It requires 15 different raw materials to prepare for the dish, including mussel, fried grease, watery grease, peanuts, white sesames, dry pancake, salted shredded meat, chilly sauce, banana flower, banana trunk, sour carambola, spice vegetables, peppermint, salad, etc.


There are quiet plenty of traditional delicious dishes of the contrary localities of Vietnam.

- Marriages and Asian Family -

The Asian Traditions of marriage are important in their own way for they aim to bind not only the bride and the groom but also their brides with the help pf these traditions. Family has always played an important role in all the ancient civilizations of Asia. Due to this reason, Asian Traditions ensure that every family member plays a vital role in a family marriage. Beginning from the clergy to the parents of the couple, each have their assigned duties. The underlying meaning of all these religious performances are quite essential. Most of the times, these traditions are a means to bring the two families closer to each other. For instance in most parts of India, the newly wedded bride is supposed to get gifts for all the family members. This is nothing but an attempt on the part of the society to begin a sweet relationship between the bride and the members of the family of which she is about to be a part of. Another important ritual that every Indian lady has to perform before leaving her paternal hose is the ritual of throwing grains behind her as leaves for her in laws place. The significance of this ritual is that the girl symbolically tries to pay back everything that she has received from her parents for so long. It also symbolizes her transformation as a member of a new family altogether.

Japanese marriages are also an integral part of Asian Traditions. If it is a Buddhist marriage, then two strings of beads are interwoven, symbolizing the coming together of the newly wedded souls and the families to which they belong. In Shinto Marriages the bride must wear purple iris flowers on top of her extensively worked upon grand kimono. This is because ancient Japanese tradition considers purple to be the color of love. Asian Traditions also incorporates Chinese traditions where red is the color of love. Hence the bride is adorned in red colored dress with heavy works of dragon painted all over the dress. The groom on the other hand wears a black silk dress and must present a roasted pig as an engagement gift to the bride's family.

○♥○ The 5 pillars of Islam ○♥○

The 5 pillars of Islam are five basic concepts for accepting the religion for Shia Muslims, and five basic duties incumbent for Sunni Muslim.

According to Shia Islam, the five basic pillars are as follow:

1. Monotheism, God is one and unique.
2. Justice, the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, fairness, and equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics.
3. Last Judgment, God's final assessment of humanity.
4. Prophethood, the institution by which God sends emissaries, or prophets, to guide mankind.
5. Leadership, A divine institution which succeeded the institution of Prophet hood. Its appointees (Imams) are divinely appointed.

These five pillars are followed by ten subsidiary pillars;

1. Prayer
2. Fasting
3. Pilgrimage
4. Alms giving
5. Struggle
6. Directing others towards good
7. Directing others away from evil
8. One Fifth (20% tax on all earnings after deduction of house-hold and commercial expenses.)
9. Love those who are in the God's path
10. Disassociation with those who oppose the God

In Shahada, it is a statement professing monotheism and accepting Muhammad as God's messenger.They only believe in one prophet which is Muhammad. In Salat, it is their daily prayer of Islam. In Zakat, it is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. In Sawm (Siyam) , There three types of fasting (Sawm) are recognized by the Qur'an: Ritual fasting, fasting as compensation for repentance , and ascetic fasting . ^{The last one is the Hajj, it} is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God .

During his enlightenment, the Buddha found the answer to these questions. He discovered three great truths. He explained these truths in a simple way so that everyone could understand them.

1. Nothing is lost in the universe

The first truth is that nothing is lost in the universe. Matter turns into energy, energy turns into matter. A dead leaf turns into soil. A seed sprouts and becomes a new plant. Old solar systems disintegrate and turn into cosmic rays. We are born of our parents, our children are born of us.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything. If we destroy something around us, we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves. Understanding this truth, the Buddha and his disciples never killed any animal.

2. Everything Changes

The second universal truth of the Buddha is that everything is continuously changing. Life is like a river flowing on and on, ever-changing. Sometimes it flows slowly and sometimes swiftly. It is smooth and gentle in some places, but later on snags and rocks crop up out of nowhere. As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.

Once dinosaurs, mammoths, and saber-toothed tigers roamed this earth. They all died out, yet this was not the end of life. Other life forms like smaller mammals appeared, and eventually humans, too. Now we can even see the Earth from space and understand the changes that have taken place on this planet. Our ideas about life also change. People once believed that the world was flat, but now we know that it is round.

3. Law of Cause and Effect

The third universal truth explained by the Buddha is that there is continuous changes due to the law of cause and effect. This is the same law of cause and effect found in every modern science textbook. In this way, science and Buddhism are alike.

Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma (a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law") by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of complex views span folk and Vedic Hinduism to bhakti tradition, as in Vaishnavism. Hinduism also includes yogic traditions and a wide spectrum of "daily morality" based on the notion of karma and societal norms such as Hindu marriage customs.

Hinduism is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder. Among its roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often called the "oldest living religion" or the "oldest living major tradition".

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. Christianity comprises three major branches: Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism . Protestantism is further divided into smaller groups called denominations.

Most Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, God having become human and the savior of humanity. Christians, therefore, commonly refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah.

Adherents of the Christian faith, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. The foundation of Christian theology is expressed in the early Christian ecumenical creeds, which contain claims predominantly accepted by followers of the Christian faith. These professions state that Jesus suffered, died, was buried, and was resurrected from the dead to open heaven to those who believe in him and trust him for the remission of their sins (salvation). They further maintain that Jesus bodily ascended into heaven where he rules and reigns with God the Father. Most denominations teach that Jesus will return to judge all humans, living and dead, and grant eternal life to his followers. He is considered the model of a virtuous life, and both the revealer and physical incarnation of God.Christians call the message of Jesus Christ the Gospel and hence refer to the earliest written accounts of his ministry as gospels.

Christianity began as a Jewish sect and is classified as an Abrahamic religion.Originating in the eastern Mediterranean, it quickly grew in size and influence over a few decades, and by the 4th century had become the dominant religion within the Roman Empire.

During the Middle Ages, most of the remainder of Europe was Christianized, with Christians also being a (sometimes large) religious minority in the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of India. Following the Age of Discovery, through missionary work and colonization, Christianity spread to the Americas, Australasia, and the rest of the world. Christianity, therefore, is a major influence in the shaping of Western civilization.

As of the early 21st century, Christianity has around 2.2 billion adherents.Christianity represents about a quarter to a third of the world's population and is the world's largest religion.In addition, Christianity is the state religion of several countries.