Event 2 Summary
In addition to the Latin American Film Festival, another event that I attended that I thought was meaningful was the Light Up Muhlenberg event. During this event, we held and lit candles for Hannukah, and some of the rabbis and fellow students who were friends with Ashley Goodman, made speeches about Channukah, why it is… Continue reading Event 2 Summary
Event 1 Summary
For my Spanish Class, I attended two Latin American Film Festivals. The one that I liked the most was the second one that I attended, which was when we watched “Cacu: A change for Life.” I attended this film back on October 6. What I really liked about this film was that it described the… Continue reading Event 1 Summary
Japanese Traditions, Art, and the Influence of Tea
I learned that tea is a symbol to both China and Japan, and Chinese traditions and art inspired the way that the Japanese would symbolize tea. Like China, tea became a very significant cultural aspect to Japanese society. One comparison between tea in China and Japan is art. The Chinese used Tang poetry to communicate… Continue reading Japanese Traditions, Art, and the Influence of Tea
The Impact of Language and Writing on Historical Accuracy and Respect: Tea Labor Importation
One passage that really stuck out to me was, “Jenkins agreed with the view of the necessity of imported labour and particularly referred to the facilitation of migration of the ‘more industrious races of Chota Nagpur or elsewhere’ as a potential remedy. This was an apparent allusion to the ‘labour solution’”(Varma 2017 page 23). Varma… Continue reading The Impact of Language and Writing on Historical Accuracy and Respect: Tea Labor Importation
Garden Clean Up Summary
On Saturday, October 23, I spent my next two and a half garden hours helping the Muhlenberg Gardening Club and the Allentown Environmental Advisory Council clean up the garden at 401 Cleveland Street. The staff members of this organization had a big conversation about littering, its environmental impacts, and that they put down big boulders… Continue reading Garden Clean Up Summary
My First work at the garden
On Wednesday, October 13, I spent my first hour working at the community garden. I remember that I was wondering if I was going to have a chance to start working there, but it felt very relieving to find a time to work there. At first, I felt like I was the only one there… Continue reading My First work at the garden
Ten on One Analysis
The ten on one technique taught me that tea in China illustrates the influence and power that the Chinese have on their own culture and on the rest of the world. While there may be ten or more examples that support this claim, one example from “The debate between Mr. Tea and Mr. Alcohol” is,… Continue reading Ten on One Analysis
How to Illustrate Lu Yu’s Opinions on Tea
1.To nibble it for flavor and sniff at it for fragrance is not to be discriminating (Lu, 118-119). The illustration that best resembles this sentence is the drawing on page 117. The illustration shows a Chinese man in the back picking tea leaves and rubbing them in a basket of water. There are other Chinese… Continue reading How to Illustrate Lu Yu’s Opinions on Tea
The Method of Tea and China
Using the Method taught me that tea represents a way of understanding Chinese culture and why tea is so important to China. Throughout the poems, there was contrast, or binaries, that described both negative and positive aspects of tea. In one of the poems, the quote, “all the inequities I have suffered,” (Lu Tong) aims… Continue reading The Method of Tea and China
