When I get this brief, I was thinking how could I give a presentation in a different perspective rather than a simple tourist’s way. I come from XI’AN in SHANNXI Province in China. Acctually, it is a small historical city with many popular local landmarks and heritage culture but i want show something unusual what people would not see and know in there as tourists. I want talk about the changing of citizens influenced by history culture by generations.
China has 5000 years history which obviously had many emperors in the past time. There are 13 dynasties set up their capitals in XI’AN especially the first emperor in China named Qin. Emperors would be buried with many stuffs even alive people when they dead in case they would feel lonely and make sure they would also have good quality life in other “place”. That is a crazy ‘tradition’ to me. Moreover, these alive people all from their servants, mistress and wifes even all of beautiful girls in the country just due to they are superme emperors. Qin buried the largest group of people and over 50% are women, what is the reason caused by?
According to cambridge dictionary, patriarchal means controlled by men, men power. Back to thousand years ago, people are living with fighting with each other, for foods, areas, authorities. Absolutly, women are weakness than men physically. So men controlled everything includ women. As popular ancient capital city which been chosed several times, the citizens were effected by this culture deeply untill now.
XI’AN is famous for history and local foods especially noodles. There is a local adage called “the way’training’ a good wife= the way kneading a good dough”. It means that the secret of making al dente noodles is shaping by strength which this the same way to do with wife —— beat them.
Take my family as example, my grandma played a role as housewife and sacrificed her everything to the family but never get respect. Sometimes, she could suffer domestic violence by grandpa for some ridiculous reasons to me but normal to their generation.
My mother is a business women with her own company and grow the family with dad together. My father never force mother even she bossying. Mother is a independed women outside but she would pretend to be a housewife and look up father when she face to my father’s friends. This phenomenon have been changed alot but ‘culture’ influenced her so deep even in her blood.
The diagram shows the employment of female from 15 to 24 from 1991 to 2018, the number is decreasing and continuing. People have to accept educating until 15 years old caused by law of 9 year compulsory rducation. Before decades ago, people think that it is unnecessary to make girls knowledgeable. So, they have to work after 15 years old. But this situation absolutly changed a lot and keep changing. The decreacing data means that the girl likes me have more chance and own chose now and girl power is rising. That time is gone.
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