Search Results - "Taoist"

Challenges of sustaining design identity in Chinese Taoist temples built in the 19th century in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Yeong, Yin Mei, Abd Rahman, Khairul Aidil Azlin, Ismail, Nor Atiah, Utaberta, Nangkula

“…The principle applies to various buildings worldwide including the Chinese Taoist temples. The objective of this paper was to examine the interior design and materials applied within the Chinese Taoist temples built during the 19th century in Klang Valley, Malaysia, based on design typology. …”
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Symbolic meaning of architecture and ornaments in the 19th century’s Taoist temple among temple committee in the Klang Valley, Malaysia by Yeong, Yin Mei

“…Taoist temple is a specific religious and cultural landmark that carries symbolic meaning. …”
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The symbolism and survivability of royal identity (RI) for the upper section of the Taoist temple built in the 19th century in the Klang Valley, Malaysia by Yeong, Yin Mei, Abd Rahman, Khairul Aidil Azlin, Ismail, Nor Atiah, Utaberta, Nangkula

“…Taoist temples are considered a nation-specific religious and exceptional cultural landmark regionally. …”
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The Chinese calligraphy stone gallery / Xie Yingying by Xie , Yingying

“…This dissertation found that the Chinese Calligraphy Stone gallery which is specially constructed through the installation of represented structures of China showcased the Confucian principles and Taoist thought. Cultural memory has been reconstructed based on the permanent collection of diachronic masterpieces of the elite culture of calligraphy tradition. …”
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Chinese numerical proverbs using semiotic features to describe cultural elements of ancient Chinese society by Abdul Aziz, Adi Yasran, He, Zongjin

“…The numeral conceptions in Chinese proverbs relate to Chinese philosophy and events in ancient Chinese or the whole, as a cultural symbol aligning with thought in Taoist philosophy. In past studies, many researchers focused on language comparison, and did not connect proverbs with symbols and the culture of Chinese society. …”
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Cross-cultural Learning, Heritage, and Digital Games by Champion, Erik

“…This chapter will try to answer the questions via two case studies of student projects: a game-simulation of the Chinese literature classic Journey to the West; and four touch-screen games that attempted to convey a conceptual rather than literary-based expression of the four great arts of China and of Taoist thought. Issues in developing digital heritage applications for different cultural audiences will also be discussed.…”
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To Hell, with Shakespeare by Lee, Ei Leen *

“…This paper reports on how the researcher tapped on the diverse religious beliefs of the students and used Taoist, Muslim, and Hindu concepts of the afterlife as a prelude to teach and read the Porter‟s scene. …”
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Influence of Chinese cultural health beliefs among Malaysian Chinese in a suburban population: a survey. by Chew, K S, Tan, T W, Ooi, Y T

“…Many Chinese cultural beliefs are influenced by the Taoist concept of yin-yang balance. METHODS We interviewed 50 Malaysian Chinese from the general public of a suburban population in order to unravel the impact of Chinese cultural health beliefs on their decision-making, and this was compared with the opinions of 50 Chinese medical students from second to final year. …”
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Effects of Tai Chi on postural balance and quality of life among the elderly with gait disorders: asystematic review by Xu, Fan, Soh, Kim Geok, Chan, Yoke Mun, Bai, Xiao Rong, Qi, Fengmeng, Deng, Nuannuan

“…The Tai Chi intervention methods in this study involve Yang Style, Sun Style, Taoist Tai Chi, and Health Qigong Tai Chi, but the Yang Style Tai Chi intervention is the most widely used.…”
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Ta'thir madrasah Han Sue bi-al-Sin fi fahm ahkam al-Islam: Dirasah usiliyah naqdiyah / Musa Ibn Sulayman Al-Sinni by Musa Ibn Sulayman, Al-Sinni

“…These efforts continued until the time of Ma Qi Xi (1857-1914), founder of the Taoist notion of Western. He formed a perfect “Han Xue” stream - from some of the features - with cross-cultural transformation. …”
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Weak tectonics: the ambiguous role of materiality in the work of contemporary Japanese architects SANAA by Yang, Jing

“…The project draws on Gianni Vattimo’s theory of weak thought, Gilles Deleuze’s concept of smooth space, the concept of liminality, and the idea of weakness in Taoist philosophy, to develop a new framework in which three themes of SANAA’s weak architecture are developed: 1. …”
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Vietnam and India: A discourse on Buddhist contacts by Mishra, Patit Paban

“…Ching.One of the important aspects of Vietnamese Buddhism was that there was no attempt to integrate Hindu Gods.It was associated with Confucianist and Taoist traditions.In the southern kingdom of Campa, there was prevalence of the closely related Theravadin sect, aryasammitiyanikaya as had been noted by I. …”
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