Compare Historical Chinese Immigrants & Modern Chinese Immigrants in USA

Before this post, we talked about the history about Chinese Immigrants and Modern Chinese Immigrants. Now, let us compare them:

• How they changed?
• What's the different between them?
• Do their some parts can connect with we learned during this semester? For example.

I. How they changed?

First, we knew that in the 19 century, many people from other countries came to USA espesially Chinese Immigrants because of the Gold Rush in California. And some american employers knew that chinese labors were cheapper than americans, and chinese labors worked so hard. So, because of that, it makes many americans lose their jobs. Then, in 1882, the USA passed " Chinese Exclusion Act" to make a limit for chinese immigrants, and also they will send chinese people back to China. But when America realized that they should open the door in China, like China is one of the biggest market in the world. So, America began to open own door for chinese immigrants again.
According to more communications between chinese and americans, it was improved during the several years. And the relationship between chinese and americans was getting better and better. More immigrants keep moving to the USA, and they built Tangren Street, Chinatwon and some things have chinese elements are really popular in the USA.

Whatever, they can include four sections:

• The No limits of immigrants stage
• The Chinese Exclusion stage
• The limit of immigrants stage
• The equal right of immigrants stage

http://wenku.baidu.com/view/ffaf9a70f242336c1eb95e8e.html

II. What's the different between them?

Before:

1)Chinese Immigrants like labors
2)We don't have any rights
3)We don't have any power
4)We are in the lowest class, we even don't have political class
5)Contempt, and Exclusion(Racial Discrimination)

Now:
1)We have some rights
2)We have some power
3)We have political class in the USA
4)No Racial Discrimination(maybe some person still have it)
5)We are not labors any more.

III.Do their some parts can connect with we learned during this semester? For example.

Answer: Yes, we do.

For example:

During the Civil Rights Movement, it talked about the relationship between the black and white in the USA, like before they made segeregation to separate everything between the color and white because of Racial Discrimination. And in order to get own  rights in the USA, they marched and did some things to get their rights, because in the USA, the counsititution said all men are created equal, they believed. And MLK said we should use nonviolent to change them which means use love as tools to get the same rights as white people. They did, and they successed.
In the modern country, although we still have some  racial discrimination, we are almost equal. We are being friendly to each other. We communicate our countries and cultrue.  Now, we are living the country that full of the love.


"Peace!" "Love!"

Modern chinese immigrants in the USA in 2006

Chinese Immigrants:

The USA is the one of the richest countries in the world, so many people wants to move to USA especially chinese people, some of them came with their whole families, some of them are single men and women, actually men is more than women who moved to USA. And many of the men will choose european women to get marriage, because less of the chinese women are in USA. However, the USA still has a racial discrimination, for example, the famous thing happened in 1982, the men who is chinese called Vincent Chin(see the picture) and he born in USA, but he was killed by the white people, it is a murder. Even now, chinese people usually live together in chinatown.

http://baike.baidu.com/view/670146.htm

Information:

Whatever, many chinese people still move into the USA even now. According to this Table of the total Chinese Foreign(Populations), we can tell that from 1960 to 2006, the chinese population( share of all foreign born) raised up from 1.0% to 4.1%.

http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=685

Traditional Costumes:

Although, many chinese people moved to the USA, but they still keep their own traditional costumes in

America. Like Hollywood, it has the Chinese theater that it's really famous in the America and world. And the USA also has many chinese restaurants, and they also played Beijing Opera on some special days.

Holidays:

"Most Chinese Americans today observe the major holidays of the Chinese lunar calendar." And the most important holiday is the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, and the interesting thing is that it's also a school holiday in San Francisco.

In order to celebrate the holiday, chinese family members will get together, they may wear traditional clothes and they performers carry a red and gold dragon while celebrating the Lunar New Year.

Music-->Beijing Opera:

Languages:

Many people are from china they can not speak English, so in order to survive in the USA, they have to  learn English. Now, not just chinese people need to learn English. We knew that chinese people is the most populations in the world, and according to many chinese people moved into the USA, some Americans school has a mandarin class for American students or for non-chinese speakers. That is good to connect the world, and closed the relationship between china and America.

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Chinese-Americans.html#b

Topic Post: Chinese Immigration & The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 & The relationship between the U.S and China

Chinese Immigration & The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882:

                                          http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/
Summary:

Look at this picture, we can know a lot of chinese people moved in California during 1850-1925. And their style still is chinese and their clothes also is chinese clothes. They built the building like chinese style building. Thus, California become the biggest and the oldest Chinatown in the United States. In short, the sister and two brothers that means when they were young, they already come to U.S. or maybe they born in U.S. Now, California has many stuffs such as photographs, riginal art and other things; also like letters, account books and diaries which things chinese people used. They showed how did Chinese people live in the U.S. And they studied in U.S and graduated from U.S college or University. However, everything shows that chinese people keeped their chinese soul lived in U.S. But maybe, they have some problems like how to commuite with American people or deal with the language problem.

Textbook(Vision of American Page 344-345,446,486,506,579) Summary:

According to the textbook, during the history time, we knew since the Gold Rush in New Mexico and California. In 1854, almost forty-five thousand of chinese people arrived in California because they dreamed of being rich by the Gold Rush. But whites expecially white miners that they said this is their land so the gold should belong to whites, and they segreated world of chinese people who immigranted in U.S. In1852 the state legislature pass the law that put a heavy tax on the Chinese in order to prompt many to turn from mining to faming, fishing, and operating restaurants. However, many chinese people have immigrated to the United States expecially California. Many chinese because of Taiping Rebellion, they immigrataned to U.S, when U.S had the Gold Rush. But during the time, many U.S people realized that chinese people will get more gold, that's bad for U.S people, so they began dislike chinese people. Then, chinese people always hard work and companies can just pay low wages for chinese labor, thus many americans lost jobs, also, because of that and centered on race and ethnicity. According to Burlingame Treaty, anti-Chinese sentiment among American workers saored, and made/enated law called " Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882", this law is to bar Chinese immigrantion to the U.S. The famous events is in the East America, because of ethnic, racial diversity, and economic competition problems between the chinese and whites, they caused the West led to tesion and conflict that exploded into raw violence totally toward to chinese immigrants. One attack is in 1885 at Rock Springs, it made twenty-eight chinese miners dead, and just two years later, white labors send at least thiry-four Chinese miners in Hells Canyon, Oregon. On the other hand, in history, many countries realized that china is a big market, like once, Europe and Japan colonized many Asian lands. Many countries wanted to control the chinese market including America, it called " the Open Door in China". In short, immigrants are the main bridge to contact the countries.

In my opinion, first, as a chinese, I really interested in how's chinese's lives in U.S and want to know what happended in history about chinese and americans. However, Chinese people come to U.S, not only brought the bad things but also they brought the good things for U.S like improving U.S economy. Also, it can improve the relationship between the counries. We can know different curlture from different countries.

Video:

"Each year, thousands of Chinese immigrants reach the U.S. hoping to fulfill dreams of freedom and wealth. But often, they find faith in God is far more valuable."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcAxwzN3pec

In the morden time, also every years many new chinese immigrants move into the U.S like NY city, and they choose their religions from U.S and learn the U.S religions. They also hope to achieve their dreams of freedom and get wealth lives in the U.S. However, America is the richest country in the world, thus, not only chinese people move to U.S every year, but also other countries people.

Research Project

TOPIC #1: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

1)Background:
During the history time, we knew since the Gold Rush in New Mexico and California, many chinese people have immigrated to the United States expecially California.

2)Sources/Informations:
According to the textbook and Internet, many chinese because of Taiping Rebellion, they immigrataned to U.S, when U.S had the Gold Rush. But during the time, many U.S people realized that chinese people will get more gold, that's bad for U.S people, so they began dislike chinese people. Then, chinese people always hard work and companies can just pay low wages for chinese labor, thus many americans lost jobs, also, because of that and centered on race and ethnicity. According to Burlingame Treaty, anti-Chinese sentiment among American workers saored, and made/enated law called " Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882", this law is to bar Chinese immigrantion to the U.S.

3)Why i choose this Topic?
First, as a chinese, I really interested in how's chinese's lives in U.S and want to know what happended in history about chinese and americans. However, Chinese people come to U.S, not only brought the bad things but also they brought the good things for U.S like improving U.S economy.




TOPIC #2: The history of American art in general

1)Source/Information:
In U.S, American art enompassess the history of painting and visual art. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centries, many artists painted land scapes and portranits in realistic style. Also, many history nformation from pictures, thus many artists painted many war pictures to shouw the war or people during the war. Thus, histrorians can get more informations about history or war now. In U.S, painting is the main art.

2)Why I choose this Topic?
My art major is painting and drawing, so now I'm studying in U.S, I should know something about U.S art. In the history, we knew, after Declaration fo Independence in 1776, the nation need a history, so many artists began to paint history painting and portraitis such as Gilbert Stuart. And some times, pictures can show us about history, and we can easy to understand.

In my opinion, about the Ojibwe!

           In my opinion, the Ojibwe like most Indians' tribes, they have their own language, their own traditional and beliefs. They believe the nature, they love nature, although they used natural stuff, their everthing is natural, they never broke the nature. They lived in big family, including man, woman, children and grantherparents. The women were very proud of their work----make clothes, make meal and care about the children. The men work together to make food. They also make the seasons according to evironment. And they changed their live evironment when the seasons changed. By the way, the time is going on, when they meet the Europeans, they learn the more different things, like they changed their clothes styles and made more fashion clothes. Their lives are also happy. They enjoy many social activities and also came together for two kinds of contests. But they also changed during the war. For exalmple, after 1687, the Ojibwe continued to fight the Sioux, and the Fox, expanding their territory to the east, south, and west. And during the French and Indian Wars, the Ojibwe sided with the French against the British in the hopes of maintaining their trading network. In 1815, the Ojibwe were forced to cede land for the creation of reservations. The Ojibwe opposed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which called for their relocation to Indian Territory west of the Mississipi River.

            However, the Ojibwe is remembered by morden people. They also influence much things in the world and change the some things. That's enough!

Summary about the Ojibwe(4)

1.Most tribes have beliefs, the Ojibwe also had  beliefs.
2.The Ojibwe have always felt a great need to care for the earth and to live in harmony with its plants and animals. They also believed that many other manitous, or spirts, were present in all the animals and objects in nature.
3.Among the Ojibwe, there were special ceremonies throughout the course of one's life-the naming at birth, the vision quest, marriage, and death. People also made offerines of tobacco to the rhythmic beating of drums and danced in preparation for war.
4.In addition to the traditional ceremonies and dances, there was a war dance when men went into against their enemies.

5.Like many other native Americans across the US and Canada. the Ojibwe come together each year to strengthen their traditions.
6.From the time of their first contact with Europeans, the Ojibwe began to acquire new goods. They especially prized cloth, wich they incorporated into their traditional dress.
7.The many things like war are changing the Ojibwe.
8.For example. after 1687, the Ojibwe continued to fight the Sioux and many tribes or counties.
   In 1815, the Ojibwe were forced to cede land for the creation of reservations. The Ojibwe opposed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. which called for their relocation to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

Summary about the Ojibwe(3)

1.For hundreds of years the Ojibwe lived among lakes and marshes, sheltered by the hardwoods of the eastern forest-maple, marshes, elm, oak, hickory, chestnut, and beech-which extended from Ohio to the Mississippi River.

2.There are many animals in here, in wildlife: the bear, deer, wolf and so on.
3.There are no high mountains and scarcely any hills in these forests. The Ojibwe people used the bark to make not only canoes but many household goods.
4.Like other American Indians, the Ojibwe lived according to the cycle of the seasons. Also, they according to the environment changed to divide the seasons.
5. The Ojibwe believe thaht the earth belonged to no one and to everyone. They hope would sustain their children and grandchildren long into the future.

6.Although the Ojibwe spoke closely related languages and had many customs in common, they did not unite themselves around a central government. Instead, they chose to live in seminomadic bands.
7.They lived with big family.
8.Each person in an Ojibwe band was born into a clan, a kind of extended family, named for a bird, fish, or mammal.
9.believed to be the original ancestor.
10.When the seasons changed, the Ojibwe lived in different types of homes.
11.They use natural stuff to make some clothes, quilt and shoes. Usually, women made the stuff. Women were very pride in their work around the wigwam.
12.However, the Ojibwe used them only as temporary shelters, usually during hunting trips.
13.Lifewats: The Ojibwe were closely bound to the land and the changing seasons, as well as the mysteries of life-the cycle of birth, growth, and death in the generations of plants, animals, and people.
14.Couples in Ojibwe did not have large families-usually there were only about two children in each family.
15.The children in Ojibwe change as much as six different names during they grew up.
16.During the summer children played outside, but in the winter they had to be amused inside the wigwam.
17.When a girl hand her first period, or "moon time", she had to isolate herself in a small wigwam made by her mother.
18.When they died, they were washed and dressed in their finest clothing and jewelry.
19.Whether hunting animals or gatherine plants, the Ojibwe treated the natural world with great respect.
20.They worked together.
21.People used wood and bone hooks to catch fish.
22.Women usually prepared one large meal each day-either at midmorning or late in the afternoon.
23.As part of their chores in the wigwam, women made all the clothing for their families.
24.When they came into contact with Europeans in the late 1600s, over time, the Ojibwe adopted Westeren styles of dress.
25.The Ojibwe mad many useful tools, weapons, and household goods from trees and other plants.
26.Perhaps no other symbol clearly defines the Ojibwe way of life than the birch bark canoe.
27.They also enjoy many social activeities---especially visiting.People also came together for two kinds of contests--games of skill and games of chances.
28.The Ojibwe did not have a written language. They draw the picture.