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Analysis: Chinese literature
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LIANE HANSEN
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
05-16-2004
Analysis: Chinese literature
Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
LIANE HANSEN, host:
For a hundred years and more, literature in China has generally not been something written for the pleasure of readers. It has instead been a way to challenge readers to revitalize the country or to try to mold their souls. Now as China opens to the West, literature is losing its political role, but critics say it's also losing its edge. NPR's Rob Gifford reports.
ROB GIFFORD reporting:
It's a warm spring night at Beijing University and the ...
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Relics of the Buddha.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian
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`Relics, they always are' For all believers, there are objects revered as sacred
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; ...title - Buddha. The relics included flakes of...Buddhists, viewing a relic is an intense experience...moment of seeing a relic," said Bhiksuni...through a translator. Relics of Siddhartha are...virtually all religions, relics are thought to convey...praying before a relic in ...
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Relics for the heart: Sacred Buddhist relics bring unique hope for humanity.
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; ...these rare and precious relics have been displayed all...weekend, the Heart Shrine Relic Tour will make its way...where people who view the relics can also take part in...experienced the Heart Shrine Relic Tour in the past describe...months ago, described the relics as "little jewels in...
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Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravda Tradition.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; ...identify how Buddhist kings have used the relics in particular ways that legitimize...in his analysis of stories about "relic theft." In comparing four cases of relic theft, in which the movement of relics from India to their eventual shrine...
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Relics roadshow
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Cultural relics on their way home
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; Cultural relics, remnants of history, are regarded as...fall of a nation. Many Chinese cultural relics, which have been scattered around the...forthcoming return of the country's relics from overseas have been a natural result...
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Reclaiming cultural relics from overseas
Newspaper article from: China Daily
; Cultural relic experts and NGOs have set...April 11, the China Cultural Relics Recovery Programme, funded...to reclaim Chinese cultural relics scattered around the world...announced by the China Cultural Relics Recovery Programme is the...
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The cultural relics distribution characteristics along the canal line and appraisal of its influence by the middle route project for water transferring from south to north China
Magazine article from: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
; ...the canal on cultural relics. Because this function...mathematics. Each cultural relic has its own E value. Cultural relics with E values greater...circumstances specific to each relic. Key Words: Middle...North China, cultural relics, influence index...
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THQ To Acquire Relic Entertainment; Creators of Critically Acclaimed Homeworld Developing Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War for Fall 2004 Release.
Business Wire
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D.C. to Behold Relics of Buddha; Remains, Other Artifacts on Tour Offer Extraordinary Perspective on 2,500-Year-Old Faith
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