Chapters 7, 8, & 10
I
am only going to focus on a few thought since there is a lot of material to go
over. Particularly the silk, sea, and sand roads fascinated me the most. I have
studied about the silk roads before (way back in high school) but don’t remember
anything about sea or sand roads. Products that were discovered and brought
back and discovered were products such as silk, spices, ginger, cotton,
jewelry, perfume, and other amazing products. I personally love going to
markets especially when traveling and tasting/seeing fruits or vegetables that
are not imported to California or the US. I can only imagine what it would have
been like to see or be apart of this road and seeing/touching this stuff for
the first time.
Unfortunately,
with all the transit brought many diseases. It unfortunate that smallpox and
measles killed were apart of political downfalls but also many native cultures
as well.
Chapter
8
Foot
binding… When I was in the 7th grade I had a really strict teacher
from China that taught in the heart of the mission in San Francisco. Looking
back on my 7th grade experience I realize she had a hard time
identifying with our demographic and she probably could have been a more
successful teacher somewhere else. She would often talk about her foot binding
experiences when she was a little girl and how she respected adult figured
growing up (we weren’t terrors but we definitely had personality). Anyways,
after reading about foot binding and the actual process I cant imagine that my teacher’s
feet actual looked this he pictures in the book. I find it horrific and painful
to look at. I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to forcefully bind your
feet for beauty and femininity. I can barely go on a diet or find my way to the
gym so I cant imagine the commitment or discipline it took to bind your feet.
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