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What was the main reason why the Chinese came to the Philippines?
Chinese immigration to the Philippines occurred mostly during the Spanish colonization of the islands between the 16th and 19th centuries, attracted by the lucrative trade of the Manila galleons and since the late 20th century.
What are the influences of Chinese in the Philippines?
The Chinese Influence They brought porcelain and silk, in exchange for beeswax, deer horn and trepang(sea slug). The trade with China was the beginning of a major influence and contribution within the FIlipino culture. One major influence that the Chinese contributed within the culture was culinary arts.
How did the Spanish colonizers view the Chinese?
They feared that the Chinese, being an ethnic group with roots in China, would be far less loyal to the Spanish regime than the Christianized natives whom the Spaniards called Indios throughout their colonial rule (4).
What do you call the oldest way of trading that the prehistoric Filipinos engaged in and was practiced with the Chinese?
Long before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, trade among the early Filipinos and with traders from the neighboring lands like China, Java, Borneo, and Thailand was conducted through barter. The inconvenience of the barter system led to the adoption of a specific medium of exchange – the cowry shells.
How would you describe the lifestyle of Filipino natives prior to the coming of the Spaniards?
Before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, the people lived in small towns called barangays. The leader of a barangay was called a Datu. Many barangays would cluster together for safety and protection. This way of life could have had a great affect on the languages at this time (Bautista).
What were the most important economic changes in the Philippines during the 19th century?
The demand for Philippine sugar and abaca (hemp) grew apace, and the volume of exports to Europe expanded even further after the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869. The growth of commercial agriculture resulted in the appearance of a new class.
How does the community participates and contributes to the event Chinese New Year?
Celebrations to usher out the old year and bring forth the luck and prosperity of the new one, therefore, often include firecrackers, fireworks, and red clothes and decorations. Young people are given money in colourful red envelopes. In addition, Chinese New Year is a time to feast and to visit family members.
What is the significance of studying and understanding the Pinoy values?
Modern Filipino values serve as their guide not only on their performance in rendering direct patient care. They also added that it is important to be fueled by modern Filipino values because as a person it serves as one’s mirror of personality. Values make people decide of what is best.
Why is it important to know about past history in the Philippines?
The importance of studying history is the present can avoid the mistakes that happened in the past to havea better present. With history, those mistakes and unfortunate events can becorrected with better planning to avoid repeating those mistakes.
What significant changes happened in the 19th century Philippines?
The 19th Century gave birth to the middle class, the lands became the primary source of wealth because of the cash-crops, and being able to afford constructions; it gave rise to technological interconnections among the separated islands of the Philippines.
How do you explain Chinese New Year?
Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It was traditionally a time to honor deities as well as ancestors, and it has also become a time to feast and to visit family members.
Why is Chinese New Year important?
The Lunar New Year is the most important social and economic holiday for billions of people around the world. The holiday is tied to the lunar-solar Chinese calendar and was originally observed as a time to honor household and heavenly deities and ancestors.