https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4 France culture, by Katie Liang en-us 2019-11-27 01:29:57 UTC 2025-04-24 07:49:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60e.png katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/417614967 In this project, I will be acting as a volunteer member of an online community “Kaleidoscope Cultural Museum Project”, which tries to preserve the uniqueness of different world cultures. My contribution will be as an author writing about the national culture of France which is in danger of disappearing as a result of the negative effect of the globalization. I will be putting my research about France unique culture and how them are presenting or disappearing on Padlet, where is viewable for everyone. ]]> 2019-11-29 00:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/417614967 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/417719029 the flag of France is the color blue, white and red.]]> 2019-11-29 10:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/417719029 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/418130853 important sport for the French, rugby is widely followed and practiced in the country. In fact, the French team is considered to be in the top ranks of European leagues, a fact which the French are extremely proud of.
The picture below is a famous team in French.]]> 2019-12-01 13:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/418130853 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/419435257 - Notre dame de Paris is also called Notre-Dame Cathedral, the name of the cathedral in English means "Our lady".
- It is the most famous Gothic cathedral church in Paris. It's also the oldest cathedral and the most well-known one in the world. 
- It's Built between 1163 and 1245.]]> 2019-12-04 02:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/419435257 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/419435284 Mona Lisa- 
- Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.
- Mona Lisa have been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world."
- The painting is special that no matter which side you stand to look at the painting, it seem's like Mona Lisa is looking and laughing at your.]]> 2019-12-04 02:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/419435284 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/421938960 Venus de Milo-
-  is a statue from Ancient Greek and also one of the most famous design from ancient Greek sculpture.
-  Venus de Milo have been created between sometime through 130 and 100 BC.
- the statue is larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high.
- The statue's hands are disappeared and braked as you see.]]> 2019-12-10 00:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/421938960 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/421939253 Winged Victory of Samothrace-
- is known as Winged Victory of Samothrace.
- is a sculpture that been created in 2nd century BC.
-  it is one of at the major Hellenistic which only a small amount of them surviving as their original, but not from Roman copies.
- the statue is 244 centimeters (8.01 ft) high ( but her head broke down)
- used for celebrating god.]]> 2019-12-10 00:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/421939253 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422522072 is a kind of traditional French soup made of onions and beef stock, usually served with croutons and melted cheese on top.  The remarkable taste in French onion soup is from the caramelization of the onions. The soup’s origin can be traced as far back as the Romans in 18 century.]]> 2019-12-11 01:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422522072 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422522950 Flamiche means ‘cake’ in Flemish and this dish originates from northern France, near the border with Belgium.It has a puff-pastry crust filled with cheese and vegetables and resembles a quiche. The traditional French filling is with leeks and cream.]]> 2019-12-11 01:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422522950 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422523408 loCassoulet is a comfort dish of white beans stewed slowly with meat, typically pork or duck but also sausages, goose, mutton or whatever else the chef has around.This peasant dish originates from southern France and is popular in Toulouse, Carcassonne and Castelnaudary. This is a rich, hearty meal perfect for colder months.]]> 2019-12-11 01:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422523408 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422526839 Petanque is a common type of sport in French, you can see young, elders playing it everywhere, it is normally and best played on hard dirt or gravel.To win the Pétanque is to score points by having boules closer to the target than your opponent after all boules have been thrown.]]> 2019-12-11 02:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/422526839 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430324449 Horse racing and motor racing is very common in France. They win for their speed or skills. Taiwan isn't big enough to have the place for the competition, so sports like horse and motor racing isn't common in Taiwan.]]> 2020-01-11 09:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430324449 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430325141 - The Arc de Triomphe is also in Paris, not far with the Eiffel Tower, it's one of the main symbols of Paris. It is 146ft (50 meters) tall, 148ft (45 meters) wide and 72ft (22 meters) deep.
- The Arc de Triomphe is designed by Jean-Francois Chagrin, it took thirty years to finish it, and it's commissioned by the end of the battle of Austerlitz by Napoleon. ]]> 2020-01-11 09:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430325141 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430326603 - Mount Blanc is also known as white mountain, it's the highest mountain in The Alps and it's right between France and Italy.
- It's 4,808.73 meters high ( about half of the Everest).
- The two most famous town near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur, Valled'Aosta, Italy, and Chamonix, which is also where the first Olympic hold place.]]> 2020-01-11 09:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430326603 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430435009 - BN is a famous French brand biscuits that is famous for the filling, such as chocolate, peanuts, sandwiched between two biscuits. 
- BNs are produced in two different shapes, which is  circles and squares. One side of the biscuit is decorated with one of four different faces, just like the picture shown below.
- There are seven different flavours of the BN biscuit: chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, custard, raspberry and so on.]]> 2020-01-12 06:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430435009 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430441075 - Sephora is a common French multinational chain of personal care and beauty stores. It is popular for the beauty products such as cosmetics, skincare, nail color, beauty tools and haircare.
-  Sephora is established by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1969 at Paris.
-  Sephora includes different kinds of beauty products from more than 300 brands, it's really popular and common in France.]]> 2020-01-12 07:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430441075 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430441138 - Petit Bateau is a French brand of clothing and underwear for children.
- It's established in 1893.
- Petit Bateau is famous for the comfortable  baby suits, the little panties, cute little skirts and under-wears for little children.
- Petit bateau starts and established in France, but know also present in Europe, Japan, China, Middle East, Russia, United States and so on.
- They have over 4300 partner stores nowadays.]]> 2020-01-12 07:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430441138 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430597114 - the festival spend two days, in the two days people will show thier medieval cuisine, medieval weapons, medicine and surgery, the history of chivalry, the forge, the glass factory , the manufacture of clothing.....
- the festival is mainly for finding out what their past is like, so people also were costumes such as knights and others. 
- It's for Aleuts to look and listen for the music and clothes, and for kids to play with the costumes.
- the picture below is a example of people wearing costumes.]]> 2020-01-13 04:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430597114 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430597863 - the festival is more likely celebrating for the religion such as for Christian, Jewish. (A religious festival associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism.)
- actually it's not only celebrated in France but also in other countries, it is a international festival.]]> 2020-01-13 05:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430597863 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430598821 - La fete de la musique is a international festival about art and music. Although its international, it's  the most popular and common in France, and been celebrated the biggest and famous for France also.
- is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June.
- In the music day, you can see people playing music in parks, streets, or in your neighbors house, it's a festival that continues the whole day.
- the picture below is a example of people playing music by street.]]> 2020-01-13 05:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430598821 katieliang0031 https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430599644 - it celebrates the unity of the French people.
-  is celebrated on 14 July each year.
- on this day, the tradition parade will be the oldest and largest one in Europe.
- it will be celebrated in Paris and in front of the president of the republic.]]> 2020-01-13 05:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katieliang0031/540bcvuoumo4/wish/430599644