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China ABC book
Rachel Frey
A- Acupuncture
A system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the
skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain
B- Buddism
a religion, originated in India by Buddah, (Gautama) and laterspreading to China, Burma, Ja
pan, Tibet, and parts of southeastAsia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire an
d thatthe way to end this suffering is through enlightenment thatenables one to halt the endle
ss sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.
C- Calligraphy
East Asian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practised
and revered in the Sinosphere.
D- Daoism
philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu
advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the
course of natural events
E- Empress Wu
The first woman to be emperor in China
F- Filial Piety
Respect owed to one's parents and ancestors.
G- Great Wall of China
A fortified wall in northern China, extending some 1,500 miles
(2,400 km) from Kansu province to the Yellow Sea north of
Beijing
H- Han Dynasty
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC
to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its
bureaucracy
I- Irrigation
supplying dry land with water by means of ditches
J- Japanese
Of or relating to Japan or its people, language, or culture
K- Korea
A region in eastern Asia that forms a peninsula between the
Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
L- Legalism
Dependence on moral law rather than on personal religious
faith
M- Mountains
A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly
from the surrounding level
N- Nomad
A member of a people who have no permanent abode and
travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock
O- Oracle Bones
An animal bone with cracks (due to heating) or other markings,
used to foretell the future
P- Porcelain
A white vitrified translucent ceramic
Q- Qin Dynasty
the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established
the first centralized imperial government and built much of the
Great Wall
R- Reincarnation
The rebirth of a soul in a new body
S- Silk Road
An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with
the eastern Mediterranean so they could trade with others
T- Tang Dynasty
the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
U- Units of Measurment
definite magnitude of a physical quantity
V- Values
The regard that something is held to deserve
W- waterwheel
A large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery
or to raise water to a higher level.
X- Xia dynasty
the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical
chronicles
Y- Yangtzi River
the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the
East China Sea near Shanghai
Z- Zhou dynasty
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for
the rise of Confucianism and Taoism