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China ABC
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By: Vanessa Morales
Age of division
200-600 CE
Invention of gunpowder Tea! At the end of this
period, which helped to end it!
Tea! Confucius probably never tasted tea, and it
really didn't become popular until T'ang times, but
this era is when it first started to be enjoyed.
Buddhism
One day, while sitting under a fig tree, an
understanding came to him. This understanding
was a way to end suffering. That was the day
Prince Siddhartha Gautama began to earn a new
title, the Buddha, which means "Awakened One".
Chinese new year
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are
celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and
thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally
highlighted with a religious ceremony given in
honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the
household and the family ancestors.
dragons
Horse Ears
Beer Horns
Pig Hair
Tiger Teeth
OX Face
Forbidden city
Construction of the Forbidden City began in relatively modern
times, in the year 1406.
The construction took an estimated one million workers 14 years to
build hundreds of perfect and beautiful buildings. The Forbidden
City served as the seat of government for the Ming Dynasty. Today,
it is a museum.
There are 800 buildings that have in total about 9,000 rooms. The
Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex. Millions of
people visit this incredible place each year and gaze in awe.
Great wall of china
The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the
world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987.
Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down
across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus,
stretching approximately 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500 miles)
from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000
years, some of the sections are now in ruins or have
disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing
attractions all around the world owing to its architectural
grandeur and historical significance.
Himalaya Mountains
The Himalayan Mountains are some of the most beautiful
features of nature and are today home to many
different groups of people. The mountains span the
countries of India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Tibet in South
Asia and are the location of the tallest mountains in the
world. The Himalayan Mountains, however, have not
always been the natural wonder that they are today.
100 Million years ago, in fact, the whole Indian subcontinent, sans Himalayas, was its own island.
Inventions
Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC
when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice
mixture
in the snow.
Lantern Festival
There are many wonderful stories about how the Lantern
Festival first began. One story is that in ancient times,
people would go in search of spirits with burning sticks.
They thought the spirits could be seen during a full moon.
Another is about a lonely young girl, in Han times, who
tricked an emperor into having a wonderful festival just
so she could visit with her family! The emperor had such
a good time, he decided to make this festival an annual
event!
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty was a time of adventure and travel. The
great Chinese mariners mapped the world. They brought
back treasures from around the globe.
Out of all the incredible things they brought back, some of
which are on display today in the Forbidden Palace, one of
the most popular items was the folding fan. Mariners brought
many fans home from Japan and Korea. Fans had always
been popular in ancient China, but the concept of a folding
fan caught on quickly.
Opera
Like the Han and the Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty
was a time of wonderful invention and art. Chinese opera
began during this period, as did the art of paper cutting.
So many things were invented during the Song Dynasty
that this period in history is sometimes referred to as China's
Age of Invention.
Legend says that out of all the wonderful things that Marco
Polo discovered in the Song Dynasty, he was most most
impressed by the fabulous new creation, the Rainbow Bridge.
Paper Fans
Over the years, the clever Chinese people made fans from all
kinds of materials including straw and wood. But it was not until the
Ming Dynasty that the Chinese discovered the art of paper fan
folding. They did not invent the folded paper fan. That invention
arrived from Japan and Korea on the Ming ships that wandered the
earth in search of treasure.
Once the folding paper fan was introduced into ancient Chinese
society, it was immediately adopted. Everyone had to have a
folded paper fan. Fans were embroidered and painted and
decorated and hung. It was more than a fad. It soon became a
national activity - nearly everyone made and carried gorgeously
decorated folding paper fans.
Qin
Many dynasties in Ancient China lasted for hundreds of
years. But the Qin Dynasty lasted for only 15 years. Yet,
First Emperor Qin accomplished an amazing amount of
change.
Qin was the first man to control all of China. He did not
want to be called a king. he called himself First Emperor
Qin. He died of natural causes. But in the short time that
he ruled China, he readied China to be pulled together as
one country. But at what cost?
Song Dynasty
Like the Han and the Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty
was a time of wonderful invention and art. Chinese opera
began during this period, as did the art of paper cutting.
So many things were invented during the Song Dynasty
that this period in history is sometimes referred to as China's
Age of Invention.
Legend says that out of all the wonderful things that Marco
Polo discovered in the Song Dynasty, he was most most
impressed by the fabulous new creation, the Rainbow Bridge.
The Great Panda
Looked upon as the ambassador for all endangered species, the giant
panda is a well-recognized symbol of international wildlife conservation.
Giant pandas have black fur on their ears, around their eyes (eye
patches), muzzle, legs and shoulders. Good tree climbers, pandas can
also swim to escape predators. Pandas use an enlarged wrist bone that
looks like a thumb to grasp objects like bamboo.
Giant Panda and Human - ScaleFast Facts
Height: 2.5 feet (.8m) at shoulders.
Length: 5 ft (1.5m) (with a 6 inch (.2m) tail).
Weight: Around 250 lbs (113 kg) (males); around 220 lbs (100 kg)
(females).
Lifespan 20-30 years in captivity
Writing
The Chinese writing system is an open-ended one, meaning
that there is no upper limit to the number of characters. The
largest Chinese dictionaries include about 56,000 characters,
but most of them are archaic, obscure or rare variant forms.
Knowledge of about 3,000 characters enables you to to read
about 99% of the characters used in Chinese newspapers
and magazines. To read Chinese literature, technical writings
or Classical Chinese though, you need to be familiar with at
least 6,000 characters.
The early Han dynasty (207 B.C.-9 A.D.) devoted
itself to regaining the same level of central
government as the Ch'in (221 B.C.-207 B.C.) and
the Legalists had so ruthlessly accomplished. This
ideology of central government, along with the
Legalists' attempts to standardize Chinese culture
and Chinese philosophy, led thinkers of the Han to
attempt to unify all the rival schools of Chinese
thought and philosophy that had developed over
the previous three hundred years.
Xia dynansty
About 3,000 BCE, another farming group
appeared, the Lungshan people. The Lungshan
were very advanced for their time. They harvested
silk, and used it to weave fine fabrics. They used
the potters wheel. They baked strong bricks in
ovens, and used them to build their homes. They
worked together on flood control and irrigation
projects. They had great engineering skills.
Legend has it that their "Great Engineer", Yu,
founded the Xia (sometimes called the Hsia)
Dynasty in about 2,000 BCE.
Yig and ya
Chinese Yin Yang Symbol China Culture Chinese Lady Picture
History of Chinese
In Chinese culture, Yin and Yang represent the two opposite
principles in nature. Yin characterizes the feminine or negative
nature of things and yang stands for the masculine or positive side.
Yin and yang are in pairs, such as the moon and the sun, female
and male, dark and bright, cold and hot, passive and active, etc.
But yin and yang are not static or just two separated things. The
nature of yinyang lies in interchange and interplay of the two
components. The alternation of day and night is such an example.