Geography
The North China Plain, Gobi Desert, and the Plateau of china are all parts of geography in China. Also the Himalayas. China has about 1.25 billion people living there!! The Himalayas are the highest mountains in china. The Yangzi river is the longest river in the world. The Yangzi river is also known as “The Yellow River.” |
Musicians
The continent that china is located on is Asia. Some of some famous musicians are Faye Wong, Leslie Cheung, and Gigi Leung. Some of the instruments used in china are Plucked strings, Bamboo pipes, Bowed strings, Woodwinds, and Percussion. Largely based on the pentatonic scale, Chinese folk music is different from western traditional music, paying more attention to the form expression as well. Han traditional weddings and funerals usually include a form of oboe called a suona and percussive ensembles called |
The first dynasty ever in china was the Shang Dynasty
In the past people used pictured writing or pictograph writing
Many legends told stories. The stories were about agriculture, Inventions, and animals. Many of these legends came from the Xia period in about 2000-1700 B.C
The longest dynasty (after the Shang Dynasty) was the Zhou Dynasty. This dynasty started in 1760 and lasted 800 years!!
The Han Dynasty gave more of the people freedom thanks to Han Gaozu. This dynasty lasted from 206 B.C to A.D. 220. Gaozu lifted the ban on reading books. He allowed anyone to read what they want when they wanted to. During this dynasty roads were rebuilt and trading goods were taxed. Also during this dynasty the first history book was written.
During the Han dynasty many inventions were made, Like porcelain, ink and paper
In the past people used pictured writing or pictograph writing
Many legends told stories. The stories were about agriculture, Inventions, and animals. Many of these legends came from the Xia period in about 2000-1700 B.C
The longest dynasty (after the Shang Dynasty) was the Zhou Dynasty. This dynasty started in 1760 and lasted 800 years!!
The Han Dynasty gave more of the people freedom thanks to Han Gaozu. This dynasty lasted from 206 B.C to A.D. 220. Gaozu lifted the ban on reading books. He allowed anyone to read what they want when they wanted to. During this dynasty roads were rebuilt and trading goods were taxed. Also during this dynasty the first history book was written.
During the Han dynasty many inventions were made, Like porcelain, ink and paper
FUN FACTS
The modes of transport in china is train and bike “The flag of the People's Republic of China (popularly called '五星紅旗' meaning 'Five-star Red Flag') is a red field with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner.” VIA- http://chinaflag.facts.co/chineseflagof/chinaflag.php The native animals in china is the red panda The population in china in 2013 is 1.357 billion Some strange ;laws in china is that if you hit somebody with a car, or bike you have to pay for their medical bills. |