We all know China is a big country. It actually has 1.3 billion people which are 20% of the world’s population! There are 55 ethnic minorities in China along with the 93% Chinese! China is a Communist Republic.
China produces the largest bulk of cotton and silk in the world. It has for thousands of years.
The Chinese New Year is the first day of the lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon.
There are twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac! They are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A full Zodiac is 12yrs and a calendar cycle is 60yrs.
China’s money is called renminbi meaning the peoples currency.
The Great Wall of China can actually be seen from outer space! The wall was started 21/2 thousand years ago and is more than 5,000 km long!
Chinese love their foods. It is divided into the north, east, and south, central and south-western regions.
Some of the many crops include rice, wheat, soya beans, sesame, peanuts, and sesame.
You may not have known this but the compass, paper; gun powder and printing are all Chinese inventions!
China has cultivated tea for 2,000 yrs.
When you write your name in China you put your family name first then your first name. There are no middle names. In Ancient China, characters were written on animal bones, turtle shells, silk and bamboo slices. They really needed paper!
Meanwhile, it is estimated that 200 million people in China live on less than $1.00 a day!
We all know that chopsticks come from China. However, you probably didn’t know they were losing millions of acres of forest each year due to chopstick production. What a tremendous waste! So now they are encouraging everyone to recycle their chopsticks instead of throwing them out.
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