China

Interesting facts about China

Inventions:

China is an Ancient civilization which has a history of 5000 years. In these times they made many things to improve their lives, and there are four great inventions: papermaking, printer, gun powder and compass. These give a lot of help. From the early time lettering on the stone, tortoise shells, bark, leaves, bronzes, irons, etc… In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, mainly written on bamboo slips and silks, but all of them have their weakness. Bamboo slips is made out of bamboo which is not easy to carry and a lot of bamboo are cut down, as for silk they are expensive. The inventor of paper is a man called Cai Lun. The step of making paper is, use barks, crepes and fish nets. First make slurry out from it, then take the film and remove the water, at last dry it to make a paper.

Climate and food

The Chinese culture is enhancing, and so is the land of China. Its mountain is so imposing and its lake is so picturesque. At 9.6 million square kilometers, subtropical and tropical zones. While the North can be clad in snow, the South remains warm and luxuriant. Those also make the difference of foods in different place. For example, the northerners eat noodles and the southerners eat rice. Southerners think that noodles can only be used for snacks and can never make you full. Northerners think that rice is expensive and you cannot eat enough. The difference in staple foods has caused a huge difference in the structure of the whole diet and how to eat. The north advocates simplicity and the south pursues beauty.

The Great Wall

Finishing talking on food let's move on to the places in China. I think everyone knows about the Great Wall, thousands of miles from north to west China over the mountains, through the deserts, wa­s build some 2000 years ago, and is a man‑made wonder of world. But do you know there is a legend about it.

This story happened a long time ago. At that time, the emperor of China was levying 800000 migrant workers to build the Great Wall. The government arrested people everywhere as migrant workers, and the people who were arrested built the Great Wall working day and night, not knowing how many of them would die because of the tiredness. There is a scholar in Suzhou called Fan Yuliang, who was hiding around in order to escape the pursuit of the government. One day he was hiding in the garden Mengjia, he accidentally met Mengjiangnu. Mengjiangnu is a beautiful smart girl that helped him. In the agreement of her parents they married. Three days after the wedding day, Fan Yuliang was caught by the government and made him work as migrant workers. Mengjiangnu was crying and waiting for her husband to come back. But half year after nothing happened. She made a decision to find his husband back. She knows that Great Wall is on the north, and it is very cold there. She made the cloth for herself, got on the way. Finally she got to the Great Wall. Who knows which migrant workers in Great Wall told her that he was dead and the bones were filled into the wall. After hearing this news, Mengjiangnu only felt dizzy and dark, suddenly fell to the ground. After waking up, she burst into tears. Don’t know how long she cried, she heard a loud noise, the Great Wall was collapsed for dozens of miles. She found the bone of her husband and cried. The emperor saw how beautiful she was, wanted to force her to be his wife. Mengjiangnu agreed, but he needed to do three things first: to bury Fan Yuliangwell；personally cry for Fan Yuliang；take Mengjiangnu enjoy the fun for three days. Emperor agreed. After first two things finished they got on the boat. Mengjiangnu took a bite from emperor and jumped into the rolling sea.

Zodiac

Many people already knows about Chinese zodiac, which is rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. Here is a table to see which one you are.

Year of Birth

Rat: 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972

Ox: 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973

Tiger: 2010, 1998, 1986, 1975

Rabbit: 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975

Dragon: 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976

Snake: 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977

Horse: 2014, 2002, 1990, 1978

Goat: 2015, 2003, 1991, 1979

Monkey: 2016, 2004, 1992, 1980

Rooster: 2017, 2005, 1993, 1981

Dog: 2018, 2006, 1994, 1982

Pig: 2019, 2007, 1995, 1983