Transcript The Return of Chow-Chow

The Return of Chow-Chow
Presented by:
Judith, Dulip, Deepa,
Sathya and Sandhya
St. James High School
Around 4,500 years ago…
The earliest civilizations
grew up along the
banks of great rivers:
the Nile, the Tigris and
Euphrates, the Indus,
and the Huang He.
Three of these
civilizations—the
Egyptian,
Mesopotamian, and
Indus—were
geographically close and
may have influenced
each other. The fourth,
China, lay thousands of
miles from the other
three and yet grew into
an amazing civilization.
Chinese society in 7th century bc
The emperor was the
boss! The soldiers were
important people ,
along with the nobles,
merchants, craftsmen,
farmers and slaves.
People lived in groups
and had great respect
for elders and ancestors.
Ancestor worship was
widely practiced.
Oracles were the holy
priests who were
believed to talk with the
gods.
Confucius
Confucius was a very
popular religious leader.
He taught his disciples
to be happy with the
present world and
cultivate the values of
hard work, modesty and
thoughtfulness towards
others. The movement
came to be known as
Confucianism.
Jobs in Ancient China
Farming: The ancient
Chinese people were
mostly farmers. The
crops they grew were
rice, wheat, millet,
barley and soya bean.
The Chinese were the
first to cultivate tea.
Sericulture: The Chinese
were the first to make
silk cloth. Silkworms
were bred for their
thread and were world
famous.
More Jobs
Pottery: The Chinese
developed the art of
making a special type of
pottery called porcelain.
They were the first to
make cups, saucers and
bowls.
Woodwork: The
Chinese were very good
at making things with
wood. They crafted
beautiful furniture
inlaid with ivory.
Chinese Script and The Great Wall of
China
Chinese Script: The Chinese
language does not have any
alphabets. It is in the form of
picture writing. In the
beginning, there were 40,000
word pictures making the script
very difficult. That is why many
people in ancient China did not
know how to read and write and
only a few could study.
The Great Wall of China: It was
built by Emperor Shih Hwangdi.
It is about 2,400 km long with
10,000 watch towers at regular
intervals. It is the only man
made structure that can be seen
from the moon and is one of
the 7 wonders of the world.
Contributions of the Chinese
Civilization
Some of the major
contributions are:
Invention of paper and ink:
Books were being printed
by 9th century AD
The art of block printing
Gunpowder
The mariner’s compass
The umbrella
Kites
The seismograph
The water mill
The wheelbarrow
The porcelain cups, saucers
and bowls
How do the contributions of the
Chinese civilisation impact our life?
Some of the contributions of Chinese
civilisation that we still use today
are:
Printing: Our favourite comic
books are printed
The umbrella: We use it to protect
ourselves from heat, and rain.
Kites: We eagerly wait for the kite
flying festival every year.
Fireworks: Every celebration –
marriage, festivals, new year is so
much fun with firecrackers.
Tea: A refreshing drink elders enjoy
every day.
Silk: Saris that make our mothers
look like Miss Universe!
Resources
"Shang Dynasty in China (1766-1027 BC)," Microsoft« Encarta«
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rights reserved.
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/results.aspx?lc=enus&Scope=MC&Query=chinese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions
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