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China
KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY –
KNOW YOUR WORLD
SHANNON ANICAS
• I have been studying Chinese culture at the
University of Akron since 2008, began studying
Chinese in 2009
• My first trip to China was 2010
• I lived in China from August 2011 through August
2012
CHINESE MAP
QUICK FACTS
Full name: People’s Republic of China (October 1, 1949)
Population: 1.35 billion (UN, 2011)
Capital: Beijing
Largest city: Shanghai
Area: 9.6 million sq km (3.7 million sq mi)
Major language: Mandarin Chinese
Major religion: Buddism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism
Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 76 years (women)
Monetary unit: Renminbi (yuan)
Main exports: Manufactured goods, including textiles,
garments, electronics
• GNI per capita: US$4940 (World Bank, 2011)
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The Capital has
moved 15
different times!
• 31
Provinces
(States)
CHINESE PEOPLE….
There are 56
different minority
groups within
mainland China.
CHINA’S OFFICIAL…
Bird: Red Crowned
Crane
Flower: Peony
Animal:
Panda
Sport: Ping Pong
Fruit: Kiwi
Symbol: Dragon
LANDFORMS
Gobe Desert
Huang He
Yellow River
Xi’an City Wall
Leshan Giant Buddha
Guilin Mountians
Yangtze River
Three Gorges Dam
Tibet
Beijing-Temple of Heaven
China’s Governement
Xi Jinping
•LEADER: Xi Jinping was just elected
•GOVERNMENT: People’s Congress System
(Communist)
•VOTING AGE: 18
•Since the founding of the PRC there have been
only 6 other men in charge.
Chairman
Mao Zedong
Zhao Ziyang
Jiang Zemin
Hua Guofeng
Hu
Yaobang
Hu Jintao
CHINA IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST CONTINUOUS
CIVILIZATION.
The Bronze
Masks
The Bronze Bell
Set
THE Mogao
Grottos
The Great
Wall
The terracotta
warriors
CHINESE DYNASTIES
• There were 12 major dynasties with numerous subdynasties.
•Qin Dynasty – unified China
considered the 1st dynasty
•Western Han
•Xin Dynasty
•Eastern Han Dynasty
•Three Kingsoms
•Western Jin
•Eastern Jin
•Southern and Northern Dymasties
•Sui Dynasty
•Tang Dynasty
•Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
•Northern Song Dynasty
•Southern Song Dynasty
•Liao Dynasty
•Jin Dynasty
•Western Xia
•Yuan Dynasty
•Ming Dynasty
•Qing Dynasty
EVERYDAY-ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS
• Market socialism
China is the fast growing economy in the world. It
has grown nearly 10% every year for the past 30
years.
Everyday-Economics
CNY: CHINESE YUAN RENMINBI
money-changing：
1.00 USD = 6.21 CNY (4/2013)
WHAT CAN $1.00/6.21RMB BUY?
Everyday-Economics
JOBS – WHAT AGE DO YOUNG PEOPLE START
WORKING - KINDS OF JOBS ?
• According to the Labor Law of the
People’s Republic of China, young people
who are 16-year-old can join a part-time
job after regular school time.
• However,
education
is
extremely
important in families and students are
expected to focus all their attention on
school so they rarely work until after
high school.
CHINESE TRADITIONAL HOLIDAYS
 Spring Festival
 Festival of Lanterns
 Tomb-sweeping Day
 Dragon Boat Festival
 Chinese Valentine's Day
 Mid-autumn Festival
 The Double Ninth Festival
CHINESE SPRING
FESTIVAL
（CHINESE NEW YEAR）
Jan.1
Chinese
Lunar Calendar
Firecracker
Dumpling
for
Spring
Festival
FESTIVAL OF LANTERNS
15 days after
Chinese New Year
Lanterns
Lanterns made by Ice
Tomb-sweeping Day
Qingming Festival
DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
ZONG ZI
(STICKY RICE DUMPLING WRAPPED IN BAMBOO OR REED LEAVES )
Minister Qu Yuan’s death-Suicide by jumping in the river
Mid-autumn Festival
MOON CAKE
FOOD
CONTEMPORARY CUSTOMS- MUSIC - DANCE – SPORTS &
TRADITIONS
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE FOR YOUR
COUNTERPART?
• So, you may wonder what does the person
that is your age like, what is in their bed
rooms or on their ipods. You might be
surprised.
• Since children, beginning at a very
young age, are expected to spend many
hours not only in school but at school
related study sessions, often times from
6 am until after midnight, they don’t
have the free time at your age that you
do. They often spend it with friends,
playing video games, or listening to
music.
LANGUAGE: MANDARIN CHINESE
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